Wednesday 8 October 2014

The Names - World War Two

World War Two

Russia 1941


Edmund Korneli

Ewald Bausen
Adolf Zimmer
Peter Piefer
Erwin Wallrath

Russia 1942

Ludwig Steffen

Herman Pauli
Alois Klingel
Arnold Vasen
Paul Hollen

Russia 1943

Herman Cafter

Joseph Schwartz
Heinrich Wallrath
Johann Klingel
Gerhard Zimmer
Hermann Hammes
Jacob Wallrath

France 1944

Karl Nicolay

Wilhelm Schwartz

Germany 1944

Julius Zimmer

Friedrich Zirwas

Hungary 1944

Wilh Dunzer


Poland 1944

Clemens Simon


Rumanian 1944

Heinrich Bickler

Wilhelm Kaufman
Hubert Wallrath

Russia 1944

Hubert Bausen

Ewold Zirwas
Clemens Zirwas
Wilhelm Klingel

France 1945

Peter Prinz


Germany 1945

Richard Happes

Peter Zirwas
Klemens Korneli
Kurt Theis
Paul Gorgen

Russia 1945

Paul Frensch


Prior to World War II the area of Grenderich was under Wehrkreise XII which at the outbreak of war in 1939 formed the XII Corps.

The subdivision of the military district was Koblenz, then Cochem and Zell.

Personnel from Grenderich could have served in the following units.

22nd Panzer Division
15th Panzer Grenadier Division
36th Infantry Division - formed on 1st October 1936 in Kaiserslauten
65th Infantry Division - formed in 1943
72nd Infantry Division - Koblenz
79th Infantry Division
85th Infantry Division
91st Infantry Division
111th Infantry Division
112th Infantry Division
132nd Replacement Division
164th Replacement Division
172nd Replacement Division in Mainz
182nd Reserve Division in Koblenz

Volks Grenadier Divisions

197
246 in Trier
263
342
348
389
412
462 in Metz
545
566
712


The Defence of the Hunsruck

The XII Corps defended Germany as part of the 1st Army in 1939.  It consisted of:


75th Infantry Division
209th Infantry Division
214th Infantry Division
223rd Infantry Division
231st Infantry Division
246th Infantry Division
268th Infantry Division

XII Corps

15th Infantry Division

34th Infantry Division
52nd Infantry Division
79th Infantry Division

The XII Corps served on the Russian front as part of the 4th Army and the 9th Army, and this is reflected in the casualty figures.







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