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The division took part in the July 1943 fight against the Allied invasion of Sicily. For the remainder of the war, the division fought in the Italian Campaign. From 14–27 December 1943, the division, under General-Lieutenant Richard Heidrich, saw action against the 1st Canadian Division in the Battle of Ortona.
In April 1945, the 9th Parachute Division would be destroyed while trying to contain a Russian bridgehead on the west bank of the River Oder. [60] What remained of the unit would be destroyed while trying to defend Berlin from the Red Army. [60] In April 1945, the 10th Parachute Division would be destroyed by the Red Army in Austria. [60]
In March 1945, the division had to send the II Battalion, 12 Fallschirmjäger Regiment and the 2nd Company from the Pionier Battalion to the new 10 Fallschirmjager Division, which was being formed in Austria. [2] It then fought at Rimini and Bologna and surrendered to the Allies on May 2, 1945. [3]
The 7th Parachute Division (German: 7. Fallschirmjäger-Division ) was a fallschirmjäger (airborne) division of the German military during the Second World War , active from 1944 to 1945. The division was first formed as Fallschirmjäger-Division Erdmann in early September, 1944 from a collection of training units and remnants of other ...
In May, the division was sent to Avignon in France, where it became part of the XI Flieger Corps along with the 1st Parachute Division. This Corps served as the reserve for the German 10th Army in Italy. When the Italian government started to crumble in September, the 2nd Parachute Division was dispatched to Italy.
The 6th Parachute Division (German: 6. Fallschirmjäger-Division ) was a Fallschirmjäger ( airborne ) division of the German military during the Second World War , active from 1944 to 1945. The division was formed officially in France in June 1944, commanded by Rüdiger von Heyking .
The 3rd Parachute Division was an airborne forces division which fought during World War II. It was formed during 1943–44 around a cadre consisting of the veteran 3rd Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment. The Division was well equipped with 930 MG42s. Each company had 20 MG 42s and 43 sub machine guns while a squad had 2 MG42s and 5 sub machine ...
The 20th Parachute Division (German: 20. Fallschirmjäger-Division) was a division of the German military during the Second World War, which did not see combat.. The division was formed in March 1945 in the Netherlands, out of troops from the disbanded Paratrooper Training and Replacement Division (Fallschirmjäger Ausbildungs-und-Ersatz-Division), commanded by Walter Barenthin.