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Heidi (/ ˈ h aɪ d i /; German:) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning [1] (German: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned [2] (German: Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat). [3]
The division was renamed the 1. Volks-Gebirgs-Division ("1st People's Mountain Division") in March 1945. Its final major operations were during Operation Spring Awakening near Lake Balaton in Hungary against the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front. Two months later the division surrendered to the Americans in Austria in May 1945. [citation needed]
The Lehr [b] Infantry Regiment (German: Lehr-Infanterie-Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the Imperial German Army in World War I.It was formed on mobilisation of the German Army in August 1914 and served with the 3rd Guards Division through to the end of the war.
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups ( Kampfgruppen ).
Fritz Hermann Michael Bayerlein (14 January 1899 – 30 January 1970) was a "quarter-Jewish" [1] German general in the Wehrmacht, during World War II.He initially served as a staff officer, including with Erwin Rommel in the Afrika Korps.
The 1st Division was formed on 18 June 1809 by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, and it served in the Peninsular War. [1] [2] After the conclusion of the War of the Sixth Coalition, the division was broken-up in France and its troops dispersed to the UK or dispatched to North America to take part in the War of 1812. [3]
The Panzer-Lehr-Division (tank teaching division) was an elite German armoured division during World War II. It was formed in 1943 onwards from training and demonstration troops ( Lehr = "teach") stationed in Germany, to provide additional armored strength for the anticipated Allied invasion of western Europe . [ 7 ]
The 1st Mountain Division (1.Gebirgsdivision) was a West German mountain infantry formation.It was part of the II Corps of the Bundeswehr. [2] In the wake of military restructuring brought about by the end of the Cold War, the 1st Mountain Division was disbanded on 30 September 2001.