Georg Freitag was born in Allenstein in 1921. His Soldbuch was issued on 1941, with a MG training unit. He joined: Grenadier Regiment 531 (383. Infanterie-Division)  Raised on January 26, 1942 as the “Rheingold” division at the Arys military training area from lists of military replacement inspections in military districts I-III.On September 30, 1943, the division was reorganized into a new type 44 division. The division was annihilated as part of Army Group Center in June 1944 and officially disbanded on August 3, 1944. Wounded: September 1942, he recovered and rejoined his unit in 1943 he was wounded once again, this time by a bullet. In 1944 he joined: Infanterie Regiment 1076 (542 Volks Grenadier Division)  A great battle report! At this point the division was fighting on the Narew north of Serock at the confluence of the Bug and Narew. After Russian units had crossed the Narew, they tried on October 10, 1944 to conquer the town of Klusek on the Narew from the north-east and east. The Grenadier Regiments 1076 and 1078 managed to hold the HKL. On October 11, 1944, Russian units managed to break into their own HKL south of Klusk using heavy artillery. The division managed to seal off the enemy intrusion and regain control of its own HKL by the evening. On October 13, 1944, the division tried to annihilate the Russian forces entrenched on the west bank of the Narew, but failed in the Russian barrage. On the morning of October 14, heavy Russian artillery fire began in front of the entire divisional sector. After the barrage stopped, Russian units attacked from the northeastern tip of the Klusek Forest to the left wing of the 252nd Infantry Division. The enemy managed to penetrate into the Klusekwald. At the same time, under the protection of artificial fog, about 2 Russian battalions crossed the Narew from Wiersbitz to Klusek. The attack was repelled. The HKL up to Klusek remained in the hands of the division. Bitter fighting broke out in the Klusek forest, during which it was possible to use the last divisional reserves to set up a HKL through the forest in a north-westerly direction. On October 15, after heavy preparatory fire, the enemy advanced through the Klusek forest and towards Grabina and Kacapy with strong infantry and armored forces and simultaneously attacking air raid units. While it was possible to stop the Russian attackers in the Klusek forest on the Murovanka – Kacapy line with heavy losses, the left flank of the division was threatened at noon, as Russian units had broken through the front of the 252nd Infantry Division and were on the eastern edges of the Ciepieliner forest stood. In the afternoon of October 15, the Klusek forest had to be cleared. By the evening, all forces had succeeded in building a new HVAC and reconnecting with the neighbor on the left. On October 16, Russian units of company and battalion strength continued their attacks, scanning the new German HKL for weak points. By evening the division’s combat strength had fallen to 981 men. On the morning of October 19, the Russian enemy attacked with massed infantry forces supported by tanks and attack aircraft. The front of the division was broken through and after hard fighting the Poblikow estate was lost. Further advance was prevented. The HKL in the Grenadier Regiment 1077 sector remained in the hands of the regiment during this first phase of the fighting. During the day Poblikow and Ciepeliner Buden were lost after heavy fighting. In the evening, Russian units were able to penetrate the Kronenwald. The Grenadier Regiment 1076 was briefly surrounded and was only able to free itself after heavy fighting. As the situation became more and more untenable, the Grenadier Regiments 1077 and 1078 were ordered to withdraw to a prepared 2nd line. The Russian continued his attacks on the morning of 20 November, piercing the division’s thin HKL. The center and left wing of the division could be held by mobilizing the last reserves in the form of alarm units. The 670th Security Battalion, which was subordinate to the division, was destroyed in the fighting and the connection to its right-hand neighbor was lost. A Russian attack launched at the same time against the HKL near the village of Marienau was also able to gain ground. Russian units were at the forefront of the Kastenwald. The Russians were thrown back by their own counterattack at nightfall. On the evening of October 20, the HKL was back in its own hands in the left section of the division. Battalion strength had dropped to 7-30 men. On the morning of October 21, the enemy continued their major attack. After heavy fighting, the remains of the regiments, some of which had been surrounded, had to be taken back in the evening and incorporated into a new HKL. In the first hours of October 22, Russian units attacked Swiesienica and Wolka Zaleska. Both attacks were repelled by the division. On 23 October there was only heavy Russian fire on the division’s HKL. On the morning of October 24, heavy Russian attacks, supported by heavy artillery fire, broke out again. In the right section of the division, the Russians managed to break into the HKL. Late in the afternoon fell Swiecienica, Wolka Zaleska and Zalesie Borowe. However, a breakthrough could be prevented. October 25 passed quietly, and there were no further attacks on the following day either. On October 26, the Grenadier Brigade de Disbanded in 1131, the remnants were incorporated into the 542nd Volksgrenadier Division. On October 27, the II./Jäger-Regiment 75 and the Grenadier-Regiment 461 left the divisional association. The I./Grenadier-Regiment 111 became a corps reserve. In the following days, things remained quiet at the HKL. A Russian attack launched on October 30 was repulsed. The period of silence from October 31 to December 4, 1944 was used to build positions and for training. At the end of November 1944, the battalion strength was again around…

Heer Soldbuch to Walther Steinadler Born in Radingen in 1920. His Soldbuch was opened in 1939 when he was a member of the Machine Gun Company of: Infanterie Regiment 39 (9. Infanterie-Division) On May 10, 1940, the division took part in the western campaign. She crossed Luxembourg and Belgium. Then there was fighting in the Amiens area and on the Somme. During the second phase of the western campaign, the division crossed the Oise and the Ourcq and entered Paris. The division remained there as an occupation force before being transferred to northern France in July 1940. In March 1941 it was transferred to the General Government. As part of the 6th Army, the division took part in the Russian campaign from June 1941. She fought at Mosastyr and broke through the Stalin Line. She was then deployed at Oratow and Kanev, then at the Vorskla and at the Bereka. In 1942 the division took part in the battles at Izyum, Rostov and Bataisk. Then she turned to the southeast, marched through Krasnodar to the Kuban and to Krimskaya. He served in the following other units: Infanterie Regiment 528 (299. Infanterie-Division)  Short time Infanterie Regiment 111 – 35 Infanterie Div – 1940  From May 10, 1940, the division took part in the western campaign, breaking through the Dutch and Belgian border fortifications in the Herzogenrath area north of the Eben Emael fort. The division then crossed the Juliane Canal, the Maas, the Maas-Scheldt Canal and the Albert Canal and reached the Dyle Position. During the second phase of the campaign, the “Battle of France”, the division served as an army group reserve of Army Group “B” and no longer took part in the fighting. After the end of the French campaign, the division was transferred to Belgium and used there for coastal protection on the Channel coast. In addition, the division was preparing for the landing in England. Wounded in July 1941 – Bullet in the left lower leg. Grenadier Regiment 712 –  416. Infanterie-Division – Dec 1943 – May 1945  It seems that he served a few smaller units before, and was in the Mortar Company. On October 4, 1944, the division was ordered to be transferred to the Western Front, with Grenadier Regiment 714 remaining in North Jutland. The average age of the division’s soldiers at the beginning of October 1944 was 38 years. The division was partially immobile at the time and lacked any combat experience. The division was actually supposed to be moved to the Belfort area, was determined by Army Group G to unload and deploy the division in the Saarburg – Mettlach – Merzig area. The division was this the LXXXII. subordinate to the Army Corps. The division replaced the 48th Infantry Division in its section and moved into a command post in Keuchingen near Mettlach / Saar on October 11, 1944. After the start of the Allied offensive across the Moselle on November 9, 1944, parts of the division were used in the defensive fighting around Freching and Kerling. On November 15, 1944, parts of Grenadier Regiment 712 fought in the Ritzing – Obernaumen – Kirschnaumen line. On November 17, 1944, the command post of the division was in Tünsdorf, on November 18 in Orscholz and on November 19 in Trassem. On November 28th the division headquarters were in Taben and on December 3rd in Taben-Rodt. On December 4, 1944, after a month of defensive fighting, the division still had a fighting strength of 2,400 men, of which 1,550 were infantry. Heavy fighting followed around the West Wall and the retreat to the Mettlach area on the Orscholzriegel. On January 14, 1945, the division still had a strength of 3,016 men. In the weeks that followed, heavy defensive fighting continued at the Orscholzriegel / Saar-Mosel triangle. During the period February 7–28, 1945, the division had 2,195 casualties. On March 13, 1945, the American offensive began in the area of ​​the 79th Volksgrenadier Division and the 416th Infantry Division. In the sector of Kampfgruppe 79 Volksgrenadier Division, the Americans gained the eastern heights of the Ruwer sector and penetrated Waldrach from the north. In the area of ​​the 416th Infantry Division, the American troops crossed the Saar and conquered Greimerath and the area west of it. By evening the division had been pushed back to a Scheiden-Bergen-Britten-Saarholzbach front line. The following day it remained quiet in front of the division. On March 15, the Americans attacked the front of the 416th Division on both sides of the road from Losheim to Britten, but were stopped by direct fire from the artillery stationed in the division’s sector. In the night of March 16, the LXXXII. Army Corps on the line Lückenburg – Reinsfeld – edge of the forest east of Kell – edge of the forest east of Waldweiler – west edge of Steinberg – east edge of Confeld – north-west edge of Mitlosheim – north-west edge of Losheim. On March 17, the division fought in the Nonnweiler – Birkenfeld area. The division’s command post moved first to Hasborn, then to the Kurhaus Haschberger Hof between Winterbach and St. Wendel. On March 18, the Americans broke through to Ottweiler. The divisional command post was moved to Fürth near Ottweiler. Weak rear troops of the division reached the Thallichtenberg – Selchenbach – Werschweiler – Fürth – Steinbach line by evening. The bulk of the remaining division reached the Glan position between Altenglan and Nanzweiler. On March 19, the remnants of the division were to take up positions on the Glan along the western edge of Pfeffelbach – western edge of Herchweiler – western edge of Steinbach. Parts of the division went back to the Altenglan – Nanzweiler section. American units managed to break through the division’s thin security lines. During the night of March 20, the divisional staff had to make their way to the city commandant of Kaiserslautern. All the remnants of the division that could still be reached were ordered to gather in…