Heer Soldbuch – Uffz Burger – Grenadier Regiment 728 (728 VGD) Normandy 1944 – MP40 (Sold)

Heer Soldbuch to Till Burger from Munich. 

The Soldbuch was opened in 1939, and used to the end of the war. 

His frontline units of interest are:

Artillerie Abteilung 758 

Artillerie Regiment 262 

Artillerie Abteilung 1708 (1944) 

Grenadier Regiment 728 (1944) (708 Volksgrenadier Division) 

At the end of July, the division was moved towards the invasion front in northern France. By August 2, the motorized parts of the division had reached the area south of Angers and the other parts of Niort. By August 5, 1944, the division had reached parts of the Domfront, Laval and west of Le Mans areas. Here the division met allied units. On August 6th, after heavy fighting, the western part of Laval was lost and the bridges over the Mayenne were blown up. The division set up fuses in the line Bernay – Sable-sur-Sathe, the Fusilier battalion secured in Laval. On August 8, 1944, after heavy fighting, Le Mans was lost and the Domfront area could be held. On August 10, 1944, the remnants of the division were in the line 3 km west of Domfont – creek section to north of Ambrieres – 4 km of Ambrieres – 3 km to the east of Mayenne. On August 13th, the division of the 7th Army was directly subordinated and secured the line Domfront – hard south of Starße Domfront – Alencon to the area west of Pre en Pail. On August 14, American units broke the division’s security and advanced north. The remnants of the division were pushed back to the heights south of Lonlai by the following day. The remnants of the division had been destroyed by the end of August. The division commander, Major General Arndt, fell to Les Loges Margueron on August 24, 1944.

Awards:

  1. Wounds Badge in Black – 5.12.1942 
  2. Infantry Assault Badge – Issued by Arbeitsstab Stalingrad! 10.7.1943 

Equipment:

MP40 

Mixed Iron Rations 

In summary, this is a very nice Normandy Soldbuch, of which there are hardly any available on the market. Burger was captured by US Troops as his Soldbuch displays the usual 31G POW Number. 

 

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