Description
Soldbuch issued to Johann Gruber in 1942.
Rarer Unit: Known as “List”, this unit was the unit Hitler had served in during WW1, this is a sought after unit.
Medals: Iron Cross Second Class and Wound Badge in Black for Code 31a
Issued : Camo Net, Italian Machine Gun!!!
Unit History
Infantry Regiment 19 and the 7th Infantry Division . The regiment had been in the Gshatsk position since the winter of 1941/42. On March 3, 1943, the regiment began to retreat to the Buffalo position, the so-called “Buffalo movement”. The new positions were reached on March 22nd. Due to the shortening of the front, the 7th Infantry Division was taken out of the front and loaded onto the trains to Orel in Yelnya. After a Russian incursion in the new operational area at the 25th Panzer Division , the regiment was thrown to the front immediately after unloading and to the 12th Panzer Division, which was also under pressure commanded. After the Russian attacks in this area could be repelled, the 7th Infantry Division was taken out of the front and deployed against partisan formations in the area of the Bryansk Forest (“Operation Zigeunerbaron”) in the area north of Lokot. During the heavy fighting against the Partisans were raised by the regiment of several forest camps. At the end of the operation, Desna was reached on June 4th and crossed it on June 5th. The division then moved to the Kromy area in order to prepare for the German summer offensive on Kursk (“Operation Zitadelle”). On July 5, 1943, the attack of the 7th Infantry Division began from the north on Kursk. Heavy hand-to-hand fighting ensued in the well-developed Russian positions. By evening the regiment was able to take Tureika. After a few more successes, the attack was stopped on July 9th, from July 11th the regiment switched to defense. During the night of the 16th-17th, the regiment broke away from the front and slowly retreated to the starting positions it had occupied before Operation Citadel began. These positions were reached on July 18. For the further retreat, the regiment was briefly subordinated to the 72nd Infantry Division . With this division, the regiment made the retreat to the Hagen position. After reaching the Hagen position, the regiment rejoined the 7th Infantry Division. This was taken from the front on August 9th and moved to the Lokot area by August 14th to rest here. On August 22, the regiment was alerted again and marched to the Sevsk area behind the front. When the Russian full-scale attack broke out on August 26, the regiment was placed alongside the 251st Infantry Division pushed to the front. By September 30, 1943, after heavy fighting, the regiment was down to one company strength. By September 25, the regiment retreated to the Dnieper via Novgorod and Kolmy, which was crossed at Lyubech. The regiment moved into new defensive positions. From October 15, Russian attacks began again across the Dnieper. On October 21, the III. Battalion to a Russian breakthrough that almost completely wiped out the battalion. On October 22, the 7th Infantry Division began to withdraw to the west. On October 30, the Pochemka position was reached, where the regiment was allowed some rest. After the Russian attacks had started again on November 10th, the regiment had to retreat west again from November 11th. By the end of the year, under heavy fighting, the Pripet swamps were reached. After a period of rest, the Red Army attacked the neighbouring divisions heavily in the second week of January, so that they had to retreat. Endangered on the flanks, the 7th Infantry Division also closedthis retreat. By March 1944 the regiment had withdrawn to positions near Winwicza. There was some calm again until the Russian large-scale attack broke out on June 22nd. Under heavy pressure, the regiment fell back to defensive positions at Pinsk by June 25. By July 20, the regiment went back to Kobrin via Yanov and Drohiezyn. After fighting north of Brest-Litwosk, the western Bug was crossed at Turzyen via Wegrow and Chniebewo on August 25th. On August 31, 1944 it received the traditional name “Regiment List” from the dissolved GR 199 transfer. (In the List Regiment, A. Hitler had served in World War I.) In the further retreat, the Narew was crossed at Rozan and then, parallel to the Vistula, they retreated to East Prussia. By the end of the year, the area around Gnojo was reached. On January 12, 1945, the last major Russian offensive began. When the 7th Infantry Division was attacked on January 14th, the regiment was dispersed and overrun within a few hours. The remnants gathered at the divisional command post and deployed at Golymin on January 15. The location was lost on January 17th. On January 18, the regiment was replenished with stragglers from the 62nd Grenadier Regiment . The regiment between Bohnsack and Stutthoff came to an end during the further retreat to the Bay of Danzig.
By 1945 he was with Infanterie Pioneer Ersatz Kompanie 467 which found in Franken area Germany in 1945.
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Ausbildungsdivisionen/AusbDivBayern-R.htm
Comments:
Nice Soldbuch, note the 19 on the shoulder board also which makes it quite a nice edition to a sought after unit. Comes with newpaper printing about how they stormed villages in Russia. It seems he was captured by US Troops and was busy rebuilding the city of Giessen in 1946. A nice little set.
