Wehrmacht Wehrpass – Obergefreiter Mayer – Art Reg 50 & Art Reg 14 – Poland / Belgium / France / Battle of Moscow / KIA
Description
Wehrpass to Theodor Mayer, born in Breslau 1914.Â
Enlisted in the Wehrmacht in 1938.
Mayer won the Iron Cross Second Class. His service took up three pages of the Wehrpass!
He was killed in the battles after the turning around at the gates of Moscow.
Online was a lot of unit information: See below
Artillerie-Regiment 50/Artillerie-Regiment 14Â
On August 24, 1939, the regiment received the order to leave its staging area in the Guttentag – Rosenberg area at nightfall and move to a new staging area further east. The 2nd Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment left the regiment association at the start of the regrouping and was assigned to the 3rd Light Division. The regimental staff moved into the command post at the Kreuzenfeld school at 8 p.m. On August 25, 1939, the regiment was informed that the attack on Poland was planned for August 26, 1939. At 10:10 p.m., while preparing for the attack, the division received the order to call off the attack. On August 31, 1939, the regiment was again ordered to move into the staging areas. On September 1, 1939, the German attack on Poland began, with the German infantry being able to advance in the area of ​​the 14th Infantry Division without resistance. The regiment left its positions around 8 a.m. without having fired a shot. The regiment followed the infantry. The 1st Battery and the 53rd Infantry Regiment had meanwhile crossed the border into Poland, and the regiment reached the Lisswarthe sector around noon. The regiment took up positions near Dombrowa in the afternoon. Only the 5th battery fired 17 shots that day. By nightfall the 1st and 2nd sections of the regiment were in Pila, the 3rd. Division in Truskolyassy and the 1st Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment had not yet reached the regiment due to the bad roads. On September 2, 1939, the I. Department was assigned directly to the 11th Infantry Regiment and the III. Department subordinated to the 101st Infantry Regiment. The 2nd Battalion took up positions west of Wreczyca Wielka. The 1st Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment prepared itself east of Klepaczka. The 1st Division lost 3 horses in an air raid. During the night the I. and III. Battalion approximately 250 rounds of jamming fire on the field fortifications northwest of Czestochowa and on Grabowka. On September 3, 1939, the advance continued. The I. and III. Department of the regiment remained assigned to the infantry, the 2nd department was assigned to the 53rd Infantry Regiment. In the evening the following areas were reached: headquarters in Rcasowy, I. in Gorne, II. at Wierzchowisko, III. around Marjanka-Redzinska and I. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 around Kiedrzyen. The advance continued on September 4, 1939, with the I. and III. Detachment marched in your infantry regiments. The regiment marched to Garnek via Rudniki, Witkowice and Klomnice.
At nightfall the divisions were in: I. n Piaski, II. in Raczkowiece, III. in Silnica and I. Section of Artillery Regiment 50 in Garnek, together with the regimental headquarters. On September 5, 1939 the following were reached without fighting: I. in Mosty, II. in Kurzelow, III. in Stanowiska and I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment in Maluszyn. On September 6, 1939 the following were reached without fighting: I. in the forest south of Prcedborz, II. in the northern part of Dobromierz, III. in Czermno and I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment in the southern part of Dobromierz. September 7, 1939 was a rest day after the long marching performances. It was not until September 8, 1939 that the advance continued and the regiment marched into the Pianow area. In the evening they reached: I. Jakomovice, II. in the eastern part of Kol. Czerwona Wola, III. in Katoniow and I. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 in Stupia. On September 9, 1939, the regiment continued to march towards Szydlowiec. In the afternoon the II. and III. Detachment in position at Huzisko or Odrownoz, but without being able to fire. The 1st detachment of the regiment reached Serbinov in the evening, the 1st detachment of the artillery regiment 50 Mniow and the regimental staff Mokra. On September 10, 1939, the 1st Division was subordinated to the 53rd Infantry Regiment and reached the area south of Szydlowiec as a corps reserve. II. and III. Division remained subordinate to the 101st Infantry Regiment. On September 11, 1939, towards evening, the following areas were reached: I. Section of Artillery Regiment 50 Blaziny, II./ AR 14 Plusy, III. Rzeczniow and regimental headquarters in Brendocin. On September 12, 1939, the Vistula was reached near Solec. Here the protection to the east was taken over. III. Division 101 took up positions in Infantry Regiment between Solec and Przedmiescie, II. took up accommodation in Sluszczyn, I. Division of Artillery Regiment 50 took up accommodation in Lipa Miklas and Lipa Krepa. The regimental headquarters was in Gruszczyn. On September 13, 1939, the regiment took up firing positions on the Vistula. The 2nd batteries were ready to fire at about 6 o’clock south of Blizsze, and 2 batteries of the 1st at about 8 o’clock near Dziurkow. The batteries support the passage of the infantry across the Vistula from daybreak. Were shelled by the II. Battalion Kamien and Kepa Gostecka, by the I. Battalion of the Artillery Regiment 50 the wooded area west of Janiszow and by the III. Division the heights eastward from Kamien. By the evening the infantry had formed a bridgehead and taken the village of Kamien. On this day the regiment had fired 750 rounds of light FH and 35 rounds of heavy FH. Itself had two dead and 3 wounded. It was not until September 15, 1939 that the 9th battery was able to cross the Vistula as the first battery of the regiment, while the other batteries lay dormant. On September 16, 1939, the order was issued that the staff of the III. Division and the 7th and 8th batteries at Piotrowin are to be set across the Vistula by ferry. The rest of the regiment had to march to Nowe (6 km north of Annopol) in order to cross the Vistula over a bridge here. On September 17, 1939, the regiment marched without the III. Division to Lublin, which was reached in the afternoon. Here the regiment came together again. In addition, the II. Department of the Artillery Regiment 50 was subordinated to him. The regiment was instructed to work with the 101st Infantry Regiment. II Battalion fired on machine-gun nests near the Lublin barracks and on retreating Polish columns on the heights east of Lublin. The III. Battalion fired (without the 7th Battery not yet following suit) at the machine gun positions near the barracks. In the night of September 18, 1939, the II. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 and the two batteries of the III. detachment fired about 100 rounds of jamming fire on the barracks area in the western part of Lublin. On September 18, 1939, the regiment supported the conquest of Loblins by the 101st Infantry Regiment. Towards evening the divisions were as follows: I./AR 14 at Strozka southeast of Krasnik, II. in Wilkolaz and III. in Wieniawak. The regimental headquarters was in Lublin. On September 19, 1939, the II. Section of Artillery Regiment 50 left the regiment again. The III. Division was subordinated to Infantry Regiment 101 and reached Bystczejowice in the evening. The 2nd and 1st battalions arrived in Lublin towards evening, the 1st battalion of the 50th Artillery Regiment was stationed in Konepnica. On September 20, 1939, the advance on the Lublin – Chelm road continued. Towards noon the 8th battery took up position at Gorz to fight the enemy lying near Pavlov. The III. Division took up position behind Hill 210 south of Kamionka, the II. Regiment behind Hill 210.
The demarcation line agreed with the Russians. Therefore, the regiment turned around and towards evening reached the quarters: I. detachment of the artillery regiment 50 in Bystrzejowice, I. and II. of the regiment in Wola Piasecka, III. in Biskupice and regimental headquarters in Breziczki. On September 22, 1939, the regiment stayed in its quarters to repair weapons and equipment. On September 23, 1939, the II. Battalion marched to Natalin northwest of Lublin. The rest of the regiment stayed where it was. On September 24-26, 1939, the entire regiment marched back across the Vistula and reached the following areas towards the evening of September 26, 1939: I. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 Gozd, I. of the Lagowska Regiment, II. Tczow – Borki and III. Zielonka. On September 27, 1939, the regiment continued to march west towards Warsaw. The following day and September 29, 1939 was a rest day for the regiment. On September 30, 1939, the regiment, together with the 14th Infantry Division, marched back towards the Vistula to find accommodation again in the Solec area. This order was revoked on October 2nd, the regiment should now have until October 5th to Skarzysko-Kammienna to be loaded here. By October 9, 1939, the regiment was then moved by rail to Krefeld on the western border. This ended the Polish campaign for the regiment. It had to mourn 13 dead and 8 wounded. By October 10, 1939, all units of the regiment had reached Krefeld. They moved into accommodation in: Staff in Ãœrdingen, I. in the Krefeld – Fischeln area, II. in the Ossum – Bösingheven – Strümp area, III. in the Lank – Latum – Ilverich – Langst area, I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment in the Chapel – Kaldenhausen – Rumeln area. The regiment was based in this area until December 28, 1939. Here the weapons and the material were repaired and intensive training was carried out. On December 5, 1939, the regimental headquarters was moved to Ãœrdingen at Rheintor-Straße 2a. On December 28th and 29th, 1939, the regiment was moved to the area north of Krefeld in two night marches: staff and communications train in Hardt, I. in the Hehler, Vorst, Venn, Winkeln, Hardt area, II. in the Mackenstein area, Hausen, Bockert, Hoser, III. in the Bettrath, Lürrip, Neuwerk area, Heersen train station, Helenabrunn train station, I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment in the Neeresn area. The training was also continued in the new accommodation rooms.
On January 26, 1940, the 1st Section of Artillery Regiment 50 moved to the area of ​​Waldniel, Eicken, Lüttelforst and Lonsberg. On February 5, 1940, the staff of the III. department, the communications train of the III. Division, the 2nd battery of the regiment and the 1st battery of the 50th artillery regiment were handed over as personnel units to be re-established by the 294th artillery regiment. The device remained with the regiment, the units were supplemented by replacements. On May 9, 1940, the regiment was alerted and it marched into the designated staging areas: Headquarters in the youth hostel Wassenberg, I. 1 km southwest of Hehler, II. 1 km southwest of Hehler, III. North of Rheindahlen and I. Battalion of the 50th Artillery Regiment 1 km north-west of Tetelrath. The 1st Division was again assigned to the 11th Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Division to the 53rd Infantry Regiment. Detachment advanced to Ophoven, at 9 o’clock together with the 1st detachment of the 50th Artillery Regiment to Posterholt. The infantry regiments had meanwhile reached the Meuse. The 5th Battery was deployed here to combat bunkers on the Meuse and fired 48 rounds. The 1st Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment reached Odilienberg that day. In the afternoon, the 1st and 2nd sections of the regiment took up positions in the Maasbracht and Brachterbeek area. At about 3 p.m. the II. was brought forward via Montfort to the area east of Stevensveert. On May 11, 1940, the Maas could be crossed over a 16-ton bridge. By the evening they had reached: Regimental Headquarters Hagendoorn, I. 1 km northwest of Neerhoven, II. in the Tongerloo area, III. south of Hagendoorn and I. Battalion of the 50th Artillery Regiment east of Kinroi. On May 12, the regiment was transferred across the Albert Canal. By 12 o’clock the entire regiment was on the other side of the canal and was able to continue its advance. The 1st department was positioned in the Boldberg area, the 2nd in the Hoeveneyde and De Zocken area, the 3rd. in the Berkenen and Eickenen area and the 1st Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment in the area south of Helchteren. On May 13, 1940, the war bridge was crossed in Hasselt. The departments were then returned to the infantry: I. Department of the 101st Infantry Regiment, II. Department of the 53rd Infantry Regiment and III. Division of the 11th Infantry Regiment They reached by the evening: I. Division Kiezegen, Büskom, Lübbek, II. Division Molenbeek-Warbeek, Meensel-Kiezegem, III. Department Büskom, Vissenaken, Kerkom. On May 15, the regimental command post was transferred to the 101st Infantry Regiment in Vaelbeek. This had orders to cross the Dyle south of Louvain. The 1st and 2nd Battalions moved into positions north-east of Vaelbeekin to support the attack. However, the attack was postponed. In the evening, the II. Battalion was brought forward in the direction of Leuven and placed under the command of the 606th Artillery Regiment Staff. Due to increasing enemy artillery fire, the regiment suffered losses of 1 dead and 7 wounded on May 16, 1940. On May 17th the division’s attack across the Dyle began. The artillery was positioned as follows: II. /AR 14 in the Corbeek-Loo area, I. /AR 14 in the Blanden area and III. /AR 14 in the Vaelbeek area. The 1st Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment was located south of Blanden, the subordinate 2nd Division of the 53rd Artillery Regiment in the Haersrode area and the 2nd Division of the 46th Artillery Regiment in the area north of Blanden. In the morning, artillery fired barrage at assumed targets. The infantry attack made good progress as the enemy had withdrawn during the night. Thereupon the advance continued through the regiment. March goals were for the I. Everberg Section, for the II. Saventhem, for the III. Crambeek Wesenbeek, for the I. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 Everberg. However, the I. Detachment was turned directly to Brussels to take part in a parade after the city was handed over. At around 8 p.m. the regiment’s command post was moved to Dilbeek, 5 km west of Brussels. On May 19, 1940, the detachments reached Room III. Battalion with 101st Infantry Regiment near Lederberg, 2nd Battalion south of Lederberg and 1st Battalion behind 11th Infantry Regiment south of Ninove. The advance continued during the night. The regimental command post was moved to Lierde-St. Marie misplaced. At 10 p.m., the II. Battalion reached the area of ​​Lierde-St. Maie, then followed the III. Division and finally the artillery marching group Major Körner, consisting of the 1st Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment and the 1st Division of the regiment. After the advanced units of the infantry had advanced during the night, the town of Renaix was reached on the morning of May 20th. The regimental command post was then moved to Renaix at 11:30 a.m. The infantry had received stronger fire as they approached the Scheldt, so it was assumed that the enemy wanted to defend themselves on the Scheldt. The following was then ordered by Arko 102: II. Division of Artillery Regiment 46 and II. Division of Artillery Regiment 53 as well as II./AR 14 and III. / AR 14 were to move into position immediately and position their B-posts on the north-western edge of the Bois de Enches to support the infantry attack across the Scheldt from 4pm. The 1st Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment and II./AR 14 were brought forward to Renaix and kept ready for possible use there. Enemy artillery fire intensified during the afternoon. The infantry failed to cross the Scheldt. The foremost parts were under heavy artillery fire. Therefore, the II./AR 14 and the I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment were deployed in the evening. The 1st Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment was supposed to fire at artillery targets with the 2nd Observation Section, but did not fire. During the night the Arko 102 left the division, only the detachments of the regiment and the 1st detachment of the Artillery Regiment 50 remained with the division. On May 21, the attack across the Scheldt was to be resumed. The I. Section of the Artillery Regiment 50 and the III. Detachments from the regiment were to provide support during the attack by the 19th Infantry Division. But this attack was also repelled by the English. During the entire afternoon there was heavy artillery jamming fire in the area of ​​the infantry and the observation posts as well as our own firing positions. On May 22, 1940, the attack across the Scheldt was launched again. To this end, the Arko 102 again took the lead over the artillery. The 1st regiment detachment was intended to work with the 101st infantry regiment and the 2nd regiment detachment with the 53rd infantry regiment. The attack was ordered to begin at 5 p.m. After harassing fire during the day and artillery preparation, the infantry attack began at 5 p.m. sharp. At 5.30 p.m. they managed to cross the destroyed bridge at Rugge. During this time the regiment engaged identified targets on the south-eastern edge of Rugge and knocked out enemy machine guns at Waermerde churchyard. The 2nd Division in particular was able to support the 53rd Infantry Regiment well. The enemy retreated to the towns west of the Scheldt and entrenched themselves on the Ortsei entrances. Ruge and Waermerde were heavily defended and fired on by the 1st Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment. The 1st Division of the regiment fought movements on the Waermerde – Thiegem road. At about 8 p.m. the 9th battery changed position to the area east of Monssel, the other two batteries in the battalion followed suit. On May 23, 1940, the infantry realized that the enemy had retreated to the west. Around 4 p.m. the war bridge, erected by Pioneer Battalion 14, across the Scheldt is ready and the detachment was able to cross to the western bank. On the Lys the infantry found enemy positions again. The regiment reached the Ooleghem area by evening. On the morning of May 24, 1940, the detachments were placed in such a position that they could support the two front-line infantry regiments crossing the Lys, namely: I. /AR 14 in the area southwest of Deerlock, II./ AR 14 in the area southwest of the I. department, III. / AR 14 in the area northwest of Deerlock and I. Battalion of the 50th Artillery Regiment east of Steenbrugge. After a preparatory fire hard west of the Lys and a concentrated fire at the breach site in the Lys-Bogen area east of Gnerne, the infantry attacked at 15.40, crossed the Lys and reached the Leyhoek – Bavichove road. A large number of prisoners, mainly Belgians but also British, were taken. The 1st and 2nd Battalions changed positions in the area just east of Harlebeke in order to be able to better support the infantry. During the night a 16-ton bridge was built in the southern part of Harlebeke, which was used from 3 a.m. to cross the regiment. On May 25, 1940, large numbers of prisoners, mostly Belgians, were taken by the infantry. On May 26, the 14th Infantry Division received the order to secure the right flank of the IV Army Corps. For this purpose, the infantry regiments were again subordinated to the artillery departments: I. Department of the Infantry Regiment 11, II. Department of the Infantry Regiment 53 and III. Division of the 101st Infantry Regiment. The 1st Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment was to position itself in the Moorseele area in such a way that it could secure the entire security section from Dadizeele – Ledeghem – Drei Masten. It went into position: I. Division in the Ondenmolen area, II. Division in the area 1 km east of Salines, III. Division in the area north-east of Moorseele and 1st Division of the 50th Artillery Regiment in the area south-west of Moorseele. By enemy artillery fire, the III. Detachment 6 killed and 19 wounded. During the night the detachments fired jamming fire: I. detachment on Moorslede, II. detachment on Ouckene, III. Battalion at Beythmen and I. Battalion of the 50th Artillery Regiment at Roulers. On May 26, 1940, the detachments remained in their positions and supported their own infantry. On May 28, 1940, Belgium laid down its arms. The advance to the west then continued. A Belgian division was disarmed at Paschendaele. We continued towards Dunkirk. Enemy resistance stiffened again on the Ys River. The regimental command post was moved to Langemarck. For the attack on May 29, 1940 across the Ys on Bösinghe, the regiment was prepared as follows: I. Battalion in the area 2 km east of Zwaanhof, II. Battalion east of Pilcken, III. Battalion north of the 1st Battalion and 1st Battalion of the 50th Artillery Regiment 2.5 km east of Zwaanhof. On May 29, 1940, the detachments fired barrage and preparatory fire at the planned crossing point at Zwaanhof. The infantry was able to cross the river and advance further. From 4 p.m. the regiment crossed the river via a war bridge. At 8 p.m. the regimental command post was moved to Bösinghe. Since the infantry no longer encountered any serious opponents, the regiment was able to take a rest day on May 30, 1940. The regimental command post moved to Oostoleteran at 10 a.m. Towards evening the detachments were brought forward and took up positions: III. Section south-west and I. Section of the 50th Artillery Regiment south-east of Leizele. The 1st Division prepared itself in the area west of Weegscheide. The following morning, May 31, 1940, the detachments supported the infantry in their advance against the Canal de la Basse-Cohne. The 1st Battalion went under at Weegscheide at 12:15 a.m. At 09.45 the battalion then took up position 1.5 km west and south-west of Weegscheide in order to be able to support the attack across the Channel. The department had to mourn two wounded by enemy artillery fire. The infantry did not manage to cross the canal, being stuck under heavy enemy fire. Therefore, the detachments fired barrages throughout the night.