WWII German Soldbuch – Grenadier Pregant – Hoch und Deutschmeister – “Operation Spring Awakening” – Hungary 1945 (Sold)

Description

Soldbuch Issued to Oskar Pregant from Innsbruck, enlisted in September 1944 he was sent directly to his field unit after a few weeks. 

Serving with the 131st Infantry Division in Russia in late 1944, by early 1945 he was sent to the famous Hoch und Deutschmeiter (44. Infanterie-Division):

The planned attack on a Soviet bridgehead at the confluence of the Drau and the Danube did not materialize. Instead, the individually arriving sub-units were pushed back to a line between Lake Balaton and the middle Drau. This section could then be held until February 1945.

On February 17, it was transferred to a counterattack in the Komárom area. From March 7, the division took part in the “Spring Awakening” offensive. When the offensive bogged down, on March 18 the so-called Vienna Operation of the 3rd Ukrainian Front began. During the heavy defensive fighting, the division had to break out of a pocket with high losses and retreated along Lake Balaton. At the end of March they reached the Reich border and set up a defensive position there. On April 20, the train was transported to Lower Austria, where, however, no major battles took place.