Online source for contemporary German divisional records

[Michael Dorosh]

OneDrive

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Link goes to a number of zip files from NARA microfilm of contemporary German divisional war diaries, all pages are in jpg format


Formations include

Brandenburg Division

Armor
1 Panzer Division
2 Panzer Division
3 Panzer Division
4 Panzer Division
5 Panzer Division
6 Panzer Division
7 Panzer Division
9 Panzer Division
10 Panzer Division
11 Panzer Division
12 Panzer Division
13 Panzer Division
14 Panzer Division
15 Panzer Division
16 Panzer Division
17 Panzer Division
18 Panzer Division
19 Panzer Division
20 Panzer Division
21 Panzer Division
22 Panzer Division
23 Panzer Division
24 Panzer Division
25 Panzer Division
26 Panzer Division

Light Infantry
1 Gebirgsjäger Division
97 Leichte Infanterie Division
100 Leichte Infanterie Division
101 Leichte Infanterie Division
114 Jäger Division
117 Jäger Division
118 Jäger Division
714 Jäger Division
717 Jäger Division
718 Jäger Division

Infantry
8 Infanterie Division
11 Infanterie Division
12 Infanterie Division
15 Infanterie Division
16 Infanterie Division
21 Infanterie Division
22 Infanterie Division
24 Infanterie Division
26 Infanterie Division
32 Infanterie Division
34 Infanterie Division
36 Infanterie Division
46 Infanterie Division
50 Infanterie Division
56 Infanterie Division
57 Infanterie Division
58 Infanterie Division
61 Infanterie Division
62 Infanterie Division
68 Infanterie Division
72 Infanterie Division
75 Infanterie Division
76 Infanterie Division
78 Infanterie Division
79 Infanterie Division
88 Infanterie Division
93 Infanterie Division
95 Infanterie Division
111 Infanterie Division
112 Infanterie Division
121 Infanterie Division
123 Infanterie Division
132 Infanterie Division
134 Infanterie Division
168 Infanterie Division
183 Infanterie Division
208 Infanterie Division
217 Infanterie Division
223 Infanterie Division
239 Infanterie Division
250 Infanterie Division
253 Infanterie Division
254 Infanterie Division
255 Infanterie Division
260 Infanterie Division
290 Infanterie Division
291 Infanterie Division
292 Infanterie Division
294 Infanterie Division
296 Infanterie Division
331 Infanterie Division
389 Infanterie Division

Air Force
11 Luftwaffe Feld Division
9 Infantry Division

Security
213 Sicherungs Division
285 Sicherungs Division
454 Sicherungs Division

 

[Michael Dorosh]

From the 24 Panzer Division (the leaping horsemen) diary - 10 October 1942.

I believe the top entry is an account of the operational tanks of the division, and their types - PzKpfw II, III, IV with "lang" and "kurz" meaning long barreled main armanent and short barreled main armament respectively. Also two command tanks (Befehls panzer). Second para refers to vehicles waiting for replacement engines and spare parts.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

24 Panzer Division ................................................................................. Division Command Post 18 Dec 1942
Dept IIa (Adjutant)

ORDER OF THE DAY

Members of the division listed below have recently shown particular achievement and bravery in the struggles for Stalingrad and in the large Don-Basin. I express my thanks and appreciation to them on behalf of the division. Their actions have gone down in the history of the division.

1. Oberleutnant von Borcke, Panzer-Regiment 24

Squadron commander Oberleutnant von Borcke was tasked with marching his tank squadron parallel to the division from Jerusslanowskij on November 21, 1942. It turned out that the bridge over the liska marked on the map was not available. Since the towns north and south were already occupied by the Russians and evasion was out of the question, the squadron was cut off with its supply vehicles. An attempt to reach the division's line of march was unsuccessful due to difficulties in the terrain and a violent night battle. Nevertheless, Oblt. V. Borcke, completely surrounded and under enemy attack, managed to fight his way through with the entire squadron and rejoined the division on November 23, 1942.


(Note that 24 Panzer Division was created from a horse cavalry division, and thus used "squadron" terminology.)

7. Obergefreiter Gillmeister, 6th Company, Panzergrenadier Regiment 26

When the Russians broke through at Orlovka on December 3, 1942, and with all the men in his squad fallen in action, Obergefreiter Gillmeister personally held out with the M.G. while cut off from his unit until relieved by a counter-attack. He inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.


9. Feldwebel Waschk, 3rd Company, Armoured Engineer Battalion 40

Feldwebel Waschk has distinguished himself in numerous cases, especially when laying mines, by reliable and trouble-free work, often under strong enemy pressure. On the 7th and 8th of December 1942 he moved forward of friendly lines and relocated 290 Teller mines while under heavy small arms and artillery fire. Feldwebel Waschk died a hero's death on 16 December 1942.

von Lenski
Generalmajor and Division Commander

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The German War Graves Commission lists Feldwebel Heinz Walter Waschk (born 11 Dec 1914) as being killed on 17 December 1942 near Stalingrad. His name is listed on the wall at the cemetery at Rossoschka, Russia:

Detailansicht

www.volksbund.de

 

[g_young]

Excellent resource; thank you Michael!

 

[R Hooks]

oh I wanted info on the 7th inf div.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

oh I wanted info on the 7th inf div.

I'm in the same boat, I really wanted info on the 65th. But - the divisional historian, writing in 1974, noted that a lot of divisions never had much in the way of archival holdings after the war. What didn't get bombed often got burned by Germans with a heavy sense of duty in May 1945. Ordnung muss sein. That was how the transcripts of Hitler's military conferences for the last four years of the war were lost, with the exception of a few hundred pages. The German officer in charge of the copies burned them, then shot himself. After the war was over, for all the sense that made.

Working on a project regarding the 7th?

 

[R Hooks]

More for my own study, seems to be one of the oldest German divisions that fought in Poland, France, and Eastern Front that survived until the end of the war. I'm thinking there might be some stories in their history.