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    Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst

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    The Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst was formed in March 1945 from elements of other depleted German divisions and additional recruits. It was comprised of mostly officer cadets and trainees. The division was equipped with rifles, assault rifles, machine guns, anti-tank weapons, and had some tanks and assault guns attached. In April 1945, the Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst engaged US forces near Barby, Germany along the Elbe River, before fighting shifted to engage Soviet forces approaching from the east. The division ultimately surrendered to American forces in May 1945.

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    The Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst was formed in March 1945 from elements of other depleted German divisions and additional recruits. It was comprised of mostly officer cadets and trainees. The division was equipped with rifles, assault rifles, machine guns, anti-tank weapons, and had some tanks and assault guns attached. In April 1945, the Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst engaged US forces near Barby, Germany along the Elbe River, before fighting shifted to engage Soviet forces approaching from the east. The division ultimately surrendered to American forces in May 1945.

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    The Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst was formed in March 1945 from elements of other depleted German divisions and additional recruits. It was comprised of mostly officer cadets and trainees. The division was equipped with rifles, assault rifles, machine guns, anti-tank weapons, and had some tanks and assault guns attached. In April 1945, the Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst engaged US forces near Barby, Germany along the Elbe River, before fighting shifted to engage Soviet forces approaching from the east. The division ultimately surrendered to American forces in May 1945.

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    The Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst was formed in March 1945 from elements of other depleted German divisions and additional recruits. It was comprised of mostly officer cadets and trainees. The division was equipped with rifles, assault rifles, machine guns, anti-tank weapons, and had some tanks and assault guns attached. In April 1945, the Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst engaged US forces near Barby, Germany along the Elbe River, before fighting shifted to engage Soviet forces approaching from the east. The division ultimately surrendered to American forces in May 1945.

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    Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst

    Infanteriedivision
    Scharnhorst
    XX Korps, 12. Armee, Heeresgruppe Vistula

    The Infanteriedivision Scharnhorst was formed on


    30 March 1945 from elements of 340.
    Volksgrenadierdivision, 167.
    Volksgrenadierdivision, Pionier-Schule Dessau
    and Volksartillerie-Korps 412 with additional
    manpower from the Führernachwuchsschulen
    (Officer Cadet schools) in Wehrkreis XI (Military
    District 11) and soldiers transferred from the
    Luftwaffe. A Füsilier-Bataillon was added soon
    after from surviving elements of Infanteriedivision
    Potsdam. It was organised as a Type 45 infantry
    division.

    The three Grenadier Regiments were raised.


    Eighty percent of the recruits consisted of officer
    cadets, trainee NCOs and soldiers about to begin
    NCO training courses. The second regiment was
    partly made-up of highly decorated members of
    the Luftwaffe. As a Type 45 division the infantry
    equipment comprised K98 rifles, Sturmgewehr 44
    assault rifles, MG34 and MG42 machine-guns,
    and Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck anti-tank
    weapons. Mortars, Anti-tank guns and infantry
    guns were surprisingly available at theoretical
    strength. The Panzerjäger-Abteilung (Anti-tank
    Battalion) had 7 Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer tank-
    hunters in it Jadgpanzer-Kompanie. Additional
    weapons and vehicles were received from
    Oranienbaum airbase. These included some 3-ton
    tractors, some Kübelwagen and Schwimmwagen
    jeeps, twin and quadruple anti-aircraft guns, and
    twenty Anti-aircraft machine-guns.
    The division
    was ordered to
    assemble
    between 4 and
    7 April in the
    area of
    Dessau-
    Roßlau
    (southeast of
    Magdeburg).
    On 8 April the
    division was
    named
    Infanteriedivisi
    on
    Scharnhorst.

    The division
    was ordered
    into action on
    12 April and
    deployed in the
    area around
    Barby (halfway
    between
    Magdeburg
    and Dessau-
    Roßlau on the
    western bank
    of the Elbe
    River) against
    the
    Americans.

    On 11 April
    StuG-Abteilung
    1170 (armed
    with 19 StuG
    and 12 StuH
    assault guns)
    was attached
    to the division
    near Lindeau.
    It worked in
    cooperation
    with
    Grenadier-
    Regiment
    Scharnhorst 1
    against the US
    83rd Infantry
    Division and
    Combat
    Command R of
    the 2nd
    Armored
    Division, who
    were trying to
    expand
    bridgeheads
    across Elbe
    near Barby.
    Fighting in the
    area took
    place between
    13 and 17
    April, before
    the focus of
    both German
    units switch to
    fighting the
    Soviets coming
    from the east.
    On 26 April the division took part in the Twelfth Army’s thrust towards Beelitz against the
    Soviets.

    They surrendered to the Americans on 2 May 1945 at Tangermünde on the Elbe River.

    The division was named after Gerhard Johann David Waitz von Scharnhorst (1755 – 1813), a
    general in Prussian service. As the Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his
    military theories, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic
    Wars.

    Commanders Order of battle


    Generalleutnant Heinrich Götz Grenadier-Regiment Scharnhorst 1
    (1 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945)
    Grenadier-Regiment Scharnhorst 2
    Area of operations
    Grenadier-Regiment Scharnhorst 3
    Germany (April 1945 - May 1945)
    Artillerie-Regiment Scharnhorst

    Panzerjäger-Abteilung Scharnhorst

    Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon Scharnhorst
    Pionier-Bataillon Scharnhorst

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