281st Infantry Division (Germany)
- 281st Infantry Division (Germany)
The German 281st Infantry Division, ("281. Infanterie-Division") was formed in January 1945 in Courland by conversion of the 281st Security Division ("281. Sicherungs-Division").
Operational History
The 281st Infantry Division spent it's brief wartime career on the Eastern Front serving under III SS Corps in February and March 1945 and XXXII Corps in April.
Organisation
* "Grenadier-Regiment 322", I and II Battalions
* "Grenadier-Regiment 368", I and II Battalions
* "Grenadier-Regiment 418", I and II Battalions
* "Divisions-Füsilier-Kompanie 281" (later expanded to Füsilier-Bataillon 281)
* "Panzerjäger-Kompanie 281"
* "Artillerie-Regiment 281", I to IV Battalions
* "Nachrichten-Abteilung 822"
* "Pionier-Bataillon 281"
* "Divisions-Versorgungs-Regiment 281"
References
* Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939 - 1945 Volume 9
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