47th Volksgrenadier Division
47. Volksgrenadier Division Vehicle Insignia
Active1944-1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeVolksgrenadier
SizeDivision
EngagementsSecond World War

The 47th Volksgrenadier Division (German: 47. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.

Operational history

The division was formed from the remnants of the 47th Infantry Division in Denmark in September 1944, under the command of Lieutenant General Max Bork.[1]

In mid-November, the division was ordered just east of the village of Gressnich, now part of Stolberg in North Rhine-Westphalia. Field Marshal Model, believing the division to be inexperienced, moved them out of the way of the American Ninth Army.[2]

It remained in action on the Western Front, until it was destroyed in March 1945.[1]

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Sources

  1. ^ a b "47. Volksgrenadier-Division". Axis History Factbook. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  2. ^ Miller, Edward G. (2003). A Dark and Bloody Ground: The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945. Texas A&M University Press.

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