The 553rd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 553. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during World War II that fought entirely on the Western Front.
Sent to stop the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine in September 1944, it was nearly encircled and destroyed twice in northeastern France: first at Nancy and then at the Saverne Gap. After being rebuilt, in January 1945 it participated in Operation Nordwind, the southern counterpart of the German offensive that became known as the Battle of the Bulge. It captured a bridgehead on the Rhine and elements of the 553rd took part in destroying two American battalions from the U.S. 12th Armored Division at the village of Herrlisheim, along with the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg. After the operation was called off in late January, the 553rd was withdrawn from the front and remained in the Army Group G reserve until the German surrender in May 1945.
and 11 Related for: 553rd Volksgrenadier Division information
The 553rdVolksgrenadierDivision (German: 553. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadierdivision of the German Army during World War II that fought...
The 559th VolksgrenadierDivision (German: 559. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadierdivision of the German Army during World War II that fought...
from the 553rdVolksgrenadierDivision. The division ceased to exist on 10 March 1945, when it was absorbed by the 559th VolksgrenadierDivision. On 20...
ISBN 978-1-84603-683-5. "US 44th Infantry Division - Nordwind". [ Battle History of the United States 44th Infantry Division, ETO 1944 - 1945]. Archived from the...
combat units available, the corps consisted of only one division, the 553rdVolksgrenadierDivision. The force acted as a reserve for the army group. The...
example, when the German attack began on 16 December, the US 7th Armored Division was assigned to XIII Corps, US Ninth Army, 12th Army Group. Later that...
January 1945 between the 553rdVolksgrenadier Regiment, the 35th, 119th and 2nd Panzer Grenadier Regiments, 10th SS Division and elements of the United...
Global Information
Germany
German Army