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563rd Volksgrenadier Division
Kurland cuff
Active1944-1945
Disbanded1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Ferdinand Brühl
Werner Neumann
Military unit

The 563rd Volksgrenadier Division was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.

The division was formed in October 1944 in Norway, by redesignating the 563rd Grenadier Division, under the command of Ferdinand Brühl. It contained the 1147th, 1148th and 1149th Grenadier Regiments, and the 1563rd Artillery Regiment.

The division was caught in the Kurland Pocket, and fought there until the end of the war, surrendering along with its II Army Corps sister 263rd Infantry Division to 16th Rifle Division.

On 1st April 1945 the division was formed by:

  • 1148th Volksgrenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions + 13. company)
  • 1149th Volksgrenadier Regiment (I. & II. battalions + 13. company)
  • 1563rd Artillery Regiment (I. (1 battery 7,5 cm & 2 batteries 10,5 cm), II. (1 battery 15 cm & 2 batteries 10,5 cm) & III. (1 battery 7,5 cm & 2 batteries 10,5 cm) battalions)
  • Antitank Battalion
  • Pionier Battalion (2 companies)
  • Division Combat School (1 company)

Notes

  1. ^ Axis History Factbook
  2. Petrenko 2010, p. 222.

References

Volksgrenadier divisions of the German Army, 1944–45
1st– 199th
200th – 299th
300th – 540th
541st – 549th
551st – 559th
560th – 569th
570th – 579th
580th – 589th
590th – 709th
See also: List of German divisions in World War II
  • Petrenko, Andrey I. (2010), Stalin's Baltic Divisions, 1418 Days of the Great War, Moscow: Veche (in Russian)(Петренко А.И. Прибалтийские дивизии Сталина. М.: Вече, 2010. Серия «1418 дней Великой Войны»).
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