1st Naval Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 1st Marine-Infantrie-Division was formed in February 1945 in Stettin from Marine-Schützen-Brigade Nord. Replacement troops were provided by 1. Marine-Infanterie-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Bataillon located in Lübberstedt bei Wesermünde. Activated from Kriegsmarine forces it fought, usually poorly, on the northern flank of the German line on the Oder river until the end of the war.

Commanders

Konteradmiral Hans Hartmann (Kriegsmarine) 31 January 1945 - 28 February 1945
Generalmajor Wilhelm Bleckwenn (Heer) 28 February 1945 - 8 May 1945

Composition

Marine-Infanterie-Regiment 1
Marine-Infanterie-Regiment 2
Marine-Infanterie-Regiment 4
Füsilier-Kompanie 1 (later became Battalion)
Marine-Artillerie-Regiment 1
Panzjaeger-Abteilung 1
Marine-Feldersatz-Bataillon 1
Marine-Pionier-Bataillon 1 (from April 1945)
Marine-Nachrichten-Abteilung 1 (from April 1945)

References

Bennighof, Mike. "German Naval Infantry in the Defense of Berlin". Avalanche Press. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
Tessin, Georg (1965). Die Landstreitkräfte 1—5. Die Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945. Frankfurt/Main: E.S. Mittler. p. 58.

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