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Re: Elite infantry division of Wehrmacht

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Post by sitalkes » 29 Apr 2014, 04:40

Anything special about the 26th and 34th Infantry divisions in 1940? These two were to be assault divisions in the Sealion plan, but there doesn't seem to be anything special about them. All the other divisions in the first wave were elite - 2 mountain, 2 jager, 2 airborne/airlanded, and of the rest: the7th Infantry Division is listed above as one of the best infantry divisions of the Heer. The 35th was almost as good as the 7th. The 17th also may have had special status as the Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler, Hitler’s personal bodyguard regiment, was posted with it during the Polish campaign. One of their regiments was also to work in the same combat group as the Brandenbergers and the paratroops .

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Re: Elite infantry division of Wehrmacht

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Post by krichter33 » 29 Apr 2014, 06:50

I haven't heard much from the 26th and the 34th, but I have read good things about the 12th, including the 12th VGD...


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