An extensive list of Volkssturm-Bataillons?

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A fascinating post in relation to Südostwall-Abschnitt Südburgenland relating to the Volkssturm. [English translation]

Südostwall-Abschnitt Südburgenland

Construction and alerting of the Volkssturm

In October 1944, the formation of the German Volkssturm was announced, in which all "men capable of weapons between the ages of 16 and 60" were to be recorded. There were four so-called contingents (Contingent I, Contingent II, Contingent III and Contingent IV), whereby usually only for battalions of Contingent I enough weapons were available. Thus, the military stocks in the Alpine and Danube Empires were only sufficient to equip a maximum of 30 Volkssturm-Bataillones. [49]

The approximately 700-strong Volkssturm-Bataillones were set up at district level. [49] A battalion was identified using a multi-level numbering system. The first number stood for the Gau (Styria had the number 31), the second number stood for the battalion number within the Gau. [50] Thus, at the end of March 1945, the Volkssturm-Bataillon Weiz 31/201, i.e. the 201st Volkssturm-Bataillon of the Gau Of Styria, set up in the district of Weiz, was used in the fighting against the Red Army. [51] To identify the four companies of a battalion, there was a third number. Volkssturm Kompanie 31/46/3, deployed in March 1945 on the Südostwall, was the 3rd Company of the 46th Volkssturm-Bataillon established in the Gau of Styria. [51]

On 23 December 1944, 15 Volkssturm-Bataillones of Styria were requested by the High Command of the Army for the redoubt work on the southeast
wall. Since there were many peasants and workers among the Volkssturmmänner, they had to be dismissed from the redoubt work in mid-February. On 9 March, the Gauleiter finally sent all the Volkssturm-Bataillones entrenched at the Reichsschutzstellung home, without having coordinated this with higher military authorities beforehand. Neither the Chief of the German General Staff, Colonel General Heinz Guderian, nor the Chief of the Command Staff of the Deutscher Volkssturm, Major General Hans Kissel, were aware of this measure. [46]

When, on 24 March, Chief of the General Staff Heinz Guderian was finally informed that all Volkssturm-Bataillones had left the Reich protection position, it was first believed in high treason. Major General Hans Kissel was then sent to Vienna to clarify the facts. On 25 March, therefore, the Volkssturm-Bataillones were again alerted and the reoccupation of the Reich Protection Position. In the meantime, the military situation of Army Group South had deteriorated to such an extent due to the Soviet offensive in the context of the Vienna operation that it passed on alert level I to the fortress section niederdonau, which also had to trigger the occupation of the southeast wall as agreed. [46]

Kissel then continued to Styria and also reached Gauleiter Uiberreither that on 25 March 14 Styrian Volkssturm-Bataillones were alerted and subsequently marched towards the border. On the morning of that day, the Körmend Command had also forwarded the highest warning level III for the Celldömölk-Sárvár area to the offices in Styria. [52] Thus, literally at the last minute, it was achieved that the Volkssturm occupied the position system just before the arrival of the first units of the Red Army. For the area from Rechnitz to Radkersburg, this was around 5,000 men or around 30 to 35 men per front kilometre. This was roughly equivalent to the target strength of half a Soviet rifle division. If one also considers that the Volkssturmmänner had no combat experience in addition to the inadequate armament and the far too short training time, then the men did not have the spark of a chance against the battle-tested units of the Red Army. [52]

Kampfraum Güssing/Jennersdorf Exploiting this chaos, the XVIII Panzer Corps of the Soviet 27th Army advanced more than 110 kilometers in six days.
With its approximately 200 tanks and assault guns, the unit crossed the Reichsschutzstellung near Neuhaus am Klausenbach on 31 March and advanced further west towards Bad Gleichenberg. [64] In the process, the Volkssturmbataillon Murau, which had just arrived at Kalch at the Reich Protection Position and wanted to go into position there, was unceremoniously overrun. [65]

The Volkssturm-Bataillon Graz-Land, which had already been deployed in the Reich Protection position, surrendered to the more than overwhelming superiority by waving white cloths. The nearby Volkssturm-Bataillon Jennersdorf evaded its capture by fleeing. Resistance, however, was provided by the Volkssturm-Bataillon Liezen and the Zollgrenzschutzkompanie Jennersdorf, which were supported by an anti-aircraft combat team. [57]

Source Manfried Rauchensteiner: Der Krieg in Österreich 1945. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Wien 1984

https://regiowiki.at/wiki/S%C3%BCdostwa ... burgenland

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Hans Kissel (* 19. Februar 1897 in Mannheim; † 30. November 1975 in Aglasterhausen) Generalmajor; Chef des Führungsstabes des Volkssturms

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Hans Kissel was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 March 1944. Subsequently, until a serious wound, he was in command of the Grenadier Regiment 178. On 10 November 1944, Kissel was transferred to the Führerreserve and commanded to Berlin as Chief of the Command Staff of the Volkssturm. In this position he was promoted to Major General on 30 January 1945.

Awards and decorations
Iron Cross (1914)

2nd Class
1st Class

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Iron Cross (1939)
2nd Class
1st Class

Wound Badge (1939)
in Black or Silver

Eastern Front Medal

German Cross in Gold (18 June 1942)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 March 1944

Author: HITLER'S LAST LEVY: The Volkssturm 1944-45 by Hans Kissel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Kissel

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NARA Roll T78 R645 (Gen.St.d.H.Op.Abt.)

I have indentified the following Volkssturm-Bataillones

Volkssturm-Bataillon Drewenz-Stellung
Volkssturm-Bataillon Bromberg
Volkssturm-Bataillon Marienwerder
Volkssturm-Bataillon Elbing
Volkssturm-Bataillon Thorn
Volkssturm-Bataillon Graudenz
Volkssturm-Bataillon Marienburg
Volkssturm-Bataillon Weichselsehne

Other Volkssturm related documents from NARA Roll T78 R645 (Gen.St.d.H.Op.Abt.)

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More Internet sites referring to the Volkssturm.

Abschnitt Rechnitz

Volkssturm-Bataillon 31/1 // Volkssturm-Bataillon Bruck a.d. Mur
Volkssturm-Bataillon 31/131 // Volkssturm-Bataillon Leoben
Volkssturm-Bataillon 31/181 // Volkssturm-Bataillon Oberwart
Volkssturm-Bataillon 31/185

Abschnitt Kohfidisch

Volkssturm-Bataillon 31/46/3
Volkssturm-Bataillon 31/201 // Volkssturm-Bataillon Weiz
Volkssturm-Bataillon 31/184/4

https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWik ... rwart_1945

3. Volkssturm-Bataillon Koblenz // Volkssturm-Bataillon Ehrenbreitstein
Volkssturm-Bataillon Lahnstein 1
Volkssturm-Bataillon Lahnstein 2

https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... reitstein/

Volkssturm-Bataillon 25/72

https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/erkennun ... ts-744434/

Gau 21 Niederschleisen

Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/1
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/2
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/3
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/4
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/5
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/6
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/7
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/8
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/9
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/10
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/11
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/12
Volkssturm-Bataillon 21/13

https://www.lovecpokladu.cz/de/artefakt ... va-268370/

Volkssturm-Bataillon Altenkirchen
Volkssturm-Bataillon Bonn
Volkssturm-Bataillon Freikorps Sauerland
Volkssturm-Bataillon Köln
Volkssturm-Bataillon Leverkusen

Volkssturm-Kompanie Derschen
Volkssturm-Kompanie Politt
Volkssturm-Kompanie Troisdorf

https://www.das-kriegsende.de/volksstur ... nenfutter/

Volkssturm-Bataillon 2 Schlawe

https://archiwum.instytutpileckiego.pl/ ... anguage=en

Volkssturm-Bataillon 28/6 Salzburg-Stadt

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vc ... F6BQi3AhAD

1. Kurhessisches Volkssturm-Bataillon Gudensberg

https://www.lot-tissimo.com/de-de/aucti ... 4c00e74386

Volkssturm-Bataillon 27/702 E , Böhlitz - Ehrenberg , Pestalozzischule , Leipzig

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KS ... F6BQiKAhAD

Volkssturm-Bataillon 16/186

viewtopic.php?t=120092

Hitler Youth: Activities--War Service the Volkssturm

https://histclo.com/youth/youth/org/nat ... -volks.htm

Stabsführung Volkssturm

Panzernahbekämpfungstrupp der Hitler-Jugend

Einsatz des Sonderkommandos Haupt (Deutscher Volkssturm, Kreis Gotha)

https://www.bundesarchiv.de/findbuecher ... 6-3086.xml

Deutscher Volkssturm Westmark
Deutscher Volkssturm Gau 1 Kreisleitung Kreis Freiburg 4. Bad. Volkssturm-Bataillon
Deutscher Volkssturm Gau 40 Kreis Rockenhausen

https://www.wormser-auktionshaus.de/057 ... 95000.html

Volkssturm Berlin

Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/115 Siemensstadt
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/505
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/550 // Volkssturm-Bataillon Wilhelmsplatz
Volkssturm-Bataillon 16/27

https://www.wehrmacht-forum.de/index.ph ... /&pageNo=1

Volkssturm Berlin - Eine historische Aufarbeitung

Volkssturm-Bataillon z.b.V. 3/1
Volkssturm-Bataillon z.b.V. 3/2
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/3 // Volkssturm Bataillon des NSDAP-Kreises X ( Neukölln-Treptow)
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/11
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/19
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/ A 64 [Volkssturm-Arbeits-Einheit]
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/109
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/424
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/707
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/709
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/715
Volkssturm-Kampf-Bataillon 3/803
Volkssturm-Kampf-Bataillon 3/807
Volkssturm-Kampf-Bataillon 3/809
Volkssturm-Kampf-Bataillon 3/811
Volkssturm-Kampf-Bataillon 3/813
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/909
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/917
Volkssturm Bataillon 3/919

Volkssturm-Bataillon Krull

Volkssturm-Kompanie Radecke
Volkssturm-Kompanie Reichskanzlei

Hitlerjugend-Regiment Frankfurt a. Oder

II Batailon der Panzer-Nahkampf-Brigade Hitlerjugend

https://dokumentenforum.de/forum/thread ... /?pageNo=1

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Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/19 // Volkssturm-Bataillon Köpenicker
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/917 // Volkssturm-Bataillon Lichtenberger

https://dokumentenforum.de/forum/thread ... %C3%A4ter/

Volkssturm-Bataillon V Badischem
Volkssturm-Bataillon XV
Volkssturm-Bataillon XXII Badischem
Volkssturm-Bataillon Lichtenstein
Volkssturm-Bataillon Wunnenstein

https://www.wehrmacht-forum.de/index.ph ... -albstadt/

Volkssturm-Bataillon der HJ des Gebietes Oberschlesien (35)

https://www.wehrmacht-forum.de/index.ph ... weltkrieg/

Volkssturm-Bataillon 27/327

https://www.wehrmacht-forum.de/index.ph ... /&pageNo=4

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Volkssturm-Bataillon 12/72

Source: NARA T315 R-2149

https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... /&pageNo=6

Volkssturm-Bataillon ??/128 - Reichsgau Watheland [Oder-Warthe Bogen Blesen] Volkssturm-Bataillon 36/128
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... illon-128/

Volkssturm-Bataillon 204 - Reichsgau Oberschlesien Volkssturm-Bataillon 23/204
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... post638572

Volkssturm-Bataillon 244 - Reichsgau Pommern Volkssturm-Bataillon 26/244
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... illon-244/

Volkssturm-Bataillon 246 - Reichsgau Pommern Volkssturm-Bataillon 26/246
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... illon-246/

Volkssturm-Bataillon 249 - Reichsgau Pommern Volkssturm-Bataillon 26/249
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... illon-249/

Volkssturm-Bataillon 847 - Reichsgau Pommern Volkssturm-Bataillon 26/847
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... illon-847/

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Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/103 "??"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/181 "F"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/215 "E"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/309 "C"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/303 "D"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/316 "D"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/403 "G"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/407 "G"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/421 "G"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/511 "C"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/517 "C"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/521 "C"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/569 "G"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/603 "G"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/609 "F"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/713 "H"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/813 "H"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 3/869 "H"

Volkssturm-Bataillon 'Fischer' "A"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 'Radeland' "F"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 'Ritter von Halt' "??"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 'Schünke' "A"
Volkssturm-Bataillon 'Wositzka' "A"

Volkssturm-Bataillon /Kampf-Gruppe 'Förster'

Rundfunkeigene-Volkssturm-Kompanie "Z"

https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... &pageNo=11

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35 Reichsgau Tirol-Vorarlberg

Standschützen-Bataillon Feldkirch

Feldkircher Standschützenbataillon bestand aus den
drei Kompanien Gisingen-Altenstadt, Feldkirch-Süd mit Tisis, Nofels und Tosters sowie Feldkirch-Mitte

http://apps.vorarlberg.at/vorarlberg/pd ... ch1945.pdf

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A Correction to this post

19 Reichsgau München-Oberbayern:

1. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon A Königsberg
2. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon B Königsberg
3. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon C Königsberg
4. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon D Königsberg
5. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon E Königsberg
6. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon F Königsberg
7. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon G Königsberg
8. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon H Königsberg // Volkssturm-Wachbataillon Königsberg
9. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon J Königsberg
10. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon K Königsberg
11. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon L Königsberg
12. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon M Königsberg
13. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon N Königsberg
14. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon O Königsberg
15. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon P Königsberg
16. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon Q Königsberg
17. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon R Königsberg
18. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon S Königsberg
19. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon T Königsberg
20. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon U Königsberg
21. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon V Königsberg
22. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon W Königsberg
23. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon X Königsberg
24. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon Y Königsberg
25. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon Z Königsberg

https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/inde ... /&pageNo=2

The above post was missing the following

9. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon I Königsberg

It therefor put the numerical sequence out of kilter from Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg J to Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg Z

Below is the correct listing. My apologies.

1. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon A Königsberg
2. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon B Königsberg
3. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon C Königsberg
4. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon D Königsberg
5. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon E Königsberg
6. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon F Königsberg
7. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon G Königsberg
8. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon H Königsberg // Volkssturm-Wachbataillon Königsberg
9. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon I Königsberg
10. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon J Königsberg
11. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon K Königsberg
12. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon L Königsberg
13. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon M Königsberg
14. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon N Königsberg
15. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon O Königsberg
16. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon P Königsberg
17. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon Q Königsberg
18. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon R Königsberg
19. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon S Königsberg
20. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon T Königsberg
21. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon U Königsberg
22. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon V Königsberg
23. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon W Königsberg
24. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon X Königsberg
25. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon Y Königsberg
26. Volkssturm-Bataillon Königsberg // Volkssturm-Bataillon Z Königsberg