Luftwaffe ground forces during the invasion of Yugoslavia

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Luftwaffe ground forces during the invasion of Yugoslavia

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 25 Feb 2018, 18:27

Dear everyone,

Does anyone have any info on which particular Luftwaffe ground forces participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia?

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 25 Feb 2018, 20:03

An example: a Luftwaffe half-track (with a mounted Flak) attached to the 11th Armoured Division
(notice the 11th Arm. Division's markings on the trailer and a WL license plate on the vehicle)

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[/size](source: USHMM / IWM / Die Deutsche Wochenschau)


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Post by Ivan Ž. » 25 Feb 2018, 20:58

Another example: a (Luftwaffe) Flak crew attached to the XL Army Corps (LSSAH vehicles in the background)

http://bandenkampf.blogspot.rs/2018/02/bk0316.html

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Post by Leo Niehorster » 26 Feb 2018, 10:36

See here:
German Forces in the Balkan Operations, April 1941

All of the light blue symbols with the motorized modifiers ("wheels") underneath were Luftwaffe ground units. These include the antiaircraft (Flak)
and the air force signal (Luftnachrichten) units, as well as all the ground elements in the army cooperation headquarters (Koluft, Gruft), such as the staff, photo evaluation, air force signal, etc.

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 26 Feb 2018, 12:39

Leo - you are the man :thumbsup: Congratulations for your site, which I (oddly enough) see for the first time now. Well-made and highly informative.

Regarding the XL (XXXX) Army Corps: is it known whether the II./Flak-Regt. 24 was attached to the group led by the 9th Armoured Division (the Kriva Palanka route) or to the group led by the 73rd Infantry Division (the Carevo Selo route)?

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 09 May 2018, 15:09

Ivan Ž. wrote:Regarding the XL (XXXX) Army Corps: is it known whether the II./Flak-Regt. 24 was attached to the group led by the 9th Armoured Division (the Kriva Palanka route) or to the group led by the 73rd Infantry Division (the Carevo Selo route)?
Answer: Neither. It was attached to the 1st Armoured Group (the above pictured half-tracks obviously also belonged to the II./Flak-Regt. 24).

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 05 Jun 2022, 00:32

Ivan Ž. wrote:
25 Feb 2018, 20:03
An example: a Luftwaffe half-track (with a mounted Flak) attached to the 11th Armoured Division
(notice the 11th Arm. Division's markings on the trailer and a WL license plate on the vehicle)
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(source: USHMM / IWM / Die Deutsche Wochenschau)

Identified: it's actually the leichte Flak-Abteilung 71.

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(drawing from Novak's Ostpreussische leichte Flakabteilung 71 book series)

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