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Luftwaffe Field Divisions primarily 16th

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Luftwaffe Field Divisions primarily 16th
Posted by Tankluver on Sunday, February 27, 2011 12:00 PM

Did the Luftwaffee field divisions primarily the 16th division have fallschirmjager attached? 

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Posted by jgeratic on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 4:38 AM

No, these were divisions made from volunteers from Luftwaffe ground crew and other support personnel..  Paratroops were not part of their OOB.  Their intended use was not planned  to be in frontline duty but more as security units.  With manpower shortages after the winter of 1941 on the Russian front, more men were needed for the army.  Goering though refused to hand these Luftwaffe replacements to the Heer.  By November of 1943, the Army did take over command of all Luftwaffe field divisions, eventually reorganizing them under the new 1944 infantry division establishment.

http://www.freewebs.com/jenjr9899/16lwfdhistory.htm

 

regards,

Jack

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