13th Luftwaffe Field Division

__NOTOC__ 13th Luftwaffe Field Division 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division 1942 – 1944 Nazi Germany Luftwaffe Infantry Division World War II Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad Third Battle of Lake Ladoga Leningrad–Novgorod offensive The 13th Luftwaffe Field Division (de 13. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division) was an infantry division of the Luftwaffe branch of the German Wehrmacht that fought in World War II. History The 13th Luftwaffe Field Division was formed on 15 November 1942 at the Fallingbostel Training Area (near Neubiburg) using the personnel of 'Flieger-Regiment 13'. The core of the division was formed around six 'Jäger' battalions split into two regiments. In early 1943, the division was transferred to Army Group North on the Eastern Front and assigned to the 18th Army. The division took over a position section on the Volkhov River in the area of Chudovo–Dymno–Spasskaya Polist. It took part in the Third Battle of Lake Ladoga. Whilst not at the centre of the fighting, and South of the Kirishi Bridgehead and Pogoste Pocket. The Division held its positions on the river line throughout 1943. On 1 November 1943, the division was taken over by the Wehrmacht and renamed Field Division 13 (L). In January 1944, the division was struck by the major Soviet Leningrad–Novgorod offensive. In heavy rearguard action, it had to retreat to the Luga sector and from here further to the Pskow area. After a temporary deployment on the southern edge of Lake Pskov, the division moved to the area south of Ostrov. At the end of March 1944 the division fought on the Opochka–Pskow railway line, and suffered so many casualties that it was dissolved on 1 April 1944. What remained of the Division was incorporated into the Felddivision 12 (L).Munoz 2025 138–147Glantz 2002 359-393 Commanders Order of Battle, 13th Field Division (L)Mitcham 2007a 307–308Munoz 2025 138–147 December 1942 25th Field Jager RegimentThe I Battalion was transferred to Felddivision 12 (L) in April 1944 as I Battalion 25th Field Jager Regiment. NoteMunoz 2025 145 26th Field Jager RegimentThe II Battalion was transferred to Felddivision 12 (L) in April 1944 as II Battalion 25th Field Jager Regiment. NoteMunoz 2025 145 13th Field Artillery Regiment 13th Field Bicycle Company 13th Field Panzer-Jager Battalion 13th Field Engineer Company 13th Field Signal Company 13th Field Flak Battalion In November 1943 This battalion was removed from the division and became I Flak-Abteilung of Flak Regiment 54 (motorisiert). NoteMunoz 2025 140 13th Field Divisional Supply Troops Generalleutnant Herbert Olbrich, (November 1942 - 25 January 1943) Generalmajor Hans Korte, (25 January 1943 - 1 October 1943) Generalleutnant Hellmuth Reymann, (1 October 1943 - 1 April 1944) Footnotes Note Citations 30em References Conley Ruffner Kevin Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941–45 2012 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-85532-100-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=LZ0eDAAAQBAJ Glantz David M. David M. Glantz The Battle for Leningrad 1941-1944 2002 University Press of Kansas 0-7006-1208-4 Mitcham Samuel W. German Order of Battle, Volume Two: 291st–999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII 2007a Stackpole Books 978-0-8117-3437-0 Mitcham Samuel W. German Order of Battle, Volume Three: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII 2007b Stackpole Books 978-0-8117-3438-7 Mitcham Samuel W. Samuel W. Mitcham German Order of Battle World War II 1985 Leo Cooper in association with Secker & Warburg Limited, London 0-436-28200-3 Munoz Antonio J. 2025 Hitler's Luftwaffe Infantry, The German Air Force Field Divisions 1942 - 1945 Frontline Books 978-1-03613-033-6 Peter Schmitz / Klaus -Jürgen Thies / Günter Wegmann / Christian Zweng: The German divisions 1941–1945, Bd. 3, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996. 3-7648-2458-1. Stout Michael J. Goering's Ground Troops: The Luftwaffe Field Divisions of World War II 2026 Naval Institute Press 978-1-68247-977-3 External links Lexikon der Wehrmacht Luftwaffen-Felddivision 13 0*013 Category:Military units and formations established in 1942 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944