4.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division
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Formation begun 5.11.43 (to be completed 1.2.44) in Venedig (Venice), fromthe following units: I./FJR.2, II./FJR.6 and I./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1(all ex. 2.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division). A large number of Italianparatroopers from the Italian Parachute Divisions Dembo and Folgore alsojoined the new division. Formation of the division was completed in February 1944, andwent into combat at Anzio, under I.FsA/AOK.14. The division earned areputation for toughness and reliability while fighting in Italy. In May 1945it surrendered between Viacenza and Bozen, in Northern Italy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Added later were the following units: Fallschirm-Granatwerfer-Bataillon 4 After 6.44 the division did not have its own Artillerie-Regiment. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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