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84. Infanteriedivision at Wesel
Operation Plunder, March 1945
with Wayne Turner

84. Infanteriedivision was formed February 1944. It fought during the campaign in France 1944, arriving in Normandy in on 29 July, before being captured in the Falaise gap in August 1944.

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The division was reformed in Kleve. In December 1944, Grenadier-Regiment Kalzmann was added to the division and renamed Grenadier-Regiment 1062. On 16 October 1944 division had Luftwaffen-Festungs-Bataillon XVII (17th Air Force Fortress Battalion) added to its strength. 

84. Infanteriedivision was undergoing rebuilding when the British attacked across the Rhine into the division's positions around Wesel. They were made up of new recruits, reserve troops, as well as two battalions of special troops. One was an Ear Battalion made up of hard of hearing and deaf troops, and the other was the Stomach Battalion made up of troops with stomach conditions that required a special diet. 

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The division's infantry was still organised as an older Type 43 division with three MG42 machine-guns in each platoon and the rest of the platoon armed with K98 rifles. However, they were armed with a higher proportion of Panzerfausts than had been seen in Normandy.
84. Infanteriedivision at Wesel
The division was smashed by the British attack on the bridgehead at Wesel. The remnants of the division retreated from the British onslaught and formed into Kampfgruppe Fiebig (named after their divisional commander). The division had been greatly weakened by the attack. They retreated back to the Teutoburg Forest Line, where they were attacked by Americans troops of the US Ninth Army around 29 March. They then retreated from there through the area of Damme.
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Wesel, after Allied bombardment Generalmajor Heinz Fiebig 

Initially the division belonged to the First Parachute Army (1. Fallschirm Armee) until 31 March 1945, when it was transferred to the newly raised 39. Panzerkorps (which included Panzerdivision Clausewitz) and moved to the area of Lauenburg and Uelzen to be rebuilt around 5 April.

How much in the way of replacements it received is unclear, but they were not at full strength when they were engaged again and pushed back through the area between Uelzen and Salzwedel to the Lüchow-Dannenberg Bridgehead on the southern back of the Elbe River around 18 April.. 

84. Infanteriedivision at Wesel
By 23 April the remnants of the division had been pushed north across the Elbe by the US 5th Armored Division through Dömitz to Ludwigslust.
Commander
Generalmajor Heinz Fiebig (December 44 to May 45)
Order of Battle (October 1944)
Grenadier-Regiment 1051
Grenadier-Regiment 1052
Grenadier-Regiment 1062
Artillerie-Regiment 184
Pionier-Bataillon 184
Feldersatz-Bataillon 184
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 184
Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 184
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Last Updated On Thursday, April 23, 2015 by James at Battlefront