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The '''286th [[Security Division (Germany)|Security Division]]''' was a [[Germany|German]] military formation which fought in [[World War II]].
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The '''286th [[Security Division (Germany)|Security Division]]''' was a German military formation which fought in [[World War II]].
   
 
==History and organisation==
 
==History and organisation==
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*Support units
 
*Support units
   
By 1942 three Security Regiments were attached. A variety of units were subordinated to the division during its existence, including battalions of Russian troops and from February 1944 Grenadier Regiment 638, consisting of [[France|French]] volunteers, the [[Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchévisme|LVF]].
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By 1942 three Security Regiments were attached. A variety of units were subordinated to the division during its existence, including battalions of Russian troops and from February 1944 Grenadier Regiment 638, consisting of French volunteers, the [[Légion des Volontaires Français contre le Bolchévisme|LVF]].
   
[[Image:Charlemagne Division SOldiers.jpg|thumb|right|French soldiers from Grenadier Regiment 638. This regiment was subordinated to the 286th Security Division from February 1944.]]
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[[File:Charlemagne Division SOldiers.jpg|thumb|right|French soldiers from Grenadier Regiment 638. This regiment was subordinated to the 286th Security Division from February 1944.]]
   
During this period the division was assigned to [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|Fourth Army]], where it carried out occupation, security and anti-[[Soviet partisan|partisan]] duties in rear areas. It is known to have been involved in punitive operations against the local populace: these actions were carried out with extreme brutality (in total, Belarus lost up to a quarter of its population during the [[Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany|German occupation]]). A defendant at one of the post-war Soviet war crimes trials, Paul Eick, stated that he had set out to create and then liquidate a ghetto in the town of [[Orsha]] under the division's command.<ref name=prusin>Prusin, p14</ref>
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During this period the division was assigned to [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|Fourth Army]], where it carried out occupation, security and anti-partisan duties in rear areas. It is known to have been involved in punitive operations against the local populace: these actions were carried out with extreme brutality (in total, Belarus lost up to a quarter of its population during the [[Occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany|German occupation]]). A defendant at one of the post-war Soviet war crimes trials, Paul Eick, stated that he had set out to create and then liquidate a ghetto in the town of Orsha under the division's command.<ref name=prusin>Prusin, p14</ref>
   
In June 1944 Fourth Army was encircled by Soviet forces during the liberation of the Belorussian SSR, [[Operation Bagration]]. The 286th Security Division was overrun and destroyed in the vicinity of [[Orsha]]. Its remnants were reorganised late that year at [[Klaipėda|Memel]] as the '''286th Infantry Division''', assigned to the [[3rd Panzer Army|Third Panzer Army]]; it was again destroyed at [[Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast|Neukuhren]] during the [[Zemland offensive operation|battles in Samland]] towards the end of the war.
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In June 1944 Fourth Army was encircled by Soviet forces during the liberation of the Belorussian SSR, [[Operation Bagration]]. The 286th Security Division was overrun and destroyed in the vicinity of Orsha. Its remnants were reorganised late that year at Memel as the '''286th Infantry Division''', assigned to the [[3rd Panzer Army|Third Panzer Army]]; it was again destroyed at [[Pionersky, Kaliningrad Oblast|Neukuhren]] during the [[Zemland offensive operation|battles in Samland]] towards the end of the war.
   
 
==Commanders==
 
==Commanders==
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*Generalleutnant [[Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt]] (5 August 1944)
 
*Generalleutnant [[Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt]] (5 August 1944)
   
== See also ==
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==See also==
 
 
* [[Division (military)]], [[Military unit]], [[List of German divisions in World War II|List of German divisions in WWII]]
 
* [[Division (military)]], [[Military unit]], [[List of German divisions in World War II|List of German divisions in WWII]]
 
* [[German Army|Heer]], [[Wehrmacht]]
 
* [[German Army|Heer]], [[Wehrmacht]]
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* Prusin, A V. ''Fascist Criminals to the Gallows! The Holocaust and Soviet War Crimes Trials'', ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 17.1 (2003) 1-30
 
* Prusin, A V. ''Fascist Criminals to the Gallows! The Holocaust and Soviet War Crimes Trials'', ''Holocaust and Genocide Studies'' 17.1 (2003) 1-30
 
* "[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/SichDiv/286SichDiv.htm]". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
 
* "[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/SichDiv/286SichDiv.htm]". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
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The 286th Security Division was a German military formation which fought in World War II.

History and organisation

The 286th Security Division was formed on 15 March 1941 around elements of the 213th Infantry Division. By the end of 1941 its organisation was as follows:

  • Infantry Regiment 354
  • II./ Artillery Regiment 213
  • Alarm Battalion 704
  • Signals Battalion 825
  • Reiterhundertschaft 286
  • Landesschützen-Regiment staff 61
  • Support units

By 1942 three Security Regiments were attached. A variety of units were subordinated to the division during its existence, including battalions of Russian troops and from February 1944 Grenadier Regiment 638, consisting of French volunteers, the LVF.

File:Charlemagne Division SOldiers.jpg

French soldiers from Grenadier Regiment 638. This regiment was subordinated to the 286th Security Division from February 1944.

During this period the division was assigned to Fourth Army, where it carried out occupation, security and anti-partisan duties in rear areas. It is known to have been involved in punitive operations against the local populace: these actions were carried out with extreme brutality (in total, Belarus lost up to a quarter of its population during the German occupation). A defendant at one of the post-war Soviet war crimes trials, Paul Eick, stated that he had set out to create and then liquidate a ghetto in the town of Orsha under the division's command.[1]

In June 1944 Fourth Army was encircled by Soviet forces during the liberation of the Belorussian SSR, Operation Bagration. The 286th Security Division was overrun and destroyed in the vicinity of Orsha. Its remnants were reorganised late that year at Memel as the 286th Infantry Division, assigned to the Third Panzer Army; it was again destroyed at Neukuhren during the battles in Samland towards the end of the war.

Commanders

See also

Footnotes

  1. Prusin, p14

References

  • Prusin, A V. Fascist Criminals to the Gallows! The Holocaust and Soviet War Crimes Trials, Holocaust and Genocide Studies 17.1 (2003) 1-30
  • "[1]". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
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