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    The 41st Infantry Division (German: 41. Infanteriedivision), formerly the 41st Fortress Division (41. Festungdivision), was a German Army infantry division in World War II. It was employed on occupation duties in southern Greece, and surrendered to the Yugoslav partisans at the end of the war.


    History


    Founded as the 41st Fortress Division, this unit was formed in Bruck an der Mur in December 1943, with its command staff being formed from the cadre of the defunct 39th Infantry Division, and was ready for duty at the start of 1944 at a strength of 22 battalions. In its initial deployment, it was to defend the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece as a coastal component of LXVIII Army Corps, attached to the Army Group F under General Hellmuth Felmy.
    The 733rd Grenadier Regiment was attached to the division in September 1944, after it was separated from its parent 133rd Fortress Division during the evacuation of Crete. On the 28th it was located in Thebes, though this was only learned by Allied decrypters the following month. It operated in the army group's rear guard during the German retreat from Corinth, being attacked by royalist guerrillas and elements of the British 2nd Parachute Brigade, with minor skirmishes taking place as the division moved through Yugoslavia.
    The division was restructured as an infantry division in January 1945, and engaged the Soviet Army as such along the Sava and Drava rivers. The 41st was then put under the command of the 117th Jäger Division. The 41st surrendered to the 11th Yugoslav Shock Division near Zagreb on May 8, 1945.


    Commanders




    Order of battle


    In its initial formation, the division was two full regiments in strength. It was expanded further in 1944, and even more in 1945.

    September 1944
    141st Divisional Supply Troops
    141st Engineer Battalion
    141st Fusilier Battalion
    141st Signal Battalion
    309th Army Anti-Aircraft Battalion
    733rd Grenadier Regiment
    919th Army Coastal Artillery Regiment
    938th Grenadier Regiment
    965th Grenadier Regiment
    1009th Fortress Infantry Battalion
    1945
    1230th Grenadier Regiment
    1231st Grenadier Regiment
    1232nd Grenadier Regiment
    41st Füsilier-Bataillon
    141st Artillery Regiment
    141st Pioneer Bataillon
    141st Panzerjäger-Abteilung
    141st Nachrichten-Abteilung
    141st Feldersatz-Bataillon
    141st Versorgungseinheiten


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    Notes


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    Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). German Order of Battle, Volume 1: 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in World War II. Stackpole Books.
    Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). The German Defeat in the East: 1944-45. Stackpole Books.
    Muñoz, Antonio J. (2001). The east came west: Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist volunteers in the German armed forces, 1941-1945. Axis Europa Books.
    Thomas, Nigel (2012). The German Army 1939-45 (2): North Africa & Balkans. Osprey Publishing.

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