292. INFANTERIE-DIVISION - UNIT HISTORY DATE LOCATION ACTIVITY CHAIN OF COMMAND 1940/02/02 Wehrkreis II, Stettin, Activation (8. Welle), C.O.: Gen.Lt. Martin Dehmel, 1940/02/06-1941/09/17 Gross Born, Lager Linde, formation, training, quartering Subordinate to: Stellv.Gen.Kdo. II, 1940/02/06-1940/05/09 Westfalenhof, Schneidemuehl, OKH (Reserve), 1940/05/10-1940/05/16 Deutch Krone 1940/05/15 Aachen, Stolberg Transfer HGr B, 1940/05/17- 1940/05/18 AOK 2, 1940/05/18- 1940/05/19 1940/05/19 Eupen, Verviers, Liege, Huy, Advance, offensive engagements AOK 4, 1940/05/19- 1940/05/20 Dinant, Belgium AK 38 1940/05/21- 1940/05/22 AK 43 1940/05/23- 1940/05/24 1940/05/24 Rocroi, Hirson, Guise, Bohain, Advance, offensive engagements AK 42, 1940/05/25-1940/06/10 Le Gateau, France 1940/06/03 Crepy-en-Laonnois, Laon, Advance, offensive engagements Oise-Aisne Canal, Pont-Arcy, Marne River, Chateau-Thierry, Conde-en-Brie, Sezanne, Chatilion, Vailly, Cosne 1940/06/25 Sancerre, Charny, Toucy Movement, occupation duty 1940/07/05 Ronilly-sur-Seine, Vertus, Movement Epernay, Vouziers, Sedan, Charlevilie 1940/07/26 Biala Podlaska, Losice, Sokolow, Transfer, border security, AK 35 Iloeheres Kommando, 1940/07/25-1941/06/03 Kossow, Wegrow, Siedlce, occupation duty, training Poland reconnaissance operations 1941/06/17 Bug River sector Assembly AK 9, 1941/06/04-1941/08/08 1941/06/22 Bielsk Podlaski, Bialowieza, Advance, offensive engagements Poland, Slonim, Baranovichi, Gorodishche, Nesvizh, Berezino, Tolochin, Gorki, Khislavichi, Roslavl, Soviet Union 1941/08/08 Yelnya, Verbilovo, Bor, Vorovka Defensive and offensive operations, AK 20, 1941/08/09-1941/09/23 rehabilitation AK 9, 1941/09/24-1941/10/12 www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 2 DATE LOCATION ACTIVITY CHAIN OF COMMAND 1941/10/13 Fedotkovo, Medyn, Borovsk, Advance, offensive engagements C.O.: Gen.Lt. Willy Seeger, 1941/09/29-1942/08/24 Naro-Fominsk defensive operations Subordinate to: AK 20, 1941/10/13-1941/11/08 AK 7, 1941/11/09-1941/11/23 1941/12/01 Troitskoye, Burtsevo, Advance, offensive engagements, AK 20, 1941/11/23-1942/08/17 Naro-Fominsk withdrawal, defensive operations 1942/01/01 Vereya, Borovsk., Shanya River, Disengagement movements Guseva, Pavlishchevo, Volyntsy, Protva River 1942/01/25 Yurmanovo, Istra River Formation of Gruppe Seeger, consisting of 252.ID, 267.ID, and 292.ID and its 1942/02/07 disbandment 1942/02/10 Dubna, Chelishchevo, Orlovo, Position defense Istra River sector 1942/08/12 Ilovo, Mikheyevo, Upolozy Defensive, assault, and AK 9, 1942/08/18-1943/01/21 reconnaissance operations C.O.: Gen.Lt. Wolfgang von Kluge, 1942/08/19-1943/10/10 1943/02/10 Upolozy, Isakovo, Besovo, Position defense, preparation for Subordinate to: AK 20, 1943/01/22-1943/04/28 Blokhino, Kudinovo, Sukhanova and execution of Operation Bueffel 1943/03/30 Amsharovo, Roslavl Rehabilitation 1943/04/22 Bryansk, Orel, Stish Movement, defensive and antipartisan AK 41 Pz, 1943/04/29-1943/07/17 Sevsk, Trubchevsk, Suzemka operations 1943/07/04 Novyy Khutor, Ozerki, Sokolniki, Execution of Unternehmen Zitadelle, Veselyy Berezhok, Ponyri offensive operations 1943/07/15 Ochka River sector, Pokhvalnoye, Disengagement movements AK 23, 1943/07/18-1943/07/22 Shakpvo, Shakhovtsy AK 47 Pz, 1943/07/22-1943/08/11 1943/08/10 Dobrik, Klinskoye, Navlya, Defensive operations, withdrawal AK 35, 1943/08/11-1943/09/30 Katlyakova, Starodub, Novozybkov 1943/10/15 Sozh River, Gomel Defensive operations C.O.: Gen.Lt. Richard John, 1943/10/10-1944/06/20 www.maparchive.ru [email protected] DATE LOCATION ACTIVITY CHAIN OF COMMAND Records of the 292.ID are reproduced on rolls 1913-1928 of Microfilm Publication T315 as described on the following pages. Manuscripts in the Foreign Military Studies series, prepared by former German officers for the Historical Division, Headquarters U.S. Army, Europe, between 1945 and 1959, contain references to the 292.ID as follows: MS D-134 (Engagement fought by the 488th Infantry Regiment at the Stryanitsa and Desna Rivers, 6-29 Sep 1941), by Wilhelm Koehler MS D-246 (Kaempfe der 292. Infanterie-Division: Vor Moskau und Absetzen der Division, Oktober 1941-Maerz 1942), by Gen.Lt. Hans Bergen. Although no records of this division dated later than 1943/10/15 were available at the National Archives, general staff officers personnel files and situation maps of Lage Ost show: 1943/11/08 Malodusha, Velikiy Bor Movement, defensive operations 1943/11/16 Pervoye Maya, Barbarov, Rechitsa, Disengagement movements, defensive Kalinkovichi, Bronnoye, Zhlobin, operations Rogachev, Bykhov 1944/01/13 Sukovichi, Klinsk, Kopatkevichi, Withdrawal, defensive operations Chelyushchevichi, Ptich River, Petrikov 1944/06/25 Kopatkevichi, Rudnya, Subovka, Disengagement movement Oressa River, Lyuban, Luninets, Pinsk, Bereza, Zabinka, Kobrin 1944/07/22 Kleszczele, Mielnik, Czyzewo, Withdrawal, defensive operations, Gen.Maj. Johannes Gittner, 1944/07/01-1944/09/01 Ostrow, Gasewo, Poland position defense Gen.Maj. Rudolf Reichert, 1944/09/04-1945/04/12 1945/01/16 Baranowo, Kadzidlo, 'Myszyniec, Reorganized as Kampfgruppe 292, Rozogi defensive operations 1945/01/24 Mensguth, Rothfliess, Heilsberg, Withdrawal, defensive operations Landsberg, Lichtenfeld, East Prussia 1945/02/27 Eisenberg, Heiligenbeil Defensive operations 1945/03/24 Heiligenbeil, Frische Nehrung Last trace on situation map www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 4 292. INFANTERIE-DIVISION CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME la, KTB 1. War journal concerning formation and 1940/02/20-1940/07/22 292.ID Wl505a 1918 1 training of 292.ID at Truppenuebungsplatz Gross Born, Lager Linde and Westfalenhof, Schneidemuehl, and Deutsch Krone, Wehrkreis II, 20 Feb-14 May; transfer from Stettin to Aachen and Stolberg, 15-18 May; crossing the Belgian border near Eupen and advance and offensive engagements in the Verviers, Liege, Huy, and Dinant areas, 19-23 May; advance and offensive engagements in the Rocroi, Hirson, Guise, Bohain, and Le Cateau areas, France, 24 May-2 Jun, and in the Crepy-en-Laonnois, Crecy-sur-Serre, Laon, Oise-Aisne Canal, Pont-Arcy, Fismes, Marne River, Chateau-Thierry,. Conde-en-Brie, Sezanne, Romilly-sur-Seiner Chatillon, Vailly, Cosne, Sancerre, charny, and Toucy areas, 3 Jun-4 Jul; withdrawal to Sedan and Charleville via Romilly-sur-Seine, Vertus, Epernay, and Vouziers, 5-17 Jul; and preparations for and transfer to the east, 18-22 Jul 1940 (damaged by fire). la, Anlagen zum KTB 1. Orders pertaining to the 1940/02/02-1940/06/04 292.ID W1505b 1918 161 activation of the 292.ID (8. Welle) at Truppenuebungsplatz Gross Born, Wehrkreis II, 2 Feb 1940; guartering, formation, training, and activities of the operations, intelligence, and supply branches, the motor transport officers, the ordnance group, and the postmaster, 3 Feb-14 May; transfer from Stettin to Aachen and Stolberg, 15-18 May; and advance and offensive engagements from Eupen to Dinant, Belgium, 19-23 May, from Rocroi to Le Cateau, France, 24 May-2 Jun, and southward to the Laon area, 3-4 Jun 1940. Order-of-battle charts, an afteraction critigue relating to the formation of the division dated 22 Apr 1940, and intelligence bulletins. la, TB mit Anlagen. Activity report with orders and 1940/07/27-1941/03/31 292.ID 11310 1918 478 maps pertaining to the transfer of the division to Biala Podlaska, Poland, 25 Jul 1940; and guartering, www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 292. INFANTERIE-DIVISION CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME border security, occupation duty, reconnaissance operations, training, troop indoctrination and entertainment, and preparations for "Achtung Berta" (defense against a Russian attack) in the Biala Podlaska, Losice, Sokolow, Kossow, Wegrow, and Siedlce areas and the Bug River sector. An order-of-battle chart. Ic, TB und Meldungen ueber Stimmung und geistige 1940/07/27-1941/06/14 292.ID 18532 1918 655 Haltung der Truppe. Activity reports concerning troop indoctrination and entertainment, 27 Jul 1940-31 May 1941, and reports on the morale and character guidance of the troops, 10 Oct 1940-14 Jun 1941. la, KTB 2. War -journal concerning border security, 1941/04/01-1941/06/20 292.ID 20182/1 1918 801 reconnaissance operations, occupation duty, training, and preparations for "Achtung Berta" in the Biala Podlaska, Losice, Sokolow, Kossow, Wegrow, and Siedlce areas, 1 Apr-16 Jun; and assembly in the Bug River sector southeast of Sokolow and northwest of Siedlce, 17-20 Jun 1941. la, KTB 3. War journal concerning preparations for the 1941/06/21-1941/12/31 292.ID 20182/2 1918 860 attack on Russia and advance and offensive engagements in the Bielsk Podlaski, Bialowieza Forest, Volkovysk, Slonim, Baranovichi, Gorodishche, Nesvizh, Berezino, Tolochin, Gorki, Monastyrshchina, Khislavichi, Verbilovo, Yermolino, and Roslavl areas with crossings of the Neman River at Stolbtsy, the Berezina River near Berezino, the Drut River at Kopys, and the Dnieper River at Tolochin, 21 Jun-7 Aug; irovement to and defensive and offensive operations in the Yelnya area, 8 Aug-7 Sep; advance to and defensive operations in the Verbilovo and Bor areas, 8-12 Sep; and relief by the 268,ID and movement to west of Vcrovka for rehabilitation, 13-25 Sep. Defensive engagements southwest of Yelnya and north of Verbilovo, 26 Sep-6 Oct, and south of www.maparchive.ru [email protected] 292. INFANTERIE-DIVISION CONTENTS DATES ITEM NO. ROLL 1ST FRAME Dorogobuzh, 7-12 Oct; advance and offensive operations in the Fedotkovo, Medyn, and Borovsk areas, 13-26 Oct; defensive operations in the Naro-Fominsk area, 27 Oct-31 Nov; advance and offensive engagements in the Troitskoye and Burtsevo areas, 1-7 Dec; and withdrawal and defensive operations in the Naro-Fominsk area. (See KTB 3a, item No. 35239/1, for the period 1 Jan-11 Aug 1942.) la, Anlagen zum KTB 2 und 3.