20. Luftwaffen-Stürm-Division
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- Published: 15 February 2012 15 February 2012
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
Commanders
Generalmajor Wilhelm Crisolli (1 June 1944 - 12 Sep 1944) (KIA) (1)Oberst Kaspar Völcker (12 Sep 1944 - ? Sep 1944)
Generalmajor Erich Fronhöfer (15 Sep 1944 - 11 Dec 1944)
Operations Officers (Ia)
Oberstleutnant Werner Laempe (1 June 1944 - 20 Nov 1944)Major Burkhard Wichmann (20 Nov 1944 - 15 Dec 1944)
Area of operations
Italy (June 1944 - Nov 1944)Order of battle
Jäger-Regiment 39 (L)Jäger-Regiment 40 (L)
Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 20 (L)
Artillerie-Regiment 20 (L)
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 20 (L)
Pionier-Bataillon 20 (L)
Nachrichten-Abteilung 20 (L)
Feldersatz-Bataillon 20 (L)
Versorgungstruppen 20 (L)
Insignia
Members of this division wore the golden-yellow Waffenfarbe and used the rank designations of the Kavallerie.Footnotes
1. Wilhelm Crisolli was killed 12 September 1944 by partisans in an ambush near Bologna.Sources used
French MacLean - Quiet Flows the Rhine: German General Officer Casualties in World War IIAntonio Muñoz - Görings’s Grenadiers: The Luftwaffe Field Divisions, 1942-1945
Veit Scherzer - Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945