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HEER SOLDBUCH – PANZER JAEGER ABTEILUNG 41 – 6. PANZER DIVISION – JAGDPANZER
Soldbuch named to Obergefreiter Heinrich HOLSTRÄTER. Great uniform photo in Feldgrau Sturmgeschütz tunic. He served in Panzer Jaeger Abt. 41 of the 6 Panzer Division. The unit was equipped in Jun/Aug 1944 with JAGDPANZER tank destroyers. SB issued Aug 1942. Paged were period re-taped out of order.
$275
The 6th Panzer Division was part of the partially successful relief operation at the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket as well as the escape from the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket. After the retreat through Ukraine the division was sent to Germany for reorganisation but hastily returned to the Eastern Front in July, after the destruction of Army Group Center in the Soviet Operation Bagration. It was part of the German defence of northern Poland and East Prussia before being relocated to Hungary in December 1944. It took part in the battles around Siege of Budapest before retreating into Austria and taking part in the defence of Vienna. When the city fell it moved into Czechoslovakia where it surrendered to US 3rd Army in May 1945 but was handed over to Soviet forces.
