WP unreadable to me

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I have this wehrpass but i can't find out what unit is mentioned. Hope someone with some more skill in reading german can help me out. Also some entries on other pages are hard to read.

Thanks in advance

Jasper

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[Simon O.]

1 Kompanie Jäger Regiment 49 of the 28 Jäger Division.

#2. Oh dear, seems like your man drew the short straw. The entry refers to a close anti-tank fighting course run by the Panzer Jäger abteilung of the division. He was to be a tank killer using methods that meant you had to get up close and personal with your target. Things like T-mines, magnetic charges that sort of thing.

#3 *** in russia in *** of the 28 Jäger Division. Can't quite read those two words but basically saying he served in Russia in the area of the 28 Jäger Division (the Leningrad area)

#4 Not unsurprisingly he didn't survive too long. KIA 14.1.44. Can't make out the words on lines 2 and 3.

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Thanks for the reply Simon.
But then the 2 lines on the picture in the first post aren't 2 different units but one? Why are there 2 different dates, that's what wonders me..

[GHP]

#3 *** in russia in *** of the 28 Jäger Division. Can't quite read those two words but basically saying he served in Russia in the area of the 28 Jäger Division (the Leningrad area)

Kämpfe in Russland im Rochnen [or Rahnen??] der 28.Jag.Div.

#4 ...Can't make out the words on lines 2 and 3.

Gefallen: A.F. 1./49 ... Brust, Ruecken, u. Beine.

Killed: A.F. [or is it G.F.?] 1./49 Chest, back, and legs.

--Guy Power

[Simon O.]

Thanks for the reply Simon.
But then the 2 lines on the picture in the first post aren't 2 different units but one? Why are there 2 different dates, that's what wonders me..

essentially he was only posted to one field unit. The entry dated 25.12.42 to 12.5.43 refers to a transit formation of the 28 J******228;ger Div. Not a permanent unit but a way of organising and controlling recruits to the division moving from Germany to Russia. As the period is quite long i wonder if the time also included extra training prior to moving to the front, like the course entered in the WP. That's why the entry on page 32 only starts on the same day he's posted to 1./J******228;ger Rgt.49

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Thank you Guy and thank you Simon for your explanation! THis really helps

[SvenWittnebel]

Kämpfe in Russland im Rochnen [or Rahnen??] der 28.Jag.Div.
,,,

Im Rahmen der 29 Jäg.Div. ~ act within...

[Simon O.]

Im Rahmen der 29 Jäg.Div. ~ act within...

Rahmen, that's it. So, "within the area of the 28 Jäg.Div."

[SvenWittnebel]

Rahmen, that's it. So, "within the area of the 28 J******228;g.Div."

28. J******228;g. Div. (my mistake).

But "im Rahmen" means acting within this unit.
Within the area would be "im Bereich..." or "im Gebiet..."

Acting within means nothing else that they were acting in the same area but also that they were a part of the named unit or belonging/affiliated to them.

Within the area, than they were acting in the same area but possibly with completely different missions and under an other command.

[GHP]

K******228;mpfe in Russland im Rochnen [or Rahnen??] der 28.Jag.Div.

I'm not satisfied with that. I'll try again:

13.5.43 K******228;mpfe in Russland im
14.1.44 Rahmen der 28.Jag.Div.
(beim R.O.K. 18)

13.5.43 - 14.1.44. Fights in Russia in context of the 28th J******228;ger Division. (with R.O.K 18)


There! I like that much better.

---Guy

[edited by ghp: Oops ..... looks like Sven and Simon posted while I was still in a search mode. Thank you both very much for clarifying matters.]

[Gary T]

It's AOK 18.

[GHP]

It's AOK 18.

Thanks Gary. What does AOK 18 signify?

Cheers,
--Guy