battle entry help

[Radcollector]

Hello,

I know Im constantly asking for help translating wehrpass entries- I have no problems translating the parts that are legible ie the printed battle enties -I was able to completely translate them myself however when the entires are in sloppy handwritting/sutterlin i have problems.this wehrpass is for a member of Artillery Regt 109(can someone tell me what division this was part of?)I know its alot of entries but if someone can help me out i would appreciate it

thanks in advance

Yancy

[Radcollector]

page #2.the printed battle entires were on this page,there was one handwritten entry after the printed ones.

Yancy

[Gary T]

The battalions of this regiment were army troops. I have a wehrpass to a member of 4./ AR 109 but this was part of II./ AR 109, there being three batteries to a battalion.

[Radcollector]

here is the printed battle entries-I was able to translate them with some help from Gary T"s website.Here is what i came up with

22. 6.-10. 7.41 Double battle of Bialystok and Minsk
22. 6.-23. 6.41 Breakthrough by the border position(flank?)
24. 6.- 2. 7.41 Battle of Bialystok-Slonim
2. 7.- 15.7.41 Advance toward Swislotsch u Beresina
3. 7.- 7. 7.41 Battle in western Minsk
15. 7.- 18.7.41 Battle on Dnjepr and Duna
8. 7.- 5. 8.41 Battle in Smolensk
8. 7.-15. 7.41 Breakthrough battle in the Stalin line
9. 7.-14. 7.41 Breakthrough Battle in Dnjepr-Stellung
18. 7.-1. 8.41 Defensive fighting in Szosh
1. 8.-8. 8.41 Battle of Roslawl
8. 8.-1. 10.41 Defensive fighting in Jeinja and Smolensk
8. 8.-17. 8.41 Defensive fighting an der Desna
18. 8.-6. 9.41 Defensive fighting in Jeinja-Bogen
2. 10.-9. 10.41 Double battle of Wjasma and Brjansk
2. 10.-6. 10.41 Breakthrough battle die Dnjepr-Stellung
6. 10.-9. 10.41 Battle of Wjasma
10.10.-14.11.41 Securing operations des operationsgebietes beim XXXXVI Panzer-Korps
15.11.- 4. 12.41 Advance on Moscow and Woronesh
15.11.-17.11.41 advance onder lama bis Klin
17.11.- 4.12.41 Capture of Jstra and Ssoinetschnogorsk
5. 12.- 20.12.41 Defensive Battle for Moscow
6. 12.- 8.12.41 Defensive fighting in Klin


I dont understand the last typed entry-I understand he was transfered back to Germany but were does 6 A.R grossdeutchland come into things?was his unit absorbed into the 6th A.R. Grossdeutchland??

Yancy

[Gary T]

In Russia I./ AR 109 was attached to IX Korps initially and later with other Korps of 4. Armee.

[Gary T]

I'm playing catch up here ...yes II./ AR 109 became II./ AR GD in February 1942.

[Johannes Schoen]

Hello,

hope this might be of some help:

Verwendung im Heimatkriegsgebiet
bei I./AR 109, Nachr. Zug
A) Feldzug gegen Frankreich vom...
I. Schlacht in Flandern u. im Artois
Vormarsch durch Luxemburg,
Belgien u. Nordfrankreich
Abwehrkämpfe an der Somme
II. Schlacht in Frankreich
Durchbruchsschlacht an der Somme u.
Oise
Übergang über die Aisne
Verfolgung über Oise u. Odregu/Ouregu ???
Kampf um die Marne und Verfolgung
bis zur Seine
Verfolgung von der Seine bis zur Loire
Übergang über die Loire
Verfolgungskämpfe südl(ich) der Loire
B) Besetzung Frankreichs
Fortsetzung auf Seite 33

Sicherung d(er) Demarkationslinie (border to free France)
Besetzungstruppe in (?) Frankreich
Besatzungstruppe im Ostraum

Fortsetzung auf Seitre 47


The mashinetyped "umgegl." means "umgegliedert" or rearranged into a GD-unit, as Gary has shown before.

Johannes

[Radcollector]

Hello,

Thanks you Gary for the information,Here is a scan of the units this man served with,I thought you might find it interesting- he also was in 3./AR 109.Johannes,once again youve been very helpfull(and patient )

Yancy

[Radcollector]

Hello,

Thanks you Gary for the information,Here is a scan of the units this man served with,I thought you might find it interesting- he also was in 3./AR 109.Johannes,once again youve been very helpfull(and patient )

Yancy

Hello,

I have one more question regarding the battle entries for this wehrpass,I have figured out everything except fortsetzung auf Seite 33 and fortsetzung auf Seite 47-does anyone know what these entries mean?

regards Yancy

[Ian Jewison]

Hello,

I have one more question regarding the battle entries for this wehrpass,I have figured out everything except fortsetzung auf Seite 33 and fortsetzung auf Seite 47-does anyone know what these entries mean?

regards Yancy

Continued on page 33......47.

/Ian

[Radcollector]

Continued on page 33......47.

/Ian

Hello Ian,

thanks for the help!!

Yancy