the Campaigns of Friedrich with his 100 GJR ... Leningrad-Ladoga Line, SudItalien...... (and Gothic Line: Gemmano)
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Friedrich is seriously injured in Gemmano by artillery or mortar shot on 7th September 1944 and transported to the rear (probably to Forli) where he dies on 14 September 1944....Comment
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September 7th there is a great British attack to take Gemmano.
Thare hard fights at the gates of the village, with great losses on both sides .... but uselessly, the 100 GJR resist: the Gebirgsjager will retire only the 15th of September just because the Allies has been broken the front towards CorianoComment
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two interesting photos from the Bundesarchiv, cataloged "Rimini" ... probably takes in August 1944,south of Pesaro .... interesting the PPSH41, rare on the Italian front Italian ....... a Russia "souvenir"?Comment
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Friedrich is buried on Futa Pass Cemetery
Nachname: Schrutka
Vorname: Friedrich
Dienstgrad: Obergefreiter
Geburtsdatum: 13.09.1922
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 14.09.1944
Friedrich Schrutka ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Futa-Pass.
Endgrablage: Block 34 Grab 182Comment
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the inscriptions on his grave are invaded by the moss ... I tried to clean up with a pocket knife but it is still very difficult to read .... I have to come back with a solvent....Comment
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Great research (as usual) Oriano, and great document
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many thanks my friend!Originally posted by Ironcrown View PostGreat research (as usual) Oriano, and great document
ciao OrianoComment
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Very noce indeed! Gemmano is a quite intresting battle... and the GJR-100 resistance was incredible!Comment
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They resisted, but the regiment was almost completely wiped out.Originally posted by Pie View PostComment
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Originally posted by Ironcrown View Post
On 4500 men of the 100 GJR, the Regiment loses in Gemmano 900 dead and 1500 wounded and missing!!!
on 3, September, 1944, the Canadians breached the Green Line and the 100th GJR, temporarily placed under command of the 71st Infantry Division, was ordered to hold a sector of the front on Gemmano ridge. From the 4th through the 14th of September the 100th GJR bitterly contested every inch of ground and every building.
The key points of Gemmano of the 100 GJR, Borgo, Monte Gardo, and Zoccara were gained and lost numerous times by each side with the Gebirgsjäger fighting against 3 different Commonwealth Divisions: the 46th British Infantry Div, the 56th British Infantry Division and the 4th Indian Division, supported by armored squadrons of the 8th Royal Tank Regiment. Under heavy downpours, enduring grave causalities, and intense artillery, including naval gunfire from the Adriatic, the 100th held firm until ordered to pull back to Montescudo on the 15th.
On 11 September a broadcast from German radio announced: “In the hard defensive fighting on the Adriatic, in the sector of Gemmano, the 100th Gebirgsjäger Regiment, under the orders of Lieutenant Colonel (Oberstleutnant) Ernst together with an artillery group at his orders, with its indestructible firmness and gallant counterattacks has behaved particularly well” .
General of Mountain Infantry (General der Gebirgtrüppen) Ringel told his old comrades how proud he was of them: “You know me, my comrades and I know you! We never wasted too many words; I know that you have remained the same old friends. Let come what may……..I salute all of you with our battle cry: Hurrah, die Gams! “
Oberstleutnant Ernst later wrote of this battle; “How much blood this unhappy pile of ruins has drunk!....we fought for every house, for every ruin. And as Cassino was the tomb of the 1st Fallschirmjäger Div, so was Gemmano the tomb of my Regiment”
The 100th GJR won an incredible 5 Knight’s Crosses for this heroic action, the recipients’ being:
Oberstleutnant Richard Ernst – Commander 100 GJR,
Hauptmann Helmut Hermann -Commander I. Battalion,
Hauptmann Fritz Bachmaier - Commander III. Battalion
Oberfähnrich Rappel - 14th Company
Gefreiter Schmeid - 8th Company
Depleted and exhausted from their hard fought battles on the Gothic line the 5th Gebirgs Division was placed in reserve of the Ligurian Army and ordered to the Western Alps
(notice from one of the most beautiful research and collections of documents on the Gemmano battle : The Cassino of the Adriatic/Gemmano: La Cassino dell'Adriatico, of Amedeo Montemaggi , introduction by John Strawson)Last edited by mufasa; 12-11-2017, 08:27 AM.Comment
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Your thorough research makes for very interesting reading. You should be commended for bringing the details and terrible sacrifices of this epic battle to our attention.Comment
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Amazing!
Well researched and presented
Many thanks for sharing and for remembering a young lost soldierComment
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many thanks FestungSpanien !!!Originally posted by FestungSpanien View PostAmazing!
Well researched and presented
Many thanks for sharing and for remembering a young lost soldier
ciao OrianoComment
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