Panzerarmee-Nachrichten-Regiment 5

[Daniele C]

Can anybody tell me where about in france was this unit in 1944?Normandy?
thank you!

Daniele

[Simon O.]

I think you'll find that as it was the Nachrichten regiment for Rommel's Heeresgruppe B that elements of it were widely spread. The Stab though i'd expect to be at or close to the headquaters of the Heeresgruppe, so in or around La Roche-Guyon.

[Larry deZeng]

Can anybody tell me where about in france was this unit in 1944?Normandy?
thank you!
Daniele

It provided signals support to 5. Pz.Armee, so it was mostly co-located with HQ 5. Pz.Armee, which, according to Tessin, was in overall control of the Caen bridgehead from 25 June to 4 August 1944, and then the gradual withdrawal fighting via the Falaise pocket, Compiègne, Mons and then into Germany in the vicinity of Trier.

--Larry

P.S. remember our little agreement about PMs, Daniele...

[Daniele C]

Thanks Simon and thanks Larry!
PS:Larry sorry i forgot to ask you if you wanted some drug


i have one more question : where was the 6th company of this unit based during the normandy campaign?
i found a soldbuch of this unit and before i buy it i want to be sure it was in normandy, thanks again

[Larry deZeng]

Thanks Simon and thanks Larry!
PS:Larry sorry i forgot to ask you if you wanted some drug
i have one more question : where was the 6th company of this unit based during the normandy campaign?
i found a soldbuch of this unit and before i buy it i want to be sure it was in normandy, thanks again

6. Kompanie would have been a construction company, so they would have been running lines and setting up communications centers and switchboards all over Normandy. To find out exactly where it was on any given day, I think you would have to go to Freiburg and see if the Regiment's records survived or those of the Nafü/5. Pz.Armee.

Ein Heeresgruppen- / Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment gliederte sich in:
Stab Nachrichten-Regiment
I. Abteilung (Betrieb)
1. Fernsprech-Kompanie
2. Funk-Kompanie
II. Abteilung (Bau)
3. Betriebs-Kompanie
4. Bau-Kompanie
5. Bau-Kompanie
6. Bau-Kompanie
leichte Nachschubkolonne
III. Abteilung (Bau)
7. Betriebs-Kompanie
8. Bau-Kompanie
9. Bau-Kompanie
10. Bau-Kompanie
leichte Nachschub-Kolonne

--Larry

[Simon O.]

If you want to find out as much as possible about this unit then the archives are the place to hit. I've had a quick look at what NARA has and unfortunately there's precious little left of the 5 Panzer Armee's records from 1944. There are some documents concerning Pz.Armee Nachrichten Rgt.5 and other records from the army's nachrichten führer in microfilm roll T-313 422 but it doesn't seem to go any later than January '44. You may also find some relevant information in the records of Heeresgruppe B but again there's pathetic little left. All this army group's surviving records are concentrated in just 5 rolls, T-311 1-5.

I don't know if the bundesarchiv holds more than what was microfilmed.

[Daniele C]

Thank you verymuch guys!
I wouldnt have a clue where to go unfortunately and i dont have all of the important references you have.
All i know is that this guy in the soldbuch looks to have been with 6th company of this II(btl) panzer Armee nachr rgt 5 in 1944.
I suppose he was normandy and then moved in october 1944 to pz nachr rgt 605(i dont know anything about this last unit and there s nothing on lexikon der wehrmacht).

Daniele

[Simon O.]

ANR 5 became Heeresgruppen nachrichten regiment 605 in october 44 and belonged to Heeresgruppe B

[Daniele C]

alright!now it s more clear.
If i only knew the position of that 6th company in france...
Thanks for the help Simon and Larry!

[Larry deZeng]

Here is an on-line source for 2,200 postwar manuscript studies written by former senior German officers. It includes many on 5th Panzer Army and its subordinate units in Normandy.

U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle/Pennsylvania

http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/

http://www.ahco.army.mil/site/index.jsp

AHCO Digital Document System

Title: Guide to Foreign Military Studies 1945-1954: Catalog and Index

Author: Historical Division, Headquarters, United States Army, Europe

Year: 1954
Abstract: Historical Time Period: World War II (1939-1945) 1945-1960
Publication Dates: 1954\00\00
IDNumber: 251966

Index to Foreign Military Studies:
http://ahecwebdds.carlisle.army.mil/...92C9E293BD8D5& md=1& did=251966

[Note: this is a 20 megabyte .pdf file and I have not been able to download it].

--Larry

[Daniele C]

Thanks Larry!
Should i email them both asking if they have news about the company of that regiment?
thanks

Daniele

ps:i clicked on the link for the pdf file but it wont open the file

[Larry deZeng]

Thanks Larry!
Should i email them both asking if they have news about the company of that regiment?
thanks
Daniele
ps:i clicked on the link for the pdf file but it wont open the file

I guess you had the same bad luck that I had. I don't know why that file won't open.

Yes, they have a reference desk, so you can e-mail them. Ask for a list of all manuscripts on 5. Pz.Armee (5th Panzer Army) and Pz.Armee-Nachrichten-Rgt. 5 (Panzer Army Signals Regiment 5) from the Foreign Military Studies Index. You can also obtain the same information from NARA in Washington. Both will make copies for you, provided the manuscripts aren't too long. They usually run 5 to 25 pages each in the A, B and D series, but the C and P series can be several hundred pages each.

--Larry