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    #1

    Festungs-Infanterie-Bataillon

    Hello my friends,

    What is the purpose of Festungs-Infanterie-Bataillon?
    ex) Festungs-Infanterie-Bataillon 999

    if you have any information on their Organization table. Please let me know..
    Are these criminal soldiers?
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    #2
    Hello

    this is a disciplinary Bat., first sent to Afrika, once they lost it they went to Greece and East front against partisans, doing the dirty job with lighter conscience.

    https://www.axishistory.com/axis-nat...ts-of-the-heer
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    -=Always looking for French cadets infos at Shaw Field South Carolina 1944=-

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      #3
      Hello !

      Are you just interested into those 999 units or also other Festungs units ?

      As H.W.Plainview mentioned, these 999 numbered units were of a very special type. Some additional info :
      http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...Gliederung.htm

      But there was also great variety of other units, with designation "Festungs- ...".
      Their organistion and tasks could be somehow different, depending on the timeframe and exact designation.

      Best regards,

      Archi

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        #4
        FIB 999 is a bad example as it was pretty much unique.

        Festungs Infanterie Bataillone were basically weak infantry battalions, more poorly equipped, less transport and often lower quality soldiers (ie. older, health problems etc.).

        You might say they were raised as a means of doing more with less.

        If you're interested in going in to detail i can post some examples of equipment and organisation from here in Norway as we had a lot of them.
        Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Simon O. View Post

          If you're interested in going in to detail i can post some examples of equipment and organisation from here in Norway as we had a lot of them.
          Oh yes,..! Would you please fill out a post for me?

          Best regards,
          S.W.

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            #6
            Originally posted by H.W Plainview View Post
            Hello

            this is a disciplinary Bat., first sent to Afrika, once they lost it they went to Greece and East front against partisans, doing the dirty job with lighter conscience.

            https://www.axishistory.com/axis-nat...ts-of-the-heer

            Thanks for your help!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Archi View Post
              Hello !

              Are you just interested into those 999 units or also other Festungs units ?

              As H.W.Plainview mentioned, these 999 numbered units were of a very special type. Some additional info :
              http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...Gliederung.htm

              But there was also great variety of other units, with designation "Festungs- ...".
              Their organistion and tasks could be somehow different, depending on the timeframe and exact designation.

              Best regards,

              Archi
              Thanks for your comment!

              also other Festungs units..!

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                #8
                Here are some examples.

                The 5 battalions of the 210 ID made up the divisions entire infantry strength, as you can see, pretty uniform set up across all of them, they were deployed over a very large area of North Norway under the XIX Gebirgs Korps, their duties including costal defence, defence of critical points like bridges, power stations etc, anti-partisan sweeps. Elements of the division saw combat against the Soviets in Oct 44.

                FIB 649 and 1014 sat out the war in an area between Bodø and Narvik.
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                Collecting German award documents, other paperwork and photos relating to Norway and Finland.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Simon O. View Post
                  Here are some examples.

                  The 5 battalions of the 210 ID made up the divisions entire infantry strength, as you can see, pretty uniform set up across all of them, they were deployed over a very large area of North Norway under the XIX Gebirgs Korps, their duties including costal defence, defence of critical points like bridges, power stations etc, anti-partisan sweeps. Elements of the division saw combat against the Soviets in Oct 44.

                  FIB 649 and 1014 sat out the war in an area between Bodø and Narvik.
                  Thank you very much. It will be of great help to my research.

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                    #10
                    Hello !

                    Very interesting files shown by Simon !

                    Here are two variants, of which many Festunsg type units were formed from September 1944 onward :
                    ~ 70 Festungs-Infantrie Batallions
                    ~ 100 Fest.-MG Batallions

                    Those were intended to man the Westwall or the fortifications in the East, but often enough just
                    fought as regular infantry.

                    Those 3 variants should cover the majority of these type of units.

                    Best regards,

                    Archi
                    Attached Files

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Archi View Post
                      Hello !

                      Very interesting files shown by Simon !

                      Here are two variants, of which many Festunsg type units were formed from September 1944 onward :
                      ~ 70 Festungs-Infantrie Batallions
                      ~ 100 Fest.-MG Batallions

                      Those were intended to man the Westwall or the fortifications in the East, but often enough just
                      fought as regular infantry.

                      Those 3 variants should cover the majority of these type of units.

                      Best regards,

                      Archi
                      Hello Archi,
                      Thanks for your information!

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