Ww2 German Elite
Posted March 31, 2011
By admin
who were the elite german volksgranadier in ww2?
The "peoples' divisions were hardly the elite of the Wehrmact. They were the dregs called up in the last months of the war....the old, infirm and assorted bottom-of-the-barrel men that were left to be called up. Most of the volksgrenadier divisions were the cannon fodder during the Battle of Bulge campaign.
As someone eluded to above, the elite were the Panzer Lehr, Gross Deutchland, and 'classic' Waffen SS Divisions (1st LAH, 2nd Das Reich, Totenkopf, Hohenstauffen)