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5 unusual facts about Tunis Field Battalions


Division von Broich/von Manteuffel

Although it was never given a formal organizational structure, it was quickly organized along the lines of a standard infantry division, but composed of a variety of German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units, Tunis Field Battalions and Africa March (replacement) Battalions, as well as an Italian Regiment.

Tunis Field Battalions

Tunis Field-Battalion T3, assigned to Panzergrenadier Regiment 160 of Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, formed from Africa Draft Replacement Battalion A20

Tunis Field-Battalion T4, assigned to Panzergrenadier Regiment 160 of Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, formed from Africa Draft Replacement Battalion A21

Two Tunis Field Battalions, T3 and T4, were incorporated into Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, a provisional infantry division formed from a variety of Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) units, Italian infantry, and other units scraped together from Rommel's Army.

Tunis Field-Battalion T1, assigned to Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, formed from Africa Draft Replacement Battalion A16



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