272nd infantry division造句

• The 272nd Infantry Division trained in the Bevern area in Belgium while under the command and control of the Fifteenth Army.
• Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal initially captured the village and the farms, but were pushed back by the counter-attacks of the 1SS Panzerdivision and 272nd Infantry Division.
• The divisional artillery regiment and anti-aircraft battalion remained behind to support the 272nd Infantry Division and two battle groups were detached from the division . " Kampfgruppe"
• The "'272nd Infantry Division "'was a Type 1944 infantry division of the German Wehrmacht during World War II, that was originally formed in December 1943.
• The Division's outstanding performance in the fighting near Caen was recognized in the Wehrmachtbericht of 24 July 1944, which announced to the German people " In the Caen area, the 272nd Infantry Division, under the inspirational leadership of Generalleutnant Schack, has especially distinguished itself through its tough defense and magnificent counterattacks ."
• This feat was recognized in a second Wehrmachtbericht of 4 August 1944, which stated " The 272nd Infantry Division . . . forced to rely alone on the tough resistance of its brave Grenadiers . . . is to be thanked that the enemy breakthrough attempt south of Caen was prevented by timely counterattck by its assembled forces ".
• Though, like other volksgrenadier divisions, the 272nd's ranks were filled with a large proportion of former Luftwaffe ( Air Force ) and Kriegsmarine ( Navy ) personnel ( up to 50 % by some estimates ), the division performed creditably, due in part to the large number of veteran commanders and non-commissioned officers it retained from the old 272nd Infantry Division, which itself was built on the foundation of the disbanded 216th Infantry Division.