Difference between revisions of "Battle of Kielow Ridge"
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| commander1 = [[Waldtraud Hertz-Meckler]] <small>(128th IR)</small> | | commander1 = [[Waldtraud Hertz-Meckler]] <small>(128th IR)</small> | ||
[[Franz Waldmüller]] <br> <small>(1st Company, 128th IR)</small> <br> | [[Franz Waldmüller]] <br> <small>(1st Company, 128th IR)</small> <br> | ||
| − | Albrecht Schildhauer <br> <small>(4th Company, 128th IR)</small> | + | Albrecht Schildhauer <br> <small>(4th Company, 128th IR)</small> <br> |
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| commander2 = Dietrich Luehmann<br> | | commander2 = Dietrich Luehmann<br> | ||
Alfred Bittrich<br> | Alfred Bittrich<br> | ||
Paul Emersen | Paul Emersen | ||
| − | | units1 = | + | | units1 = [[128th Infantry Regiment (Rotgeheim)|128th Infantry Regiment]]<br> |
| − | | units2 = | + | [[205th Airborne Infantry Regiment]]<br> |
| − | | strength1 = | + | | units2 = 32nd Infantry Division<br> |
| − | | strength2 = | + | 54th Infantry Division |
| + | | strength1 = 238 infantrymen<br> | ||
| + | 63 paratroopers<br> | ||
| + | 3 tanks | ||
| + | | strength2 = ~2,500 soldiers | ||
| + | 20 tanks | ||
| casualties1 = '''Dead:'''<br /> | | casualties1 = '''Dead:'''<br /> | ||
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Revision as of 22:49, 17 March 2017
| Battle of Kielow Ridge | |||||||
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| Part of Northern Territory War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Fuerstenburg | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Waldtraud Hertz-Meckler (128th IR)
Franz Waldmüller | Dietrich Luehmann Alfred Bittrich |
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| Units involved | |||||||
| 128th Infantry Regiment | 32nd Infantry Division 54th Infantry Division |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 238 infantrymen 63 paratroopers | ~2,500 soldiers
20 tanks |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Dead:
| Dead:
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The Battle of Kielow Ridge took place on a ridge little over a mile east of Kielow, Finnmarck, a small town with a vital railway junction, on 27 May 1915.
The battle primarily involved elements of the 32nd and 54th Infantry Divisions of the Army of Fuerstenburg, as well as the 1st and 4th Companies of the 128th Infantry Regiment of the 50th VS-Füsilier Division Kurland and the 1st and 2nd Platoons of the 3rd Company, 205th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd VS-Airborne Division Merzhausen.
Although the battle was a tactical victory for Fuerstenburg, the delaying action performed by Rotgeheiman troops bought troops within the town of Kielow enough time to pack up and move essential equipment, wounded troops, and heavy weaponry. Many Rotgeheiman troops perished during the battle, all of which are honored on a memorial atop the highest point on the ridge.
