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Old December 15th, 2005, 03:13 PM
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Does anyone know the names of the two German Penal Battlions that were stationed in the Stalingrad 'kessel' during the winter of 1942/43?

I know one was a Luftwaffe unit and the other a wehrmacht, (possibly a 6th Army unit, not a 500 formation).

Any help would be appreciated
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I know of the 9th Flak division (Luftwaffe), destroyed in Stalingrad pocket.

For the rest, try: http://users.pandora.be/stalingrad/
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27th (Penal) Panzer Rgt??
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cheers for that Ali, but I'm after the name or number of the two strafabteilungen zbv that were attached to the 6th Army during the battle.

I know there were two of them.....but not there numbers ect......
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