strength of german garrison on island of sardinia - July '43

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strength of german garrison on island of sardinia - July '43

Post by stefan von ditner » 13 Dec 2006 00:06

Gentlemen:

Can anyone confirm the strength of Wehrmacht forces on Sardinia prior to invasion of Sicily?

I have not been able to find a figure in my sources.

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Post by farrelly » 02 Jan 2007 20:08

It appears only 90th PzG division was on Sardinia and it was still forming - ie. missing its 3rd battalions in each regiment and assault gun battalion so I would say just under 10,000 men by the time of the Sicily invasion.

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sardinia garrison

Post by stefan von ditner » 05 Jan 2007 00:57

Thanks for the info. That is roughly what I understood, although there were few sources on this.

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Post by Denim Demon » 13 Jan 2007 22:48

under 10.000 men? and the allied deseption plan "the man that wasnt there" is mentioned in several sources as a "huge sucsess"? hm, doesnt sound very impressive to me...

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Post by Denim Demon » 13 Jan 2007 22:50

ups
that should be "the man who never was"
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