10. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division - Parachute Division

Kommandeure:

• GenLt. Gustav Wilke, 10 Mar 1945 - Apr 1945
• Oberst Karl-Heinz von Hoffmann, Apr 1945 - 7 May 1945

Ia:

• Maj Fritz Knobloch, Mar 1945 - May 1945

The division was ordered formed on 24 Sep 1944, but formation was cancelled on 15 Oct 1944. The new Fallschirm-Luftnachrichten-Abteilung was transferred to the army on 2 Jan 1945.

The division was reformed in the Graz area on 1 Mar 1945. The division was formed from many various units. Each Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment and Artillerie-Regiment of the 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division and 4. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division in Italy, gave up an Battalion for the new division. These had all arrived in Graz by 8 Apr 1945 (9 trainloads).

The following units were to provide troops for the new 10. and 11. Fallschirm-Jäger-Divisionen:

4000 men from Luftkriegsschulen 4, 7, 10 and 11. (LKS 7 remained at Tulln, however)
1200 men from Flugzeugführerschulen A5, A14, A23, A25 and A115
2400 men from JG101
Heavy weapons from the 715th Infanterie-Division.
4000 men was to have been taken over from 14th SS Grenadier-Division, but this was cancelled.

On 17 Apr 1945 the division had a strength of 10700 men. The division consisted of the following units:

• Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 28
• Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 29
• Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 30
• Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 10
• Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 10
• Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 10
• Fallschirm-Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 10
• Fallschirm-Sanitäts-Abteilung 10
• Kommandeur der Fallschirm-Jäger-Division Nachschubtruppen 10

The units were divided between Graz and Luftgau XI. Served under XXIV. AK / Pz.AOK.1 in May 1945, with parts in reserve under PzAOK.6. The main parts surrendered to the Russians in Iglau.