7. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division - Parachute Division

Kommandeure:

• GenLt Wolfgang Erdmann, 9 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945

Ia:

• Maj Werner Foltin, 1 Sep 1944 - Dec 1944
• Maj Albert Stecken, 22 Dec 1944 - 1 Feb 1945
• Hptm Siegfried Seyffert, 1 Feb 1945 - 1 Mar 1945
• Maj Werner Foltin, 1 Mar 1945 - May 1945

Formed 9 Oct 1944 from Fallschirm-Jäger-Division Erdmann, and initially operated the same units.

On 30 Nov 1944 the division was organised as follows:

• Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 19
• Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 20
• Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 21
• Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 7
• Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 7
• Fallschirm-Flak-Abteilung 7
• Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 7
• Fallschirm-Luftnachrichten-Abteilung 7
• Nachschubführer der 7. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division
• Fallschirm-Granatwerfer-Abteilung 7, from Dec 1944
• Fallschirm-Feldersatz-Bataillon 7, from Feb 1945

Due to heavy losses, Luftwaffen-Festungs-Bataillone XXIV and XXVIII, was absorbed by the division on 20 Feb 1945. The division capitulated to British forces in the Oldenburg area, in May 1945.

The division had served under the following headquarters:

Dec 1944	LXXXVI. AK / Fs.AOK1	Brockhuizen, Venlo, Overbeck
Jan 1945	Reserve / Fs.AOK1	Weissenburg, Hagenau
Feb 1945	LXXXVI. AK / Fs.AOK1	Sessenheim, Geldern, Kleve, Reichswald
Mar 1945	II. FsAK / Fs.AOK1	Marienbaum, Wesel, Bocholt, Enschede
Apr 1945	II. FsAK / Fs.AOK1	Ostfriesland, Oldenburg

Replacement troops were provided by Fallschirm-Jäger-Ersatz-Bataillon 3.