Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 2

Kommandeure:

• Maj Schulz, 21 May 1940 - 20 Jun 1940
• GenMaj Alfred Sturm, 21 Jun 1940 - 30 Sep 1942
• Oberst Hans Kroh, Oct 1942 - 25 Jun 1943
• Maj Erich Pietzonka, 26 Jun 1943 - 21 Sep 1943
• ?, 22 Sep 1943 - 19 Nov 1943
• Maj Erich Pietzonka, 20 Nov 1943 - 11 Dec 1943
• Oberst Hans Kroh, 16 Dec 1943 - 17 Jul 1944
• Maj Wildhagen (acting), Jul 1944 - Jul 1944
• Oberst Hans Kroh, Jul 1944 - Aug 1944
• Obstlt Karl Stefan Tannert, Aug 1944 - Sep 1944
• Oberst Hans Meyer-Sach, Oct 1944 - Feb 1945
• Oberst Erich Vorwerck, Feb 1945 - Apr 1945

Formed 26 Aug 1939 with I. and II./FJR.2 (I. at Gardelegen, II. at Tangermunde) from cadres of FJR.1. The Stab and III./FJR.2 was formed 21 May 1940. In Sep 1942 III./FJR.2 was redesignated III./FJR.4, and was replaced in 1943. I./FJR.2 remained in Italy when the 2. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division moved to Russia in December 1943, and was redesignated I./FJR.10. A new I. Btl. was later formed, but this never joined the rest of the regiment, but operated independently on the Western front (Aug 1944 in Ahrbruck, Sep 1944 under Fs.AOK.1 in Belgium [Albert-Kanal] and Holland [Arnheim-Nijmegen], and was used to reform the new FJR.2 in Amersfoort, Holland). The main part of the regiment was destroyed when Brest fell on 19 Sep 1944. Reformed Dec 1944 in Amersfoort, and finally surrendered in the Ruhr pocket.

Saw action independently under 7. Flieger-Division, but from Feb 1943 was part of 2. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division with :

• Poland (Deblin, Dukla Pass), Sep 1939
• Holland (Den Haag), 10 May 1940
• Moved to Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Mar 1941
• Greece (Corinth), 26 Apr 1941
• Crete (Rethymnon), 20.5 to 2 Jun 1941
• Russia (Stalino area), Oct 1941 to Apr 1942
• Russia (Volkhov area), Apr 1942 to Jul 1942
• Returned to Germany, Jul 1942

Organisation:

• 1939: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, 1. Pak, 2. Pak, Gesch. Bttr.
• 1940: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14
• 1942: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, 13, 14
• 1943: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14
• 1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15 (Pi.)