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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

Basic training.

The IR 158 was organized on December 1, 1939 in WK IX. The regiment was created as a unit of 6. Wave in the Training ground Wildflecken. Personnel coming from the WK V was taken in order to organize the regiment.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

March to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

After its creation the regiment was transported to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The Unit was armed with Czech equipment and its 13. Company was armed with mortars.

Pictures: Departure to Kromeriz, (today) Czech Republic.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

March to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

Railway accident on the road in Vienna, 4 dead and 35 injured.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

After its employment at Kromeriz on the way to Wildflecken-Rhön.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

Front-employment in the Aisne Canal (Baptism of fire).

The IR 158 was subordinated to the 82nd ID and within this division was committed in the West in June 1940.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

Front-employment in the Aisne Canal (Baptism of fire).

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

First losses.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

Persecution by our armor behind the Maginot Line.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

Marches up to the capitulation of the French troops at Belfort.

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

By Mulhouse to the Rhine.


Crossing the River......................


In German soil.....................

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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

Military Parade for the victory!.







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Short history of Infanterie Regiment 158, 1939-40.

Awards for the Coy.

Following the successful completion of the campaign, the regiment was demobilized in August 1940 and remained in that capacity until February 1941.


Generalleutnant Josef Lehmann?.

Sources: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... R158-R.htm
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It's all folks. Cheers. Raúl M .