Talk:12th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008

Article reassessed and graded as start class. Referencing and appropriate inline citation guidelines not met. --dashiellx (talk) 15:23, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Berger

Florian Berger does not appear to be a "reputable historian" (per WP:MILMOS) and therefore I question these statements cited to him:

• ... where Captain Siegfried Moldenhauer was awarded a Close Combat Clasp for his services as acting-commander of the 48th Grenadier Regiment's (the 4th and 89th Infantry Regiments were redesignated "Grenadier" regiments in the course of the year, while the 27th became a "Fusilier Regiment") 1st Battalion. In January 1944, Moldenhauer became the commander of the regiment's 2nd Battalion, and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Major General von Lützow. Soon after, fighting near Mogilew led to the death of 1st Battalion's commander, Major Kurt Klinger – another Knights Cross recipient. Moldenhauer subsequently assumed command of that battalion as well.

• After an effective defence of the road into Mogilev, the 1st Battalion's commander, Major Kurt Klinger – another Knight's Cross recipient – was killed by enemy fire. Moldenhauer subsequently assumed command of that battalion as well. With the Soviet 49th Army crossing the Dnieper, the division was ordered to withdraw into the town, which it was to hold at all costs, and subsequently suffered catastrophic casualties in its defence, leading to a successful Soviet occupation on 28 June. The men under Moldenhauer's command managed to escape the encirclement through a small corridor to the east. The men under the command of Wilhelm Osterhold held the 2nd Battalion's rear to aide in its escape.

I would like to copyedit these areas. Please let me know if there are any concerns. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:07, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

It's been over a month so I will go ahead and remove. K.e.coffman (talk) 17:29, 25 March 2016 (UTC)