Pi.Btl. 600

Pioniere Battailon 600

This unit had recently been formed in Bitsch in Lorraine.¹ Probably it had been raised on an ad hoc basis.

On 24 June it was decided that the unit should be comitted in the area around Condé-sur-Noireau.² It was reported on 13 July that the battalion had arrived.³ One day later the unit was near Canteloup, about 15 km east of Caen.⁴

The battalion (minus one company) was subordinated to 74. Korps on 11 August.⁵

No further information about the unit has been found.

Notes:

1

G. Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS (Mittler & Sohn, Frankfurt am Main and Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1966-1975).

2

Ob.West Ia Nr. 4927/44 geh.Kdos. 24.6.44, T311, R25, F7029822.

3

KTB OB West Ia, entry 14.7.44, T311, R16, F7016800.

4

Pz.Gr. West Ia Nr. Unreadable, v. 15.7.44, Nachtrag zur Tagesmeldung 14.7, T313, R420, F8713914.

5

PzAOK 5 Ia Nr 899/44 g.Kdos vom 12.8.44, T313, R420, F8714187.

1	G. Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS (Mittler & Sohn, Frankfurt am Main and Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1966-1975).
2	Ob.West Ia Nr. 4927/44 geh.Kdos. 24.6.44, T311, R25, F7029822.
3	KTB OB West Ia, entry 14.7.44, T311, R16, F7016800.
4	Pz.Gr. West Ia Nr. Unreadable, v. 15.7.44, Nachtrag zur Tagesmeldung 14.7, T313, R420, F8713914.
5	PzAOK 5 Ia Nr 899/44 g.Kdos vom 12.8.44, T313, R420, F8714187.