The line was defended by XIV Panzer Corps, part of the German Tenth Army. The Battle of San Pietro Infine ensued. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 15th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht), "15th_Panzergrenadier_Division_%28Wehrmacht%29", Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, 104. The amphibious Battle of Gela was the opening engagement of the United States portion of the Allied Invasion of Sicily. SS-Wirtschafts-Bataillon 16 On December 7, 1943, two battalions of the 15th Panzergrenadier, commanded by Captain Helmut Meitzel, held strong defensive positions in the town of San Pietro Infine and on the vitally important and strategic Monte Lungo to the southwest. The 16. Panzergrenadier Regiment (infanterie motorisée), 115. They were instrumental in the defense against the Allies during Operation Avalanche in Salerno, along with the 29th Infantry and 1st Parachute Divisions. The 15th Panzergrenadiers fought the rest of the war on the Western Front.

The campaign was designed as part of an offensive launched by General Sir Harold Alexander's Allied 15th Army Group, with the intention of breaching the German Army's Winter Line defensive system and advancing to Pescara—and eventually Rome. Il a combattu dans la bataille des Ardennes , où il a participé au siège de Bastogne et dans l' opération Blockbuster , au service sous la première armée de parachutistes . In 1940 it participated in the invasions of Belgium and France. It began with a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign, and initiated the Italian Campaign.

By August 17, 1943 the 15th Panzergrenadier along with the 29th Infantry, the 1st Parachute and the Herman Göring Divisions would escape across the Strait of Messina to the mainland and participate in the Italian Campaign. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, https://dayofinfamy.fandom.com/wiki/15th_Panzergrenadier_Division?oldid=635. New York: Henry Holt. This formation was created as the 33rd Infantry Division in 1936, it was mobilized in 1939, but did not take part in the invasion of Poland. The Moro River Campaign was an important battle of the Italian Campaign during the Second World War, fought between elements of the British Eighth Army and LXXVI Panzer Corps of the German 10th Army. En Juillet 1943 , une nouvelle 15e division Panzergrenadier , commandée par Generalleutnant Eberhard Rodt , a été formé par la renumérotation Division Sicile et incorporé des vestiges de l'ancienne 15e division Panzer . Alors que les Allemands se retirent de la Sicile occidentale (en raison de l'invasion alliée, le nom de code Opération Husky ), ils se sont arrêtés et ont commencé à mettre en place des défenses à proximité de la ville de Troina long de la route 120, perché sur les hauteurs.

Le 17 Août 1943, le 15e Panzergrenadier ainsi que l' infanterie 29 , le 1er Parachute et les Hermann Göring divisions échapperait à travers le détroit de Messine à la terre ferme et participer à la campagne d' Italie .

The division was then split, resulting in two independent units: The 16th Panzer Division and the 16th Motorized Infantry Division. It fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where it participated in the Siege of Bastogne and in Operation Blockbuster, serving under the First Parachute Army. On September 11, elements of the British 46th Infantry Division encountered stiff resistance from the 15th Panzergrenadier and Hermann Göring Divisions around Salerno itself and to the east.

Refurbished, the division participated in the German summer offensive, and was subsequently destroyed with the 6th Army at Stalingrad in January 1943.

The HG saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and on the Eastern Front. In pursuit was the US 1st Infantry Division, nicknamed "The Big Red One", commanded by Major General Terry Allen. After ten days of intense attack and counter-attack, the Allies finally succeeded in gaining the high ground on both flanks.

It was made up of veterans and survivors of the 15th Panzer Division, which had been defeated in Tunisia earlier that year.

SS-Feld-Ersatz-Btaillon 16 People of the American Civil War by state, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/15th_Panzergrenadier_Division_(Wehrmacht)?oldid=4690343. The Battle of Troina was an important battle that took place between 31 July and 6 August 1943, as part of the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II. The 1st Panzer-Division was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II. The 54th Infantry Division Napoli was a regular infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II.

La division a été impliqué dans le Bellona massacre, Campanie , réalisée entre 6 et 7 Octobre 1943, lorsque 54 civils ont été exécutés. It surrendered to the British at war's end. This was to become a linchpin of the Etna Line. With the advantage lost, the 15th Panzergrenadier and its supporting units fell back to defensive positions in the vicinity of San Vittore in the early hours of December 17; they would hold these positions for the next three weeks.