I was told the following by an old German associate who was in the Kriegsmarine.
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Wonder why was this Kriegsmarine sailor was in a unit out in the boonies instead of on a ship?
Maybe because late in the war naval units were being formed as ground troops because much of the Kriegsmarine was confined to port. Similarly their shore establishment was downsized.
I dont know if any naval flak units were in what was left of Army Group Center. I think there were some in AG North.
During the end of the Second World War, the Germans pulled soldiers from everywhere, especially if they had been previously wounded and weren’t where they were originally stationed.
Don’t know. Unless he was Black Sea posted and the was no way out. Not sure of Kriegsmarine activity in the Black Sea. He still had a Colt 1911 .45 Auto in pretty much pristine condition. US Property marked manufactured in 1917. He bought the pistol in Munich in 1922 because “times were hard”. Carried it through WWII and brought it to the US when he emigrated after the war. He was a relative through marriage.