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The
Marinestosstruppkompanie
(MSK) (naval shock troop company) was a
naval infantry
of the
Kriegsmarine
formation formed in 1938 in
Swinemunde
from
Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 123
.
In September 1938, a reinforced platoon led by
Lt.
Walter Schug
embarked on the
German battleship
Deutschland
headed for Spain, where it blew up a Republican radio station on the island of
Ibiza
.
In March 1939, MSK was among German forces occupying
Memelland
. Under the command of
Oblt.
Wilhelm Henningsen
the MSK trained for future missions.
On 24 August 1939, the 230-men strong MSK embarked on the
German minesweeper
M-1
in
Memel
and was transferred to
SMS
Schleswig-Holstein
in preparation for the German
invasion of Poland
. In the early hours of 1 September 1939, MSK disembarked
Schleswig-Holstein
in order to attack the Polish military transit depot
Westerplatte
in
Danzig
harbour. After the fall of the fortress, MSK was used in the occupation of
Gdynia
and in the battle of
Hel peninsula
.
MSK remained active for the rest of
World War II
, mainly on the
Eastern Front
.
References
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- Stjernfelt, Bertil
; Bohme, Klaus-Richard (1979).
Westerplatte 1939
. Einzelschriften zur militarischen Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkrieges, 99-0149304-8 ; 23 (in German). Freiburg: Rombach.
ISBN
3-7930-0182-2
.
SELIBR
5980544
.
- Benz, Jorg (1996).
Deutsche Marineinfanterie 1938?1945. Das Schicksal der Marinestoßtrupps, der MAA 531 (von Diest) und anderer infanteristisch eingesetzter Einheiten der Kriegsmarine. Nach KTBs, amtlichen und personlichen Gefechtsberichten und Darstellungen der Militarhistoriker
. Husum: Husum Druck- und Verlags-Gesellschaft.
ISBN
3-88042-799-2
.
- Mielke, Otto; Greve, Uwe (1996).
Linienschiff "Schleswig-Holstein". Ein Schiff in zwei Weltkriegen
. Hamburg: Maximilian-Verlag.
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