Luftwaffe Field Divisions were creation of Nazi regime internal politics. Deeply rooted suspicions of Heer (Army) loyalty and petty politics of Luftwaffe commander Hermann Göering who refused to hand over manpower from Luftwaffe to Heer. After heavy casulties of winter of 1941 the army was in dire need of replacements to bring up strenght of its infantry divisions. However, Göering insisted with plans of creating Luftwaffe-controlled "Field regiments" and later nearly full divison size "Field Divisions". The manpower was primarily coming from Luftwaffe ground crew and other support personnel. 21 divisions were created by the end of the war. Despite many misunderstandings in the early stage the personnel of Field Divisons and Regiments were Luftwaffe volunteers. It was agreed in German High Command that Luftwaffe Field Units were not planned to be used in frontline duty but more as of security units.
In practice the Field Divisions were immediately thrown into frontline duty manning Eastern front for extensive length. Red Army identified Field Divisions as weaklinks in German lines and often targeted them in offensives. The combat performance of Field Divisions were poor although the precessador of Field Divisions "Division Meindl" performed reasonably well under harsh conditions.
In November of 1943, the Army took over the command of all Luftwaffe-Feld Divsionen, re-designating them as Feld-Division (Luftwaffe). An Army officer replaced virtually every officer in the chain of command and the field divisions were reorganized under the new 1944 infantry division establishment.
Luftwaffe Field Divisions present popular re-enactment choice for German side because they are one of the most easiest units to portray for their ad-hoc personal equipment, lack of specialised infantry training and relatively variable weaponry.
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