220:("Commanders of the Aerial Forces"), but these staffs were now dissolved. Whereas the home defense had generally been organized by the "Flak Divisions", the two "Flak Corps" had served on the front, without major overlaps between the two. Now, Flak Divisions were also inserted on the frontline, where the flak guns were used not just for anti-aircraft fire, but also to support ground-level combat, notably against enemy armored vehicles. The
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was the first such new mobile Flak division to see action, participating in the battles outside of Moscow in early 1942. Several of the experienced Flak
Divisions at home were now to be freed up for frontline action through the formation of new units. In this way, the 2nd Flak Division was sent to
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Although the German military often adhered to an order of battle in which divisions were subordinate to corps and brigades to divisions, this was not the case with Flak
Divisions: Flak Divisions were only rarely part of one of the Flak Corps, and Flak Brigades were only rarely placed under the
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These eleven air defense commands were collectively renamed on 1 September 1941 to become the 1st through 11th Flak
Divisions. For instance, Air Defense Command No. 1 Berlin became the
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Belgium. The 2nd, 6th, 9th and 10th divisions were all deployed to the Eastern Front to assist against the counteroffensives by the Red Army. Additionally, the
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The rapid Allied advances of June and July 1944 caused panicked reorganizations. The 11th Flak
Division in France was upgraded to become
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Detachments, air defense in the German homeland was handled by the Air Defense Commands (
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forced military reorganizations. The field armies of the Heer had previously been supported by
Luftwaffe commands dubbed
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Divisions were usually in charge of several Flak Regiments, which might also be dubbed "Flak Groups" (
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280:to assist
154:Düsseldorf
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