company (bicycle-mounted) Supply regiment Supply troops Ordnance company Maintenance platoon Administrative troops Medical troops Veterinary company Field post office Battle Volksgrenadier divisions participated in battles in eastern France, the defense of the Siegfried Line, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Scheldt, the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Otterlo, the Eastern Front, and in the final battles in Germany itself. Some Volksgrenadier divisions performed well, while others were rushed into battle with a minimum of training. Several Volksgrenadier divisions, especially those made up of "jobless" Wehrmacht personnel drawn from the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe, often displayed high motivation and morale which resulted in good cohesion and military effectiveness against the Allied forces in the last eight or so months (about October 1944 through May 1945) of the war in Europe. See also List of German divisions in World War II References Nash, Douglas E., Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp: With the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Hurtgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich. Bedford, PA: Aberjona Press, 2008) Military units and formations of Germany in World War II German words and phrases Volksgrenadier divisions