Swiss 2. Division  - Operationsbefehl No 12 17.7.1940

[Task and Position] [Order of Battle]

Task and Position

The 2nd division had the task to block the exits from the Jura mountains on the line St. Aubin (incl) - Neuchatel - Biel (Taubenlochschlucht) and the South Western approaches to the Advanced Area between the lakes of Neuchatel and Morat and SE of the Lake of Morat to Laupen.

Order of Battle

The division was reinforced by six batallions of infantry and had his full light artillery. It had to give up its heavy motorized artillery batallion to reinforced 1. Div.

  2. Div
Men ca 21'000
LMG 685
Laf LMG 180
sMG 252
81mm Mortar 60
47mm ATG 42
75mm Feldgeschütz 36
105mm sch mot Kan 0
120mm Feldhaubitze 0
150mm Feldhaubitze 0

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