10th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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| active | October 1934 to June 13, 1943 |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Division |
| structure | structure |
| Insinuation | last 1st Panzer Army |
| garrison | regensburg |
| Origin of the soldiers | Military district VII |
| Butcher | Assault on Poland , western campaign , eastern campaign |
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| Commanders | Commanders |
The 10th Infantry Division and later 10th Panzer Grenadier Division was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht . It was in October 1934 in Regensburg in the Military District VII as an infantry division of the first line-up shaft under the cover name commander of Regensburg established and existed until it was renamed in 10th Panzer Grenadier Division on 13 June 1943. This was still struggling to end of war in the Eastern Front .
Division history
The 10th Infantry Division (10th Infantry Division) was set up in Regensburg in October 1934 with personnel from Wehrkreis VII under the cover name Commander of Regensburg , which it carried until its exposure on October 15, 1935.
In the first week of March 1938 the 10th ID was put on alert and transferred to Passau , from where it took part in the Anschluss of Austria from March 12, 1938 and moved into Vienna on March 18 . Then the division returned to its garrisons.
On March 15, 1939, the 10th Infantry Division took part in the occupation of the rest of the Czech Republic , but returned to their homeland a few weeks later.
She was mobilized on August 26, 1939 and took part in the attack on Poland from September 1 . The division marched via Sieradz to the Ner north of Lodz and was to advance from there to Warsaw . However, the division was assigned the task of repelling the Polish attacks on the Bzura on their march . After successfully participating in the Battle of the Bzura , the 10th Infantry Division was able to continue its advance towards Warsaw and united with the wing division of the 4th Army on September 17th . After the division had reached its destination, it remained as an occupying force in Warsaw until December 1939 after the end of the invasion of Poland.
In December 1939 the 10th Infantry Division was relocated to the Marburg area as a reserve for the Army High Command .
After the start of the western campaign in May 1940, the division of the 16th Army was placed under the new divisions to follow the front line. From May 19, 1940, the 10th ID was subordinated to the 12th Army and from May 14, it was used for flank protection on the Oise-Aisne Canal . In the red case , the 10th ID took part in the advance into south-east France as part of the 12th Army. They marched west and south-west past Verdun , followed the Meuse on the west side and stood on the plateau of Langres at the end of the western campaign . The division was used as an occupation force until September and then relocated to the home for motorization .
In May 1941 the division was relocated to Poland. Since June 22, 1941 she took part in the attack on the Soviet Union in the unit of Army Group Center . In June 1941 the 10th Motorized Infantry Division crossed the Bug and the Pripjet swamps with Panzer Group 2 . In July 1941 the crossing over the Dnepr , the conquest of Bobruisk and Smolensk and in August 1941 the attack with tank and infantry units of Panzer Group 2 ( Guderian ) and the 2nd Army on Gomel took place . Among other things, large Soviet units were encircled and destroyed near Gomel. In the winter of 1941, the 2nd Panzer Army with the 10th Motorized Infantry Division launched an attack on Moscow from Tula , which was however brought to a standstill. In 1942/43 the 10th Motorized Infantry Division was still in action with Army Group Center near Moshaisk , Juchnow , Spas-Demensk and Orel . On June 13, 1943, it was reclassified and renamed the 10th Panzer Grenadier Division and continued to fight in the central section until the surrender on May 8, 1945.
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| Listed until March 1, 1938 | Lieutenant General | Alfred Weeger |
| March 1, 1938 to October 5, 1940 | Lieutenant General | Konrad von Cochenhausen |
| October 5, 1940 to April 15, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper |
| 15-25 April 1942 | Colonel | Hans Traut |
| April 25, 1942 to October 2, 1943 | Lieutenant General | August Schmidt |
| October 2 to December 23, 1943 | Colonel | Hans Mikosch |
| December 23, 1943 to March 1, 1944 | Lieutenant General | August Schmidt |
| March 1 to April 1944 | Colonel | Walter Ackermann |
| April 30th to September 30th 1944 | Lieutenant General | August Schmidt |
| September 30 to November 28, 1944 | Major general | Walter Herold |
| December 1, 1944 to January 20, 1945 | Colonel | Alexander Vial |
| January 21 to February 9, 1945 | Lieutenant General | August Schmidt |
| 10-11 February 1945 | Colonel | Georg Scholze |
| February 12 to May 1945 | Major general | Karl-Richard Kossmann |
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| October 12, 1937 to December 1, 1939 | Lieutenant colonel | Anton Glasl |
| December 1939 to June 14, 1940 | major | Egon Woite |
| June 15, 1940 to January 31, 1941 | major | Carl Wagener |
| February 1941 to May 1942 | Lieutenant colonel | Georg von Unold |
| May 1942 until renaming | major | Karl Inghofer |
- Christian Lohrey (born August 3, 1927 in Schonungen near Schweinfurt ; † March 20, 1996 in Schonungen)
- Private Lohrey as company troop reporter in the 3rd Kp./PzGrenRgmt. At the age of 17, 41 was the youngest recipient of the Knight's Cross, which he received on March 11, 1945 for successfully carrying out a raid. The battle in which he particularly distinguished himself was on the so-called Sargberg (Gora Trupien), near Konradswaldau (Kondratów), Silesia. This strategically important hill should be recaptured. According to the assessment of the div. Leadership, this attack was particularly difficult, since an artillery preparation with consideration for the group still holding below the crest required a precise regulation. It was ordered, first of all, by a powerful scouting party to which Lohrey belonged, to determine the exact position of the detachment of the neighboring division that was still holding.
Private Lohrey unexpectedly ran into Russian entrenchers. Taking advantage of a volley of hand grenades from his scouting party, he stormed forward with his men resolutely. The Russians fled and the top of the Sargberg, which was decisive for the conduct of the war, was again in German hands. This act had spared the division a possibly costly attack.
- Ulrich de Maizière (born February 24, 1912 in Stade ; † August 26, 2006 in Bonn )
- served from May 1, 1943 to October 5, 1944 as General Staff Officer in 10th ID. He later became General and Inspector General of the Bundeswehr .
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10th Infantry Div. (mot.) 1941 |
10th Infantry Div. (mot.) summer 1942 |
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10th Panzer Grenadier Div. March 1945 |
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literature
- August Schmidt: History of the 10th Division, 10th Infantry Division (motorized), 10th Panzer Grenadier Division 1935-1945 , Podzun-Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1963, 326 pages.
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 3: The Land Forces 6-14 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1974, ISBN 3-7648-0942-6 .
Remarks
- ↑ in charge of the tour
- ↑ fallen
- ↑ got into Soviet captivity
- ↑ got into Soviet captivity, released in January 1956
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Helmuth Damerau: German Soldier Yearbook . ISBN 3880141010 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
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