106th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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| active | November 12, 1940 to 1945 |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Division |
| structure | structure |
| Installation site | Military training area madness |
| Nickname | Rising Sun |
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| list of | Commanders |
The 106th Infantry Division (106th ID) was a major military unit of the German Wehrmacht during World War II .
Division history
Areas of application :
- Germany : November 1940 to June 1941
- Eastern Front , Central Section: June 1941 to April 1942
- France : April 1942 to April 1943
- Eastern Front, Southern Section: April 1943 to August 1944
- Southern Germany : March to May 1945
The 106th Infantry Division was deployed on November 12, 1940 as part of the 12th wave of deployment on the Wahn military training area in Military District VI ( Westphalia and Rhineland ). One third of the personnel were from 6th Infantry Division , one third from 26th Infantry Division and two guard battalions from 205 Infantry Regiment. Originally intended as part of the 11th Army , the 106th Infantry Division mainly performed security tasks in Germany and did not take an active part in the war until the attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941.
In the Association of Army Group Center, XXXXII. Corps and Panzer Group 2 , the division took part in the advance on Smolensk from July to October 1941 . On July 27, 1941, they advanced on Demidow north of Smolensk and then fought with Panzer Group 3 in the Battle of Vyazma . In the winter of 1941 the 106th Infantry Division took part in the Battle of Klin during the attack on Moscow. The Soviet cavalry attack on Mussino shortly before Moscow was suppressed with AR 107 artillery. On November 16, 1941, the division reached Typhoon Kuseeva during the enterprise and intercepted the Soviet counterattack at Solnechnogorsk on December 11, 1941 . Throughout December, the division fought in a front arc near Krasnaya Polyana and was involved in heavy fighting. In March 1942, the division was transferred to France to replenish the losses it had suffered.
In April 1943, the 106th Infantry Division returned to the Eastern Front and participated in the Kursk tank battle as part of the Kempf Army Detachment . Together with other associations, she crossed the Donetsk River and suffered 566 dead, 2,667 wounded and 44 missing during the entire enterprise. In August 1944 the 106th Infantry Division near Chișinău in what is now Moldova was completely destroyed; only a few soldiers were able to make their way to the German lines. It was officially dissolved with effect from October 9, 1944.
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| November 28, 1940 to May 3, 1942 | General of the Infantry | Ernst Dehner |
| May 3 to November 1, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Alfons Hitter |
| November 1, 1942 to January 1, 1943 | Lieutenant General | Arthur Kullmer |
| January 1, 1943 to February 20, 1944 | Lieutenant General | Werner Forst |
| February 20 to August 13, 1944 | Lieutenant General | Siegfried von Rekowski |
| August 13 to September 1, 1944 | Colonel | Carl Ringenberg |
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| December 10, 1940 to June 15, 1943 | Lieutenant colonel | Adalbert choice |
| June 15, 1943 to August 24, 1944 | Lieutenant colonel | Friedrich Doepner |
Awards
A total of six members of the 106th Infantry Division were awarded the Knight's Cross.
structure
Changes in the structure of the 106th ID from 1940 to 1944
| 1940 | 1944 |
| Grenadier Regiment 113 | |
| 239th Infantry Regiment | |
| 240th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 240 |
| 241st Infantry Regiment | |
| Division Fusilier Battalion 106 | |
| Artillery Regiment 107 | Artillery Regiment 107 |
| Engineer Battalion 106 | Engineer Battalion 106 |
| Panzerjäger Battalion 106 | Panzerjäger detachment 106 |
| News Division 106 | News Division 106 |
| Reconnaissance Battalion 106 | |
| Field Replacement Battalion 107 | |
| Supply troops | Supply troops |
Well-known members of the division
- Walter Freytag (1892–1982) was from 1952 to 1953 as major general of the barracked people's police, head of the KVP university in Dresden
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945, Volume 6: The land forces. No. 71-130. 2nd Edition. Osnabrück 1979. VI, 336 pages. ISBN 3-7648-1172-2 .
