122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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122nd Infantry Division

Troop registration number of the 122nd Infantry Division

Troop registration
active October 7, 1940 to May 8, 1945
Country Flag of Germany from 1933 to 1945 German Empire
Armed forces Wehrmacht
Armed forces army
Branch of service infantry
Type Infantry division
structure See: Outline
Nickname Griffin Division
Second World War War against the Soviet Union 1941–1945
Battle of Demyansk
1-6 Battle of Courland
Commanders
Please refer: Commanders
insignia
Gripping Griffin Claw

The 122nd Infantry Division was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht during World War II .

history

The division was put together on October 7, 1940 by Wehrkreis II (Stettin) in the 11th wave of formation at the Groß Born military training area , one third each from troops from the 32nd , 258th and the drawn parts of the 14th Infantry Division , which was converted into a division (mot.). The division was used in the war against the Soviet Union in the Baltic States , in the Kesselschlacht von Demjansk , near Newel and in 1944 in Karelia .

She surrendered with the Kurland Army Group on May 8, 1945.

structure

1941 July 1944
  • 409th Infantry Regiment
  • 410 Infantry Regiment
  • Infantry Regiment 411
  • Grenadier Regiment 409
  • Grenadier Regiment 410
  • Grenadier Regiment 411
  • Reconnaissance Division 122
  • Fusilier Battalion 122
  • Artillery Regiment 122
  • Artillery Regiment 122
  • Engineer Battalion 122
  • Engineer Battalion 122
  • Field Replacement Battalion 122
  • Field Replacement Battalion 122
  • Panzerjäger detachment 122
  • Panzer Jäger Department 122 (motorized)
  • Divisional News Department 122
  • News section 122 (partially motorized)
  • Division Supply Leader 122
  • Divisional Supply Troops 122
  • Administrative Troops 122
  • Motor Park Troops 122
  • Resupply Troops 122
  • Field Post Office 122
  • Veterinary Troops 122
  • Medical Troops 122

guide

Commanders

date Rank Surname
October 5, 1940 Major General / Lieutenant General Sigfrid Macholz
December 8, 1941 Lieutenant General Friedrich Bayer
February 17, 1942 Lieutenant General Sigfrid Macholz
August 1, 1942 Colonel Kurt Chill
October 10, 1942 Lieutenant General Gustav Hundt
October 14, 1942 Colonel / Major General Kurt Chill
December 1, 1942 Colonel Adolf Westhoff
January 8, 1943 Colonel Adolf Trowitz
May 15, 1943 Major general Alfred Thielmann
June 27, 1943 Lieutenant General Kurt Chill
February 1, 1944 Major general Johann-Albrecht von Blücher
February 4, 1944 Colonel / Major General Hero Breusing
August 25, 1944 Lieutenant General Friedrich Fangohr
January 20, 1945 Colonel / Major General Bruno sweetheart

General Staff Officers (Ia)

date Rank Surname
October 5, 1940 Lieutenant colonel Hans-Joachim Schipp von Branitz
January 20, 1945 Lieutenant colonel Helmut Weber
November 10, 1944 Lieutenant colonel Gustav-Adolf Kuntzen

Divisional Pastor

date Rank Surname
January 1, 1942 to May 8, 1945 major Alfred Heinrich Busse

Knight's Cross bearer

The knight's cross bearers of the division
Award Surname date rank Service position
Knight's cross Tromm, Heinrich Nov 15, 1941 Lieutenant colonel Kdr Inf. Rgt 411
Knight's cross Baasch, Johannes 0May 3, 1942 First Lieutenant d. R. Chef 9./Inf. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Knaack, Kurt 0Nov 5, 1942 First Lieutenant d. R. Leader 2./Inf. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Schmidt, Burkhard 0Nov 6, 1942 major Leader II./Inf. Rgt 411
Knight's cross Nürnberger, Erich 0Dec. 4, 1942 sergeant Platoon leader id 12./Inf. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Selle, Erich 0Dec 9, 1942 Captain d. R. Chef 12./Inf. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Both, Paul Dec 23, 1942 sergeant Platoon leader id 3./Gren. Rgt 411
Knight's cross Wittgenstein Freiherr von, Leo-Volkhard 0Apr 6, 1943 Captain Kdr III./Gren. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Fellmann, Erich 0Apr 6, 1943 Captain Kdr II./Gren. Rgt 409
Knight's cross Vollmer, Günter April 20, 1943 First Lieutenant d. R. Leader 3./Gren. Rgt 411
Knight's cross Borchardt, Helmut Apr 30, 1943 Sergeant Group leader id 2./Gren. Rgt 409
Knight's cross Neitzel, Walter 0June 2, 1943 Captain Leader I./Gren. Rgt 409
Knight's cross Sure, Eduard June 17, 1943 Constable VB id 3./Art. Rgt 122
Knight's cross Rogge, Rudolf Nov 18, 1943 Captain d. R. Leader I./Art. Rgt 122
Knight's cross Müller, Erwin Feb. 29, 1944 Sergeant Major Troop leader id 2./Pi. Btl 122
Knight's cross Labenski, Helmut 0Apr 9, 1944 First lieutenant Chef 1./Gren. Rgt 409
Knight's cross Siegert, Wilhelm Apr 11, 1944 Sergeant Major Platoon leader from StabsKp / Gren. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Kirsten, Ernst May 15, 1944 Lieutenant d. R. Leader 4./Gren. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Goerke, Rudolf 0June 9, 1944 Lieutenant d. R. Leader 11./Gren. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Ruhl, Heinrich 21 Sep 1944 major Kdr Div. Feet. Btl (AA) 122
Oak leaves Neitzel, Walter 05th Sep 1944 major Kdr I./Gren. Rgt 409
Knight's cross Steinhorst, Paul Oct. 20, 1944 Captain Chef 6./Gren. Rgt 410
Knight's cross Kotlowski, Franz Nov 16, 1944 Corporal Group leader id 7./Gren. Rgt 411
Knight's cross Reineke, Ewald Nov 18, 1944 Sergeant Panzer-Kdt id Stug. Abbot 1122
Oak leaves Ruhl, Heinrich March 16, 1945 major Kdr Div. Feet. Btl (AA) 122
Knight's cross Gerlach, Ludwig March 23, 1945 Captain Kdr I./Gren. Rgt 409
Knight's cross Dederichs, Bruno Apr. 14, 1945 major Leader Gren. Rgt 409
Knight's cross Reich, Johann Apr. 14, 1945 Sergeant Sturmzugführer 6./Gren. Rgt 411
Knight's cross Kettmann, Rudolf Apr 17, 1945 Sergeant Assault Gun Leader id Pz. Jäg. Kp 1122
Knight's cross Linde, Rudolf 0May 5, 1945 major Kdr II./Gren. Rgt 410

literature

  • Werner Haupt : Demjansk 1942 - A bulwark in the east , Bad Nauheim 1963.
  • Werner Haupt: Army Group North , Bad Nauheim 1967.
  • Werner Haupt: Kurland 1944/45 - the forgotten Army Group , Friedberg 1979.
  • Werner Haupt: Leningrad, Volkhov, Courland , 1976.
  • Franz Kurowski: Demjansk - The cauldron in the ice , Wölfersheim-Berstadt 2001, ISBN 3-7909-0718-9 .
  • Kari Kuusela: Wehrmactin panssarit Suomessa (Panzers in Finland)
  • Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume One: 1st - 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. P. 176, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 6. The Land Forces 71-130 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1172-2 .
  • Helmut Weber: 122nd Infantry Division. Memories of the Pomeranian-Mecklenburg Greif Division , self-published, Oberaudorf 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dagmar Pöpping : War pastor on the Eastern Front . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-525-55788-4 , p. 252 .
  2. ↑ As the 576th soldier
  3. ↑ As the 789th soldier