122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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active | October 7, 1940 to May 8, 1945 |
Country | 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 |
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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.
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Commanders
date | Rank | Surname |
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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 |
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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 |
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January 1, 1942 to May 8, 1945 | major | Alfred Heinrich Busse |
Knight's Cross bearer
Award | Surname | date | rank | Service position |
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Knight's cross | Tromm, Heinrich | Nov 15, 1941 | Lieutenant colonel | Kdr Inf. Rgt 411 |
Knight's cross | Baasch, Johannes | May 3, 1942 | First Lieutenant d. R. | Chef 9./Inf. Rgt 410 |
Knight's cross | Knaack, Kurt | Nov 5, 1942 | First Lieutenant d. R. | Leader 2./Inf. Rgt 410 |
Knight's cross | Schmidt, Burkhard | Nov 6, 1942 | major | Leader II./Inf. Rgt 411 |
Knight's cross | Nürnberger, Erich | Dec. 4, 1942 | sergeant | Platoon leader id 12./Inf. Rgt 410 |
Knight's cross | Selle, Erich | Dec 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 | Apr 6, 1943 | Captain | Kdr III./Gren. Rgt 410 |
Knight's cross | Fellmann, Erich | Apr 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 | June 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 | Apr 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 | June 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 | 5th 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 | May 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
- ^ Dagmar Pöpping : War pastor on the Eastern Front . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-525-55788-4 , p. 252 .
- ↑ As the 576th soldier
- ↑ As the 789th soldier