143rd Reserve Division (Wehrmacht)

The 143rd Reserve Division was a German Infantry Division of the Army in World War II in the Army Group North Ukraine .

Division history

The Division was established in early 1939 as Division 143 in Frankfurt an der Oder ( III Military District ), which also initially headquarters (later Crossen ), as a replacement force for the staff of the 163rd Infantry Division set up in November 1939 to replace troops of the Military District II , now named Division No. 143 . In August 1941 he was transferred to Warthegau in the military district XXI and in September he was transferred to the 143rd Reserve Division.

The division was formed from Division No. 143 on September 18, 1942 and sent to the Lutsk region in Ukraine .

In April 1943 the division was deployed in Poland and in July 1943 in Ukraine . On February 18, 1944, the division in Dubno in western Ukraine was disbanded and the troops were assigned to other units of the Northern Ukraine Army Group. The 394th Field Training Division took over the position of this division and the 147th Reserve Division in Ukraine.

Infantry Replacement Regiment 3 (Frankfurt an der Oder)
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 8
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 50
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 169
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 338
Infantry Replacement Regiment 68 ( Guben )
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 29
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 188
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 122
Infantry Replacement Regiment 208 ( Cottbus )
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 196
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 309
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 337
Infantry Replacement Regiment 257 (Landsberg)
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 457
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 466
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 477
- Infantry Replacement Battalion 479
Artillery Replacement Regiment 3 (Frankfurt an der Oder)
- Artillery Replacement Battalion 3rd
- Artillery Replacement Battalion 39
- Artillery Replacement Battalion I./168
- Artillery Replacement Battalion I./208
- Artillery Replacement Battalion 257
9th Cavalry Replacement Battalion
Panzer Jäger Replacement Battalion 43
Engineer Replacement Battalion 68
Railway Pioneer Replacement Battalion 1
Fahr-Ersatz-Battalion 3
Motor Vehicle Replacement Battalion 23
Construction Pioneer Replacement Battalion 3

Reserve Grenadier Regiment 68 Brest-Litovsk

Reserve Grenadier Regiment 76 Lutsk

Reserve Grenadier Regiment 208 Kovel

Reserve Artillery Battalion 257 Bereza Kartusko

General of the flak cartillery Karl von Roques : December 1939 (after two retirement in 1933 and in July 1939) to May 1940
Lieutenant General / Major General Paul Stoewer : May 1940 until dissolution, promoted to Major General in February 1942

Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007). German Order of Battle. Volume One: 1st - 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. Pp. 192 + 193, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .