167th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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167th Infantry Division / 167th People's Grenadier Division |
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 Troop registration |
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| active | November 26, 1939 to April 4, 1945 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | structure |
| Installation site | Munich |
| Nickname | Alpine hut division |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 167th Infantry Division was a major military unit of the Wehrmacht .
Areas of application
- Germany : December 1939 to May 1940
- France : June 1940 to February 1941
- Germany : March to May 1941
- Eastern Front , Central Section: June 1941 to April 1942
- Netherlands : May 1942 to February 1943
- Eastern Front, Southern Section: March 1943 to February 1944
history
The division was reorganized from November 26, 1939 in Military District VII as part of the 7th wave of formation . The replacement took place in Kempten and Bad Reichenhall . In January 1940, it received its nominal strength through the incorporation of field replacement battalions 7, 27 and 34.
After a short deployment in the western campaign in the 1st Army , the division remained in the west as an occupying force. She then moved back to Military District VII and from there in June 1941 to the Generalgouvernement in the Association of the 4th Army of Army Group Center . From June 22, 1941, the 167th Inf.-Div. participated in the Russian campaign, which led them via Pinsk , Bobruisk , Jelnja , Brjansk to the Orel area , where they experienced heavy winter fighting and suffered heavy losses under the leadership of the 2nd Panzer Army .
To freshen up, the division moved to the Netherlands at the end of April 1942, where it was brought back to normal strength and re-trained under Commander-in-Chief West .
At the beginning of March 1943, the division moved to Army Group South in the Kharkov area , where it was deployed until August 1943, first with the II. SS Panzer Corps , then with the XXXXVIII. Panzer Corps in the 4th Panzer Army .
After heavy losses, they only led the OKH as a "combat group". This went as part of the 8th Army across the Dnieper , which was to be permanently defended as the "Eastern Wall". Both at Cherkassy and at Kremenchug , the "Kampfgruppe 167th Inf.-Div." Was in constant defensive battles. On February 1, 1944, due to the heavy losses and lack of replacement, the division was dissolved, its infantry remnants and two of the four former artillery divisions as so-called "Divisionsgruppe 167" of the 376th Inf.-Div. were assigned, which in turn was destroyed in Romania in August 1944.
From September 2, 1944, the so-called " Shadow Div. Niedergörsdorf ”in the line-up on the Döllersheim military training area in military district XVII . The remains of the in France destroyed 17 Felddiv. (L) were also used. On October 25, 1944, this association was renamed the 167th Volksgrenadier Division and assigned to Military District VII.
The new division moved to the western front at the end of December 1944 and was deployed in the Eifel . They were destroyed at the end of March 1945 when they withdrew across the Rhine. The division staff was still used to set up the Scharnhorst division .
Commanders
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| December 1, 1939 to January 10, 1940 | Lieutenant General | Martin Gilbert |
| January 10 to May 1, 1940 | Lieutenant General | Oskar Vogl |
| May 1, 1940 to August 1, 1941 | Lieutenant General | Hans Schönhärl |
| August 1st to 11th, 1941 | Lieutenant General | Werner Schartow |
| August 11, 1941 to November 25, 1943 | Lieutenant General | Wolf-Günther Trierenberg |
| November 25, 1943 until unknown | Major general | Hans Huettner |
structure
| 1939 | 1940 | 1943 |
|---|---|---|
| Infantry Regiment 315 | Infantry Regiment 315 | Grenadier Regiment 315 |
| 331st Infantry Regiment | 331st Infantry Regiment | Division group 331 |
| 339th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 339 | - |
| - | - | Field Replacement Battalion 238 |
| - | - | Division Fusilier Battalion 167 |
| light artillery division 238 | Artillery Regiment 238 | Artillery Regiment 238 |
| - | Anti-tank department 238 | Panzerjäger detachment 238 |
| - | Engineer Battalion 238 | Engineer Battalion 238 |
| - | News Department 238 | News Department 238 |
| - | Supply units 238 | Supply units 238 |
literature
- Franz Mayrhofer, Ed. Kameradschaft former Gren.Rgt. 315: History of the 315th Grenadier Regiment of the Bavarian 167th Inf. Div. - Almhütten-Division - 1939–1944 , Munich 1975, 2nd edition 1977.
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . 2nd Edition. tape 7 . The Land Forces 131–200 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1173-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 167th Infantry Division. In: Divisions and associations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS 1933–1945. Jan Linzmaier, accessed on February 26, 2011 .
- ^ Norman Kraehe: Division of War July 7, 1943 Division of the German Wehrmacht during the tank battle of Kursk. In: World War 2 / weapons, strategy games, history, pictures. HISTRASIM LTD., Accessed February 26, 2011 .
