196th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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196th Infantry Division |
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| active | 1939 to 1944 |
| Country |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | structure |
| Installation site | Danzig |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 196th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .
history
- Germany : December 1939 to April 1940
- Norway : April 1940 to July 1944
- Eastern Front , central section: July to September 1944
The division was set up in 1939 as part of the 7th wave of formation in military district XX (Danzig) . In 1940 she was given additional field replacement battalions 6, 16 and 26. In September 1940, Infantry Regiment 345 and 1st Battalion / Artillery Regiment 233 were transferred to the 199th Infantry Division.
In 1940 the division took part in the Weser exercise to occupy Norway and remained there until 1944. Stationed in Drontheim / Norway. She was the higher command z. b. Subordinated to V. XXXIII and equipped with mountain equipment. In April 1940 there was a clash of the division with British troops near Lillehammer , but they were repelled.
The expansion to the status of an eastern division took place in January 1944. In July 1944 the division was transferred to the eastern front and subordinated to the Army Group Center . With the 3rd Panzer Army the division was deployed in the Vilna area, and in August 1944 with the 4th Army near Alytus . It was destroyed during the Soviet summer offensive and disbanded on September 15, 1944. The remnants were assigned to the 131st and 361st Infantry Divisions .
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | period of service |
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| Lieutenant General | Richard Pellengahr | December 27, 1939 to February 28, 1942 |
| Colonel | Friedrich von Franek | March 1 to March 31, 1942 (entrusted with the tour) |
| Colonel / Major General / Lieutenant General | Friedrich von Franek | April 1, 1942 to December 23, 1943 |
| Colonel | Kurt Möhring | December 24, 1943 to February 1944 |
| Colonel | blade | February to June 1944 |
| Major general | Friedrich von Unger | June to September 1944 |
First general staff officer
| Rank | Surname | period of service |
|---|---|---|
| major | Otto Schäfer | January 5 to October 25, 1940 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Klimke | October 25, 1940 to September 15, 1944 |
structure
- 340th Infantry Regiment
- 345th Infantry Regiment
- 362nd Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment 233
- Panzerjäger detachment 233
- Cycling Battalion 233
- Engineer Battalion 233
- Infantry Division News Department 233
- Infantry Division Supply Leader 233
literature
- 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
- ↑ http://www.nuav.net/weserubung.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.chroniknet.de/daly_de.0.html?year=1940&month=4&day=21
