223rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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223rd Infantry Division |
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| active | August 26, 1939 to November 26, 1943 |
| Country |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | structure |
| Installation site | Dresden |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 223rd Infantry Division was a major military unit of the Wehrmacht .
Division history
Operational areas:
- Germany : September 1939 to May 1940
- France : May 1940 to November 1941
- Eastern Front , Northern Section: December 1941 to August 1943
- Eastern front, southern section: August to November 1943
The 223rd Inf.-Div. was reorganized as part of the 3rd wave from August 26, 1939 in Defense District IV Dresden. This was followed by the transfer to the 1st Army in the Saar-Palatinate, but then in November 1939 to Posen (see Reichsgau Wartheland ), but immediately back to the Lower Rhine in March 1940 in preparation for the case of Gelb . The 223rd Ibf.-Div. Moved from the Aachen area . via Liège to Roubaix in France. Then she was in Rouen until July 1940 , participated in securing the Channel coast and was deployed in November 1940 in southwest France in the Bordeaux area .
In November 1941 the 223rd Inf-Div. Relocated to the Eastern Front in order to take part in the battles for Shlisselburg and Leningrad as part of Army Group North . The IR 425 in particular suffered heavy losses, especially as the infantrymen without winter clothing were exposed to extreme cold temperatures. The operation in northern Russia lasted until May 1943. During this time the 223rd Inf.-Div. Involved in numerous battles around the Sinyavino Heights, the so-called "bottleneck" east of Leningrad, around Dubrowka, Mga , on the Volkhov , near Voronowo and Lodwa. In June 1942 3 of the 9 infantry battalions had to be disbanded. After further high failures, the division was refreshed at Velikiye Luki in June 1943 and remained there until August 1943.
At the end of August 1943 he was transferred to the Ukraine to Army Group South in the Kharkov area . There the 223rd Inf.-Div. involved in defensive battles with heavy losses with the advancing Soviet army and thrown back on the Dnieper. In November 1943 she waged further defensive battles as part of the 4th Panzer Army, especially near Kiev .
On November 26, 1943, the 223rd Inf.-Div. be disbanded by the 4th Panzer Army due to their heavy losses . The division staff and various units of the 223rd Inf.-Div. were incorporated into the new 275th Infantry Division , other remnants went to the 168th Inf.-Div. on.
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| September 1, 1939 to May 6, 1941 | Lieutenant General | Paul-Willi Körner |
| May 6, 1941 to October 20, 1942 | General of the Infantry | Rudolf Lüters |
| October 20, 1942 until unknown | Lieutenant General | Christian Usinger |
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| August 26, 1939 to October 25, 1940 | major | Joachim Hesse |
| October 25, 1940 to November 26, 1943 | Lieutenant colonel | Herbert Deinhardt |
structure
Changes in the structure of the 223rd ID from 1939 to 1942
| 1939 | 1942 |
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| 344th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 344 |
| 385th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 385 |
| 425th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 425 |
| Artillery Regiment 223 | |
| Engineer Battalion 223 | |
| Anti-tank department 223 | |
| Reconnaissance Department 223 | Field Replacement Battalion 223 |
| News Department 223 | |
| Resupply Troops 223 | |
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . Volume 8: The Land Forces 201–280 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1174-9 .
- Werner Haupt : The German Infantry Divisions 1921–1945 . 3 volumes, Dörfler Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-89555-274-8 .
- Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS 1939–1945 Volume 8 Biblio-Verlag Osnabrück 1973
Web links
- 200th through 370th German Infantry, Security, and Panzer Grenadier Divisions. Organizations and Histories 1939–1945 ( Memento from February 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 461 kB), Nafziger Collection, Combined Armed Research Library.
