27th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
27th Infantry Division |
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Troop registration |
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active | October 1, 1936 to November 1, 1940 (reclassification) |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
Armed forces | army |
Branch of service | infantry |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | structure |
headquarters | augsburg |
Commanders | |
list of | Commanders |
The 27th Infantry Division (ID) was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht during World War II .
Division history
Areas of application :
- Poland: September 1939 to May 1940
- France: May to November 1940
The 27th Infantry Division was set up on October 1, 1936 as part of the 1st wave of deployment in Augsburg in military district VII . The division took part in the attack on Poland and in the western campaign. On November 1, 1940, it was reorganized as the 17th Panzer Division .
Commanders
period of service | Rank | Surname |
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October 1 to December 21, 1936 | Major general | Emil Reischle |
January 1, 1937 to October 5, 1940 | Lieutenant General | Friedrich Bergmann |
October 5 to November 1, 1940 | Lieutenant General | Hans-Jürgen von Arnim |
structure
- 40th Infantry Regiment
- 63rd Infantry Regiment
- 91st Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment 27
- Field Replacement Battalion 27
- Reconnaissance Department 27
- Panzerjäger detachment 27
- Engineer Battalion 27
- News Department 27
- Infantry Division Supply Leader 27th
Well-known members of the division
- Karl Herzog (1906–1998), was from 1963 to 1966 as major general of the army of the Bundeswehr, deputy commanding general of the II Corps
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945, Volume 4: The land forces. No. 15-30. 2nd edition Osnabrück 1976. VI, 300 pages. ISBN 3-7648-1083-1 .
Notes and individual references
- ^ Samuel W. Mitcham : The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders. Stackpole, 2007, p. 139.