321st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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321st Infantry Division |
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| active | December 16, 1940 to November 2, 1943 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | See outline |
| Installation site | Braunschweig |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 321st Infantry Division was a major unit of the Army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .
Division history
The 321st Infantry Division was set up on December 16, 1940 as an indigenous division of the 13th wave of deployment in Military District XI in Braunschweig . It consisted of units of the 295th and 267th Infantry Divisions and was used as an occupation force in France . On October 21, 1942, it received the status of an attack division and in 1943 was transferred to the Eastern Front to Army Group Center . There she was subordinate to the 9th Army and fought at Schizdra , Bryansk and Rogachev . On November 2, 1943, the 321st Infantry Division was disbanded.
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| December 15, 1940 to November 16, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Ludwig Loeweneck |
| November 16, 1942 to August 22, 1943 | Lieutenant General | Wilhelm Thomas |
| August 22 to September 23, 1943 | Lieutenant General | Kurt Sievers |
| September 23, 1943 until unknown | Major general | Georg Zwade |
structure
- 588th Infantry Regiment
- 589th Infantry Regiment
- Infantry Regiment 590
- Artillery Regiment 321
- Engineer Battalion 321
- Field Replacement Battalion 321
- Panzerjäger detachment 321
- Reconnaissance Department 321
- News Section 321
- Supply Leader 321
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 9. The Land Forces 281-370 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1174-9 .
- Oswald Döpke : I was a comrade horse - my grotesque war experiences 1941–1945 . Zeitgut Verlag, Berlin, 1st edition 2004, ISBN 3-933336-67-8 .
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.
