323rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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323rd Infantry Division |
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| active | November 15, 1940 to February 1943 |
| Country |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | See outline |
| Installation site | Francs |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 323rd Infantry Division was a major military unit of the Wehrmacht .
Division history
The 323rd Infantry Division was set up in Franconia in November 1940 as an indigenous division of the 13th wave of deployment . It consisted of three infantry battalions from the 62nd and 73rd Infantry Divisions . In February 1942, it was reclassified into an attack division for use on the Eastern Front. First, the infantry regiments were increased by a 13th and 14th company each, and the 323rd Infantry Division received the order to secure the coast on the English Channel in Normandy . After that, she led the way to Charleroi in Belgium and from there in May 1942, the final transfer to Russia , where they in the Ukraine of the Army Group South was assumed. 323 ID marched with 2nd Army from Rovno via Zhitomir , Kiev , Konotop and Kursk to the Don west of Voronezh . At the hotly contested bridgehead of Voronezh, the 323rd Infantry Division had its first major combat mission and there were several defensive and offensive battles. Since the lines could no longer be held, the 323rd Infantry Division had to retreat across the Don via the Dewiza to Gorschechnoye. From there, an attempt to break through on the Oskol was started, but it had to be stopped again. The division had to flee from Stary Oskol along the Psel to Sudscha and was so decimated that it was officially dissolved in February 1943.
The survivors were divided into the 75th and 26th Infantry Divisions and in November were merged into Divisional Group 323, which was subordinate to the 88th Infantry Division .
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| November 15, 1940 to January 10, 1942 | Major General / Lieutenant General | Max Mühlmann |
| January 10 to November 5, 1942 | Colonel / Major General | Hans Bergen |
| November 5 to December 25, 1942 | Major general | Viktor Koch |
| December 25, 1942 to February 2, 1943 | Colonel | Andreas Neubauer |
| February 2, 1943 until unknown | Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel | Roland Koschella |
structure
| 1940 | 1943 |
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| Infantry Regiment 591 | Grenadier Regiment 591 |
| 593rd Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 593 |
| 594th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 594 |
| - | Ski Battalion 323 |
| Artillery Regiment 323 | |
| Panzerjäger detachment 323 | |
| Engineer Battalion 323 | |
| News Section 323 | |
| Resupply Troops 323 | |
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 .
- Werner Haupt: The German infantry divisions . Ed. Dörfler im Nebel-Verlag, Eggolsheim 2005, ISBN 3-89555-274-7 .
- A. Schwarz, H. Bitternmann: Data table 323rd Infantry Division - Das Ski-Bataillon 323 - October 31, 1942 to February 20, 1943, Eckert, Fürth 1966.
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.
Notes and individual references
- ↑ "bo" or down-to-earth division in contrast to the attack division suitable for field use
- ↑ Tributary of the Don
- ↑ Tributary of the Dnieper
