327th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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327th Infantry Division |
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 Troop registration |
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| active | November 15, 1940 to November 2, 1943 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | See outline |
| Installation site | Vienna |
| Second World War | Tank battle of Kursk |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 327th Infantry Division was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht during World War II .
Division history
The 327th Infantry Division was set up in November 1940 as an indigenous division of the 13th wave of deployment in Defense District XVII (Vienna) . It was initially used in occupied France to secure the coast in Brittany . In early 1943 she was relocated to the Eastern Front and fought near Kursk , Kiev and Zhitomir . In July 1943 it was subordinated to Army Group Northern Ukraine, converted into a full division and disbanded in November 1943 after heavy losses. The remnants were incorporated into the 340th Infantry Division .
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| November 15, 1940 to October 1942 | Lieutenant General | Wilhelm Rupprecht |
| October to October 30, 1942 | Major general | Theodor Fischer |
| October 30, 1942 to August 1943 | Lieutenant General | Rudolf Friedrich |
| August 1943 until unknown | Colonel | Walter Lange |
As a member of the 595 Infantry Regiment, Private Alois Kilian Hetterich was sentenced to forced labor in the Minsk trial . This took place because of the involvement in the murder of Russian civilians between January 1943 and his captivity in February 1943.
structure
- 595th Infantry Regiment
- 596th Infantry Regiment
- 597th Infantry Regiment
- Artillery Regiment 327
- Engineer Battalion 327
- Field Replacement Battalion 327
- Panzerjäger detachment 327
- Cycling Department 327
- News Section 327
- Resupply Troops 327
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 .
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.
