33rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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33rd Infantry Division |
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 Troop registration |
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| active | April 1, 1936 to November 11, 1940 (reclassification) |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry Division |
| structure | structure |
| garrison | Darmstadt |
| Nickname | Sintzenich division |
| Second World War | Western campaign |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 33rd Infantry Division was a major unit of the Army of the German Wehrmacht .
history
The division was set up on April 1, 1936 in Darmstadt in military district XII (Wiesbaden) and mobilized in August 1939 as a division of the 1st wave of deployment . It was then used on the western border in the Saarpfalz area. After participating in the western campaign , she was relocated to Germany in October 1940 and reclassified to the 15th Panzer Division on November 11, 1940 .
structure
- 104th Infantry Regiment
- 110th Infantry Regiment
- 115th Infantry Regiment
- 33rd Artillery Regiment
- Observation Department 33
- Anti-tank department 33
- Reconnaissance Department 33
- Engineer Battalion 33
- News Department 33
- Supply Leader 33
- Infantry Division Supply Leader 33
- Medical services 33
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | period of service |
|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant General | Eugen von Schobert | March 6, 1936 to February 3, 1938 |
| Major General / Lieutenant General | Hermann Ritter von Speck | March 1, 1938 to April 29, 1940 |
| Major general | Rudolf Sintzenich | April 29 to October 5, 1940 |
| Major general | Friedrich Kühn | October 5 to November 1, 1940 |
Well-known members of the division
- Hellmuth Laegeler (1902-1972), was from 1959 to 1962, as Major General of the Army of the Armed Forces , Commander of the Staff College
- Hans Speidel (1897–1984), was from April 1957 to September 1963 as General of the Bundeswehr Commander in Chief of the Allied Land Forces in Central Europe (COMLANDCENT-Commander Allied Land Forces Central Europe)
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . 2nd Edition. tape 5 . The Land Forces 31-70 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1977, ISBN 3-7648-1107-2 .
- H. Müller: Division Sintzenich: reports from the campaign in France in 1940. Hans Schäfer. Frankfurt am Main 1941.
- Major General a. D. Ullmer, Major a. D. Schenk: 110th Infantry Regiment.
