336th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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336th Infantry Division |
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| active | December 1940 to May 1944 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | See outline |
| Installation site | Bielefeld |
| Nickname | Dog Head Division, Wirehaired Fox |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 336th Infantry Division was a major military unit of the German Wehrmacht , which was set up in Bielefeld in December 1940 from Wehrkreis VI (Westphalia, Hanover and the Rhine Province) and was active until May 1944.
Division history
The 336th Infantry Division was a division of the 14th wave , which was set up in Bielefeld in military district VI . Before she was relocated to the Eastern Front in May 1942, she carried out occupation and security tasks in occupied France and Belgium.
In June 1942, the division belonged to the 6th Army of Army Group B and fought at different locations such as Kharkov , Rossosh and on Tschir , and it was involved in numerous skirmishes on the Donbogen . For the operation Hubertus the Sturmpioniere of PiBtl were. 336 withdrew from the 336th Infantry Division and deployed to the Stalingrad industrial complexes, where they were largely destroyed.
From January to April 1943 the division was deployed in the Donets area and at the Mius position. After she was active in the Melitopol area until October 1943 , she was transferred to the Crimea with the 17th Army in autumn . In November 1943, the division was reinforced with personnel from the disbanded 15th Air Force Field Division . In May 1944, the Sevastopol division was destroyed during the Battle of the Crimea . Few survivors were able to be evacuated from the Crimea and later formed part of the personnel of the newly established Grenadier Regiment 685, which was subordinated to the 294th Infantry Division .
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| December 15, 1940 to March 1, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Johann Joachim Stever |
| March 1, 1942 to July 1, 1943 | General of the artillery | Walther Lucht |
| July 1 to December 8, 1943 | Major general | Wilhelm Kunze |
| December 8, 1943 to May 31, 1944 | Lieutenant General | Wolf Hagemann |
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
|---|---|---|
| December 1940 to August 1941 | major | Erich von Michaelis |
| August 1941 to 1942 | Lieutenant colonel | Georg König |
| April 22, 1942 to February 25, 1943 | Colonel | Rolf Wiese |
| February 25, 1943 to January 20, 1944 | Lieutenant colonel | Wilhelm Hofmann |
structure
| 1940 | 1942 | 1943-1944 |
| 685th Infantry Regiment | 685th Grenadier Regiment | |
| 686th Infantry Regiment | 686th Grenadier Regiment | |
| 687th Infantry Regiment | 687th Grenadier Regiment | |
| - | - | Fusilier Battalion 336 |
| - | - | Field Training Battalion 336 |
| 336th Artillery Regiment | 336th Artillery Regiment | |
| Panzerjäger detachment 336 | ||
| Engineer Battalion 336 | ||
| Message Company 336 | News Department 336 | |
| Supply units 336 | ||
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 . ; P. 201 f.
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.
Remarks
- ↑ with three departments
