34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
34th Infantry Division |
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Troop registration |
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active | April 1, 1936 to the end of April 1945 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
Armed forces | army |
Type | Infantry Division |
structure | See outline |
garrison | Koblenz |
Second World War |
Western campaign war against the Soviet Union Italian campaign |
Commanders | |
list of | Commanders |
The 34th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Army of the German Wehrmacht .
history
The division was set up in the Falckenstein barracks in Koblenz in military district XII in April 1936 and mobilized in August 1939 as part of the first wave of deployment . She took up defense positions in the Saar Palatinate and took part in the campaign in the west from there .
In June 1941 she was involved in the attack on the Soviet Union in association with Army Group Center and was involved in combat operations almost continuously for the next three years. After heavy losses in the environment of Cherkassy boiler at Gniloy Tikich (Гнилой Тикич) south of Zhashkiv and battles to Uman the 34th ID had in May 1944 by the Shadow Division Neuhammer (26th wave) are filled. In July 1944 she was transferred to the Zangen Army Division in Italy , where she surrendered in April 1945.
people
Commanders
period of service | Rank | Surname |
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April 1, 1936 to October 1, 1937 | Lieutenant General | Erich Lüdke |
October 1, 1937 to March 1, 1938 | Lieutenant General | Max von Viebahn |
March 1, 1938 to April 1, 1939 | Lieutenant General | Friedrich Bremer |
July 19, 1939 to May 10, 1940 | Lieutenant General | Hans Behlendorff |
May 11 to November 1, 1940 | Major general | Werner Sanne |
November 1, 1940 to October 18, 1941 | Lieutenant General | Hans Behlendorff |
October 18, 1941 to September 5, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Friedrich Prince |
September 5 to November 2, 1942 | Lieutenant General | Theodor Scherer |
November 2 to December 31, 1942 | Colonel | Friedrich Hochbaum (in charge of the tour) |
January 1, 1943 to May 31, 1944 | Major General / Lieutenant General | Friedrich Hochbaum |
May 31, 1944 to 1945 | Lieutenant General | Theobald Lieb |
1945 | Colonel | Ferdinand Hippel |
Prominent relatives
- Ernst Hollstein , dendrochronologist, served in the 80th Infantry Regiment.
structure
1939 | 1942 | 1943-1944 |
80th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 80 | |
107th Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 107 | |
253rd Infantry Regiment | Grenadier Regiment 253 | |
Artillery Regiment 34 | ||
Engineer Battalion 34 | ||
Anti-tank department 34 | Panzerjäger detachment 34 | |
News Department 34 | ||
Reconnaissance Department 34 | Cycling Department 34 | Fusilier Battalion 34 |
Observation Department 34 | - | |
Field Replacement Battalion 34 | ||
Infantry Division Supply Leader 34 |
The artillery regiment 1 consisted of the I. – III. Division and the 1st / Artillery Regiment 70.
literature
- Jean-Loup Gassend: Operation Dragoon: Autopsy of a Battle: The Allied Liberation of the French Riviera • August-September 1944. Schiffer, Atglen 2014, ISBN 978-0-7643-4580-7 .
- Heinz Schulz: 34th Infantry Division: Operations and Combat Overview 1939 - 1945. Dieckmann, Baden-Baden 1954.
- 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 . P. 35 f.
Remarks
- ↑ wounded in battle
- ↑ released in December 1939 by the army
Individual evidence