93rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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93rd Infantry Division |
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| active | September 1939 to 1945 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Division |
| structure | structure |
| Installation site | Jueterbog / Brandenburg |
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| list of | Commanders |
The 93rd Infantry Division (93rd ID) was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .
Division history
The 93rd Infantry Division was set up on September 17, 1939 at the Jüterbog military training area in Defense District III as a division of the 5th wave and provided with Czech equipment. At first, the division consisted of only two regiments, one of which (Infantry Regiment 271) had emerged from the SA standard Feldherrnhalle. The 270 Infantry Regiment was added later.
First subordinated to the 1st Army in the Saar-Palatinate, the division was on leave from mid-1940 to February 1941. In the spring of 1941 deployed again in France, after the attack on the Soviet Union began , the 93rd Infantry Division fought its way to Northern Russia via Latvia and Estonia and was involved in the Leningrad blockade at the Oranienbaumer Kessel until April 1942 . It was then relocated to the Volkhov Front.
In 1943, the Grenadier Regiment 271 “Feldherrnhalle” was used to form the Feldherrnhalle Panzer Grenadier Division ; the 93rd Infantry Division remained two-pronged until its regrouping in September 1943. In September 1943, the first large-scale troop trials of the MP 43, the later assault rifle 44, took place in the unit.
After retreats through Livonia , Courland and Samland , the remnants of the division were taken prisoner by the Soviets in April 1945 in the Danzig Bay on the Hela peninsula .
people
| period of service | Rank | Surname |
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| September 1, 1939 to May 1, 1943 | Lieutenant General | Otto Tiemann |
| 1. – 31. May 1943 | Colonel | Gottfried Weber |
| May 31 to September 1943 | Lieutenant General | Otto Tiemann |
| September 1st to October 1st, 1943 | Colonel | Horst von Mellenthin |
| October 1, 1943 to June 20, 1944 | Lieutenant General | Karl Loewrick |
| June 20 to July 27, 1944 | Lieutenant General | Erich Hofmann |
| July 27 to September 1, 1944 | Colonel | Hermann |
| September 1, 1944 to April 18, 1945 | Colonel | Kurt Domansky |
- Artur Axmann (born February 18, 1913 in Hagen / Westf .; † October 24, 1996 in Berlin ) served in the 93rd Infantry Division and was Reich Youth Leader 1940–1945.
- Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand (1904–1987) was first general staff officer ( Ia ) in the staff of the newly established 93rd Infantry Division from 1939 to mid-1940
structure
| 1939 | 1943 |
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| Infantry Regiment 270 from Wehrkreis XII | Grenadier Regiment 270 (until September 1943) |
| Infantry regiment 271 from military district X and from SA standard Feldherrenhalle (received the name "Feldherrnhalle" on August 9, 1942) |
Grenadier Regiment 271 Feldherrnhalle (from February 1943 for the establishment of the Panzergrenadier Division "Feldherrnhalle") |
| Infantry Regiment 272 from Wehrkreis III | Grenadier Regiment 272 (until September 1943) |
| - | Grenadier Regiment 273 (from September 1943)
(formed from parts of GR 270 and GR 272) |
| - | Field Replacement Battalion 193 |
| - | Division Fusilier Battalion 93 |
| Artillery Regiment 193 | |
| Anti-tank department 193 from Wehrkreis X and Wehrkreis III | Panzerjäger detachment 193 |
| Engineer Battalion 193 | |
| Infantry Division News Department 193 | |
| Infantry Division Supply Leader 193 | |
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . Volume 6: The Land Forces 71–130 . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1972, ISBN 3-7648-0872-1 , pp. 126-130.
- NARA (National Archives and Records Administration, USA): NARA microfilm publication T-315, Roll R-1162: War diaries of the 93rd ID
Web links
- 93rd Infantry Division on EHRI portal from the Federal Archives
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in World War II 1939–1945 . Volume 6: The Land Forces 71–130 . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1972, ISBN 3-7648-0872-1 , p. 126 f.
- ↑ Welt Online : Why didn't Hitler want the best rifle? , As of September 9, 2013.
- ^ Samuel W. Mitcham : German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II. Stackpole, 2007. ISBN 0-8117-3416-1 . P. 154.
- ↑ EHRI - 93rd Infantry Division. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
