Organizational History of the 1st Through 199th German Infantry-Security and Panzer Grenadier...

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Organizational History of the

1st through 199th

German Infantry, Security, and Panzer Grenadier Divisions

1939-1945

1st Infantry Division: Mobilized in August 1939 with:

1/,2/,3/1st Infantry Regiment

1/,2/,3/22nd Infantry Regiment

1/,2/,3/43rd Infantry Regiment

1/,2/,3/1st Artillery Regiment

1/37th Artillery Regiment

1st Division (Einheiten) Service Units

In January 1940 the 1st Feldersatz Battalion became the 3/336th

Infantry Regiment (IR)1 (161st ID). February 1940 Staff/1st IR and 2/43rd

IR joined the 504th IR (8th Wave). On 9/21/40 the 3/1st, 3/22nd &

3/43rd IR detached to the 121st ID (11th Wave). In May 1942 the 3/1,

3/22 & 2/43rd IR were disbanded, leaving the division with only six

battalions. 11/12/42, 22nd IR became the 22nd Fusilier Battalion (A.A.).

On 9/22/44 the 3rd Battalions were reraised. In November 1944 the

division's regiments reorganized and renamed as follows:

1/,2/,3/1st Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/,3/22nd Fusilier Regiment

1/,2/,3/43rd Grenadier Regiment

Division Fusilier Battalion (AA)




2nd Infantry Division: Mobilized in August 1939 with:

1/,2/,3/5th Motorized Infantry Regiment


1/,2/,3/92nd Motorized Infantry Regiment


2nd Motorized Artillery Regiment

2nd Division (Einheiten) Service Units

On 10/15/39 the 2/92nd became the 2/Grossdeutschland IR and the

remainder of the 92nd IR was demotorized and sent tot he 60th ID. In

1940 a motorcycle battalion was formed in the division.



1 The following abbreviations are used throughout this file:

IR - Infantry Regiment, IG - Grenadier Regiment, ID - Infantry Division, and AR - Artillery Regiment.

22nd Motorcycle Battalion

1/,2/,3/2nd Motorized Artillery Regiment



On 10/5/40 the division was attached to the 12th Panzer division.

The 3/5th Motorized IR was sent to the 4th Panzer division as the

34th Motorcycle Battalion and the 3/25th IR became the 30th Motorcy-

cle Battalion in the 20th (Motorized) ID. The 2/2nd AR became the

independent 154th Heavy Artillery Battalion. On 1/10/41 the division

was merged into the 12th Panzer Division.

3rd Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/1/39 with:

1/,2/,3/8th Infantry Regiment



1/,2/,3/3rd Artillery Regiment


3rd Division (Einheiten) Service Units

In January 1940 it detached the 3rd Feldersatz Battalion to the

3/307th IR (163rd ID). In February 1940 the 2/29th was detached to

become the 1/510th Infantry Regiment.

3rd Motorized Infantry Division: Formed on 10/27/40 from the 3rd ID by

detaching the 2/50th IR, 3/3rd AR, 1/39th AR to the 123rd ID. A new

3/3rd (heavy) AR ment was formed from the 628th Heavy Artillery

Battalion. The division was organized as follows:



53rd Motorcycle Battalion

1/,2/,3/3rd Motorized Artillery Regiment


On 3/15/42 the 63rd Reconnaissance battalion and the 53rd

Motorcycle Battalion were fused. The 3rd AR raised a new 4th Batta-

lion in 1942 from the 312nd Army Flak Artillery Battalion. In January

1943 the Division was destroyed at Stalingrad.

On 3/1/44 the division was reformed in France by redesignating

the 386th (Motorized) ID and joining to it the few surviving fragments

of the old division. It had:

1/,2/,3/8th Motorized Infantry Regiment (from 149th

Motorized Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/,3/29th Motorized Infantry Regiment (from the 153rd

Panzer Grenadier Regiment)

103rd Panzer Battalion (from the 386th Pz Battalion)

103rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (from 386th

Motorcycle Battalion)

1/,2/,3/3rd Motorized Artillery Regiment (from staff and

1/386th Artillery Regiment)

312th Army Flak Artillery Battalion (from 2/386th Artillery

Regiment)(later became 4/3rd Motorized Art Regt)


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3rd Panzer Grenadier Division: Formed on 5/23/43 from the 3rd Motor-

ized ID. The infantry regiments were converted to Motorized Grenadier

Regiments on 10/15/42. On 4/28/44 the Division was reorganized. On

12/1/44 the two Motorized Grenadier Regiments became Panzer Grenadier

Regiments. The division was destroyed in the 1945 battles for the

Rhur.

4th Infantry Division: Formed October 1934 in Dresden. Mobilized on

8/24/39 with:




1/,2/,3/4th Artillery Regiment


4th Division (Einheiten) Service Units

13th Pioneer Battalion

January 1940 the 4th Feldersatz Battalion was detached to

become 1/440th IR (164th ID). in February 1940 the staff and 2/52nd

IR were detached to become the 513th IR (294th ID - 8th Wave). On

8/15/40 the division was redesignated as the 14th Panzer division with

the transfer of the 52nd IR to the 18th Panzer division. The 10th IR

was renamed the 108th IR as there was already a 10th Schützen Regi-

ment. The 3/10th became the 3/156th IR (16th ID), the 1/103rd became

the 1/111th in the 11th Panzer Division. the artillery remained un-

changed and the conversion was completed by 12/12/40.

5th Infantry Division: Formed October 1934. Mobilized on 8/25/39 with:






In January 1940 the 5th Feldersatz Battalion was renamed the

3/324th IR (163rd ID). February 1940 the staff and 2/56th IR were

transferred to the 292nd ID (8th Wave). In October the Staff 14th IR,

3/14th, 3/56th and 3/75th were transferred to the 125th ID. These

detachments were replaced with newly formed units. On 12/1/41, after

heavy losses in Russia, the division was reformed (in France) into a

Light ID equipped for low mountain warfare. The 14th IR was detached

to the 78th ID and both other regiments became Jäger Regiments.

5th Jäger Division: Formed on 7/6/42 with:

1/,2/,3/56th Jäger Regiment


1/,2/,3/,4/5th Artillery Regiment

(4th Bn formed from 1/41st Artillery Regiment)


The division passed into Russian captivity by Wittensberge.

6th Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/26/39 with:





1/42nd Artillery Regiment


January 1940 the 6th Feldersatz Battalion became the 1/362nd IR

(196th ID). February 1940 the 2/37th IR became the 3/503rd IR (290th

ID) of the 8th Wave and in December 1940 a third of the division was

detached (Staff 18th IR, 3/18th, 3/37th, 3/58th) to the 106th Division

(12th Wave). The battalions were replaced by an order of 10/2/43

which ordered the reforming of the 3/18th, 3/37th, and 2/58th and the

formation of an reconnaissance battalion. The division now had:

1/,2/18th Grenadier Regiment



6th Division Fusilier Battalion (AA)




6th Grenadier Division: Formed on 7/25/44 from the 552nd Grenadier

Division (29th Wave) and the debris of the old 6th Division with:

1/,2/18th Grenadier Regiment (from 1116th Grenadier Regiment)



1/,2/,3/6th Artillery Regiment (from 1552nd Artillery Regiment)

1/42nd Artillery Regiment (ditto)

6th Division (Einheiten) Service Units (from 1552nd Einheiten)

6th Volks-Grenadier-Division: Formed 10/9/44. The Division Fusilier

Company was formed into the 6th Division Fusilier Battalion. The

1006th Sturmgeschütz Battalion and 6th Flak Company were used to

form the missing 6th Panzerjäger Battalion. Destroyed in January

1945 on the Vistula River.

6th Infantry Division: Formed on 3/10/45 with parts of the destroyed

88th and 291st Infantry Divisions. It contained:

1/,2/18th Grenadier Regiment (from Gneisenau Regiment)

1/,2/37th Grenadier Regiment (from remains of 291st Division)

1/,2/58th Grenadier Regiment (from 6th Volks Grenadier Division)

6th Fusilier Battalion






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1/43rd Artillery Regiment


In January 1940 the 7th Feldersatz Battalion became the 2/339th

IR (167th ID) of the 7th Wave. In February 1940 the 2/19th was as-

signed to the 527th IR (298th ID) of the 8th Wave. In December 1940

a third of the battalion was detached to the 97th Light ID (Staff/,

3/19th IR, 3/61st and 3/62nd IR). The division was reorganized by the

order of 10/2/42 and had:

"List"/,1/,3/19th Grenadier Regiment

1/,3/61st Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/62nd Grenadier Regiment





The was taken into Russian captivity at the end of the war.








In January 1940 the 8th Feldersatz Battalion became the 2/442nd

IR (168th ID). In February the staff of the 38th IR and the 2/84th IR

were incorporated into the 525th IR (298th ID) of the 8th Wave. In

December 1940 a third of the division (Staff/28th IR, 3/28th and

3/84th IR) was transferred to the 102nd ID (12th Wave). The detached

components were rebuilt and the divisions remained unchanged.

8th Light Infantry Division: Formed on 21/1/41 from the 8th Infantry

Regiment. It had:




1/,2/,3/,4/8th Artillery Regiment (4th Bn formed from the 1/44th

Artillery Regiment)


The division passed into Russian captivity in 1945.








In January 1940 the 9th Feldersatz Battalion was used to form the

378th IR (169th ID). In February 1940 the 2/36th was detached to the

528th IR (299th ID), 8th Wave. In October 1940 a third of the division

was transferred to form the 129th ID (11th Wave). This included the

Staff/,3/36th, 3/57th, and 3/116th. The units detached were reformed.

On 5/19/42 the 1/45th AR became the 4/9th AR. On 10/23/43 the divi-

sion was reformed into a new type of division. The 3rd Battalions of

all regiments were disbanded and the 9th Fusilier Battalion was

formed. The division had:







In August 1944 the division, part of Army South Ukraine, was de-

stroyed and on 9 October it was disbanded.

9th Volks Grenadier Division: Formed on 10/13/44 in Esberg Denmark

from the Schatten-Division Dennewitz (584th) of the 32nd Wave. It

had:

1/,2/36th Grenadier Division (from 1st Dennewitz)

1/,2/57th Grenadier Division (from 2nd Dennewitz)

1/,2/116th Grenadier Division (from 3rd Dennewitz)

1/,2/,3/,4/9th Artillery Regiment (from Dennewitz Artillery

Regiment)


The 9th Division Fusilier Company was reformed into a battal-

ion in 1945 and, while serving in the Eifel, the division passed into

American captivity.








In January 1940 the 10th Feldersatz Battalion became the 3/351st

IR (183rd ID) of the 7th Wave. In February the Staff/85th IR was

transferred to the 296th ID (8th Wave) and a new staff was formed.

10th Motorized Infantry Division: Formed on 11/15/40 from the 10th ID.

The 85th IR was transformed into the 85th Mountain Regiment and

transferred to the 5th Mountain Division along with the 3/10th AR.

The division then had:

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1/,2/,3/41st Motorized Infantry Regiment

40th Motorcycle Battalion (formed from 6th Machine Gun Bn.)

1/,2/,3/10th Artillery Regiment (The 3rd Bn was formed from

649th Army Heavy Artillery Battalion.)


The conversion was complete on 5/1/41 and on 10/15/42 the motor-

ized infantry regiments were redesignated as motorized grenadier

regiments.

10th Panzer Grenadier Division: Formed on 6/13/43 from the 10th

Motorized ID. With this transformation, it consisted of:

1/,2/,3/20th Grenadier Regiment


7th Panzer Battalion

110th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (formed from

the 40th Motorcycle Battalion)


275th Army Flak Battalion


The division was destroyed in August 1944 and formally disband-

ed. It was reformed on 10/15/44 by Army group A. Its new organiza-

tion was:

1/,2/,3/20th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/,3/41st Panzer Grenadier Regiment


110th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion



The newly reorganization was sent into battle in January 1945 on

the Vistula. By 2/6/45 it was reduced to the force of a Kampfgruppe.

A Sturmgeschütz battalion replaced the panzer battalion, it had only 3

panzer grenadier battalions, a panzerjäger battalion and a motorized

artillery battalion. The division was captured by the Russians around

Olmütz and Deutsch Brod.

10th Bicycle Jäger Brigade: Formed in January 1945 with:

Brigade Staff

1/,2/,3/,10th Bicycle Jäger Battalions (each with 5 cos)

Fate unknown.









(161st ID). In February 1940 the 2/44th IR became the 1/506th IR of

the 291st ID (8th Wave). In October 1940 one third of the division

was detached to form the 126th ID (Staff/,3/2nd IR, 3/23rd IR and

3/44th IR). Those units detached were replaced with newly formed

units. In the summer of 1942 the 3/23rd IR was detached. The 3/2nd

IR went in January 1944 and the 2/44th went in September 1944. The

reconnaissance battalion was became the 11th Division Fusilier Batta-

lion (AA) and the division was restructured as follows:


1/,2/23rd Grenadier Regiment






In 1945 the division passed in to Russian captivity in Courland.








In January 1940 the 12th Feldersatz Battalion was used to form

the 3/303rd IR (162nd ID) of the 7th Wave. In February the 2/48th

became the 1/508th IR (292nd ID) of the 8th Wave and in December 1940

a third of the division (Staff,3/27th IR, 3/48th IR and 3/89th IR) were

transferred to the 110th ID. The detached units were reformed and

replaced. In October the infantry regiments became "grenadier Regi-

ments" and on 12/20/42 the 27th IR became the 27th Fusilier Regiment.

On 10/2/43 the Division was reorganized into a new division. The

2/27th, 3/48th and 1/89th IR were disbanded. The 3/89th became the

1/89th and the reconnaissance battalion was transformed into the

division fusilier battalion. In July 1944 the division was destroyed

while serving with Army Group Middle.

The division was reformed on 8/3/44 as the 12th Grenadier Divi-

sion (30th Wave). The 1/48th AR was, at that time, redesignated as

the 4/12th AR.

12th Volks Grenadier Division: On 10/9/44 the 12th ID was redesignat-

ed as the 12th Volks Grenadier Division. While by Aachen the 473rd

Reserve Grenadier Battalion (526th ID) and the VIII Luftwaffe Fortress

Battalion were absorbed into the division.

1/,2/,3/27th Fusilier Regiment


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On 3 November 1944 it absorbed the Landwehr Fortress Vattalion VIII.

The division taken prisoner in the Ruhr pocket.

13th Motorized Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/18/39 with:

1/,2/,3/33rd Motorized Infantry Regiment





13th Division (Einheiten) Service Units, including


On 10/18/39 the 33rd Motorized IR was transferred to the 4th

Panzer Division and became the 33rd Schützen Regiment on 4/1/40. The

1/33rd became the 3/2nd Schützen Regiment of the 2nd Panzer Division.

The 1/13th AR became the 2/74th AR, the 3/13th AR became the 1/13th

AR, and the 1/49th became the 3/13th AR. The 43rd Motorcycle Batta-

lion was newly formed. The division had:



43rd Motorcycle Battalion


13th Division (Einheiten) Service Units, including


On 10/11/40 the division became the 13th Panzer Division.








In January 1940 the 14th Feldersatz Battalion became the 2/382nd

IR (164th ID). In February the 2/101st IR became the 1/514th IR (294th

ID) and was replaced. On 10/15/40 the 14th ID became motorized. On

3/15/41 the 101st IR became the 101st Schützen Regiment and was as-

signed to the 18th Panzer Division. the 1/101st IR remained with the

14th ID and became the 54th Motorcycle Battalion. The 2/14th AR

became the 1/88th AR. To replace with the 3/14th became the 2/14th

and the 1/50th became the 3/14th. The division then had:



54th Motorcycle Battalion

1/,2/,3/14th Motorized Artillery Regiment


In 1943 the division was ordered to become the 14th Panzer

Grenadier Division. During that conversion the 54th Motorcycle Bat-

talion was to become the 114th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion. The

conversion did not occur and the division was de-motorized, reverting

to the 14th ID. On 9/1/43 the division was reorganized. The reorgani-

zation was complete on 12/1/43. The 101st Panzer Grenadier Regiment,

from the disbanded 18th Panzer Division, was reformed and reassigned

to the division. The 1/101st was reformed from the 3/53rd, the 3/11

was disbanded and the 14th Reconnaissance Battalion (the former 114th

Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion) became the 14th Fusilier Battalion.

The 4/14th AR was formed from the 2/87th AR. The division now had:

1/,2/11th Infantry Regiment

1/,2/53rd Infantry Regiment

1/,2/101st Infantry Regiment



1/,2/,3/,4/14th Motorized Artillery Regiment


On 10/18/44 the 1068th and 1069th Grenadier Regiments and the

1036th Kampf-Marsch (Battle March) Battalion were absorbed into the

division. In 1945 the division was taken by the Russians by Stuthof.

14th Landwehr Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as the only landwehr divi-

sion formed. It had:

1/,2/,3/33rd Landwehr Regiment

1/,2/,3/40th Landwehr Regiment

1/,2/,3/59th Landwehr Regiment

1/,2/,3/182nd Landwehr Regiment

14th Landwehr Artillery Battalion (3 btrys)

14th Landwehr Division (Einheiten) Service Units

To this, while on the upper Rhine, were attached:

Grenzwacht-Unterabschnitt IV/33 (16th-20th Cos)




On 1/1/40 the 14th Landwehr Division was reorganized into the

205th ID (3rd Wave). The 40th, 59th and 182nd Landwehr Regiments

became, respectively, the 335th, 353rd and 358th IRs. The 33rd

Landwehr Regiment became the 326th IR (198th ID - 7th Wave) on

1/17/40.




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3/51st Artillery Regiment


In January 1940 the 15th Feldersatz battalion became the 3/392nd

IR (169th Div). In February 1940 the 2/81st IR became the 1/530th IR

(299th ID). On 11/20/40 a third of the division was detached (3/81st,

3/88th & 3/106th IR) and used to form the 134th ID. All detached

battalions were reformed. In May 1942 the division, which had de-

tached five battalions, moved to France and was reorganized. On

10/2/43 the division was reorganized and the 3/81st, 1/88th, and

2/106th were disbanded and the 15th Reconnaissance Battalion became

the 15th Fusilier Battalion. The division now had:








In August 1944 the division was destroyed in Russia. On 10/4/44

the division was reformed and consisted of:







In December the 81st Grenadier Regiment was detached to the 1st

Hungarian Army. It was replaced by the 1236th (Führernachwunsch-)

Grenadier Regiment. This regiment changed its number to 81 in March.

After the German capitulation, the division passed into Russian cap-

tivity.

15th Panzer Grenadier Division: Formed on 14 May 1943 as the Sizilien

(Sicilian) Division from various "march" battalions destined for Tunis.

On 5/1/43 the Palermo Panzer Grenadier Regiment (4 bns) was formed

from the 46th, 47th, 48th, 50th and 56th March Battalions. It was

absorbed into the formation of this division. The division had:

1/,2/,3/1st Sizilien Grenadier Regiment (formed from

Ens Regt, 2 bns)

1/,2/,3/2nd Sizilien Grenadier Regiment (Körner Regt, 2 bns)

1/,2/,3/3rd Sizilien Grenadier Regiment (Fullriede Regt, 2 bns)

Reggio Panzer Grenadier Battalion (69th March Bn)

1/,2/,3/,4/Sizilien Artillery Regiment (Staff/190th AR,

1/Herman Goering AR, 557th Heavy Artillery Bn,

and other troops)

Sizilien Flak Battalion (Naples Flak Battalion)

215th Panzer Battalion (from army troops)

On 7/1/43 the division was reorganized into the 15th Panzer

Division (the grenadier regiments becoming panzer grenadier regiments).

On 7/15/43 the name was changed again to the 15th Panzer Grenadier

Division, but the regiments retained the title Panzer Grenadier Regi-

ments instead of Motorized Grenadier Regiments of the other Panzer

Grenadier Divisions. The division had:




Reggio Panzer Grenadier Battalion


1/,2/,3/,4/33rd Artillery Regiment

315th Flak Battalion (former Sizilien Flak Battalion)

Division (Einheiten) Support Troops, including

999th Signals Battalion

During the winter of 1943/44 the 115th Panzer Reconnaissance

Battalion was formed, the 2/33rd Artillery regiment reverted to the

557th Heavy Artillery Battalion and the 4/33rd AR became the 3/44th

AR. The 115th Panzer Grenadier Regiment was disbanded and the 129th

was renamed the 115th. The 215th Panzer Battalion became the 115th

Panzer Battalion. The division had, in April 1944:






315th Flak Battalion (former Sizilien Flak Battalion)

Division (Einheiten) Support Troops

The order of 9/23/44 directed the 111th Panzer Brigade be incor-

porated into the division. With the German capitulation, the division

passed into English captivity.








In January 1940 the 16th Feldersatz Battalion was reorganized

into the 3/362nd IR (196th ID). In February 1940 the 2/64th became

the 1/503rd (290th ID) and was replaced. On 8/6/40 the infantry divi-

sion was converted into the 16th Panzer Division. The 60th IR was

detached to the newly forming 16th Motorized ID.

16th Motorized Infantry Division: Formed on 8/6/40.

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1/,2/,3/60th Motorized Infantry Regiment (formed from the

60th Infantry Regiment, 16th ID)

1/,2/,3/156th Motorized Infantry Regiment (formed from the 1st

Security Regiment & the 3/10th IR from the 4th ID)

165th Motorcycle Battalion (formed from 3rd Machine Gun

Battalion)

1/,2/,3/146th Artillery Regiment (formed from Staff/331th AR,

1/16th AR, 1/697th AR & 621st Heavy Artillery Battalion.)

341st Reconnaissance Battalion

228th Panzerjäger Battalion



66th Supply Support Troop

In 1942 the division added the:

116th Panzer Battalion (formed from 1/1st Panzer Regiment)

4/146th Panzer Artillery Regiment (281st Army Flak Battalion)

16th Panzer Grenadier Division: On 6/23/43 the 16th Motorized ID was

renamed as the 16th Panzer Grenadier Division. The 165th Motorcycle

Battalion became the 116th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion and the

4/146th Panzer AR reverted to the 281st Army Flak Battalion. The

division was used in March 1944 to form the 116th Panzer Division.

16th Infantry Division: The 16th ID was reorganized on 8/4/44 as part

of the 30th Wave in France from the remainder of the 16th Field

Division (L), which had given its infantry up to the 21st Panzer Divi-

sion and the 158th Reserve Division.

221st Grenadier Regiment (from 221st, Res. Gren. Regt,

and 2/,3/933rd IR, and 375th Res. Gren. Bn.)

223rd Grenadier Regiment (from 213th, Res. Gren Regt and

354th & 406th Res. Gren. Bn.)

225th Grenadier Regiment (from 18th Res. Gren Regt, 318th

Res. Gren Bn. and 83rd Res. Jäger Bn)

1316th Fusilier Battalion (from 602nd Fast Battalion)

1/,2/,3/,4/1316th Artillery Regiment (from Staff/18th Res Artillery

Regiment, 18th Res Artillery Bn, & 213th Artillery Battalion

& 16th Artillery Regiment (L) )

1316th Division (Einheiten) Support Troops

On 10/18/44 the division had:






602nd Reconnaissance Battalion


1316th Engineer Battalion


The division was destroyed during the retreat from the Gironde.

16th Volks Grenadier Division: Formed between 10/9/44 and 11/3/44

with:

Staff Kampfgruppe Oelsner Staff/223rd GR

Staff Kampfgruppe Sander Staff/221st GR

Staff Kampfgruppe Roever Staff/225th GR

1/Regiment A/V. ("Walküre) 1/225th GR

4/198th Security Regiment 1/223rd GR

Remains 95th Security Regiment 2/221st GR

Remains 2/199th Security Regiment

Staff/91st Avaition Training Regt

1/91st Avaition Training Regt (2 cos) 2/225th GR

Remains/199th Security Regiment

Remains/194th Security Regiment 1/223rd GR

Panzerjäger Company A/V 1/1316th Pzjä Bn

Staff F 31st Fortress Regiment

437th Replacement & Training Bn

A/XIII Jäger Company

1316th Sturmgeschütz Battalion

A/V Alarm Company z.b.V

49th Fortress Machine Gun Battalion

19th Army Wach Company 4th Co/221st GR

Aman Versprengten Bn (2 cos)

Naval Company (Cptlt. Bahls)

von Hagen Alarm Company

2 March Companies

On 1/21/45 further units were scraped together and assigned to the

division. They were:

3/VIII IKampfgruppe

75th Alarm Battlaion, Jager Replacement & Training Battalion

56th Alarm Battlaion, Jager Replacement & Training Battalion

933rd Grenadier Regiment

Remains 2/XIII Kampfgruppe

3rd Bn, D/V Regiment

Remains of 16th Landwehr Pioneer Battlaion

Remains 9/X Fortress Anti-Tank Company

1523rd Fortress Artillery Battalion (became 4/1316th AR)

On 4 March 1945 the division contained:

221st Grenadier Regiment

223rd Grenadier Regiment

225th Grenadier Regiment

16th Fusilier Company


1316th (mot) Panzerjäger Battalion


1316th Feldersatz Battalion

1316th Military Police Detachment

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In January 1940 the 17th Feldersatz Battalion became the

3/343rd IR (183rd ID). In February 1940 the 2/55th IR became the

3/521st IR and was reformed. In December 1940 one third of the divi-

sion was detached (Staff/,3/21st IR, 3/55th IR and 3/95th IR) and used

to form the 99th Light ID. The detached forces were reformed. On

10/2/43 the Division was reformed and the 3/21st, 3/55th and 2/95th

IR were disbanded. On 7/4/44 the 2/17th was disbanded and replaced

by the 3/173rd AR of the now disbanded 73rd ID. The division was

destroyed in January 1945 along the Vistula. The survivors were lost

in the Neumarket-Breslau Pocket.

In March 1945 the division was reformed with:


17th Division Fusilier Battalion




The 95th Grenadier Regiment was joined by the 1246th Grenadier

(Führernachwuchs-) Regiment. On 11 March 1945 it absorbed parts of the

destroyed and disbanded 88th and 291st Infantry Divisions.








In January 1940 the 18th Feldersatz Battalion was reorganized

into the 3/417th IR (168th ID).

18th Motorized Infantry Division: Formed on 11/1/40 from the 18th ID.

The 54th IR was transferred to the 100th Light ID, except for the

1/54th IR, which became the 3/51st and the 38th Motorcycle Battalion.

The 1/54th AR became the 3/18th AR. The division had:







18th Panzer Grenadier Regiment: Formed on 6/23/43 from the 18th

Motorized Infantry Division.

1/,2/,3/30th Motorized Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/,3/51st Motorized Grenadier Regiment


118th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (from 38th Motorcycle

Battalion)

118th Panzer Battalion (new)



It was destroyed in June 1944 and the debris was incorporated

into the 105th Panzer Brigade. The division was reconstituted on

9/7/44 as Kampfgruppe 18th Panzer Grenadier from the 105th Panzer

Brigade. It had:

1/,2/30th Panzer Grenadier Regiment

(1st Bn - motorized, 2nd Bn - motorcycle)


18th Division Support Troops

Panzerjäger Battalion

Pioneer Company

Signals Company

The reorganization was carried through in September and the

division had:


1/,2/51st Panzer Grenadier Regiment



300th Army Artillery Battalion

1/,2/18th Artillery Regiment


In January 1945 the 30th and 51st Regiments formed a 3rd Bn,

and the 3/18th AR were formed. In March 1945 the division was dis-

banded in East Prussia. On 21 March 1945 it was ordered reformed on

the Vistula from the Schlesien and Holstein Panzer Divisions. The

Holstein Panzer Division had been formed on 2/2/45 from the 233rd

Reserve Panzer Division and the Schlesien Panzer Division had been

formed on 2/20/45 in Döbritz. When reformed, the division had:

1/,2/30th Panzer Grenadier Division (Staff Schleisen 2,

2/Schleisen 1 & 1/,2/Schlesien 2)

1/,2/51st Panzer Grenadier Division (Staff 139th IR, 1/,2/

142nd & 2/139th of the Holstein Panzer Division)

118th Panzer Battalion (Pz. Gren Schlesien, Panzer Bn Schlesien)

1/,2/,3/18th Artillery Regiment (Schlesien Artillery Bn, Holstein

Artillery Bn, and Schlesien Flak Battalion)




Feldersatz Battalion (from staff of the 2/142nd IR)

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18th Volks Grenadier Division: Formed on 9/2/44 from the 571st Volks

Grenadier Division (32nd Wave) as a replacement for the destroyed

18th Luftwaffe Field Division. It had:

1/,2/293rd Grenadier Regiment (from 1171st Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/294th Grenadier Regiment (from 1172nd Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/295th Grenadier Regiment (from 1173rd Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/,3/,4/1818th Artillery Regiment (from 1571st Artillery Regt)










IR (181st ID - 7th Wave). The 2/74th IR became the 1/517th IR (295th

ID - 8th Wave) and was reformed. In October 1940 the 19th ID was

used to form the 19th Panzer Division. The 1/,2/59th IR became the

59th Schützen Regiment, the 3/74th and 3/59th became the 1/,2/112nd

Schützen Regiment of the 20th Panzer Division. 1/73rd Became the 19th

Motorcycle Battalion. The 3/19th AR became the 1/92nd AR (20th

Panzer Div) and the 1/55th AR became the 4/117th AR (111th ID). On

11/1/40 the division was absorbed into the 19th Panzer Division.

19th Grenadier Division: Formed on 8/8/44 in the 30th Wave.

1/,2/59th Grenadier Regiment (from 38th Jäger Regt (L))

1/,2/73rd Grenadier Regiment (from 37th Jäger Regt (L))


1/,2/,3/,4/719th Artillery Regiment (Staff & 2nd Bn from 19th

Artillery Regiment (L)




119th Division (Einheiten) Support Units

19th Luftwaffe Sturm Division: Formed on 6/1/44 by a reorganization

of the 19th Grenadier Division.

19th Volks Grenadier Division: Formed on 10/9/44 from the 463rd

Ersatz Battalion and the 463rd Recruit Battalion.






1/56th Motorized Artillery Regiment


Early in 1940 the 69th Motorized IR became the 69th Schützen

egiment of the 10th Panzer Division and the 1/56th AR was renumbered

as the 4/20th AR. In the Fall of 1940 the 1/20th AR was transferred

to the 10th Panzer Division as well, but it was reformed from the

3/20th AR. At the same time the 1/56th AR became the 3/20th AR.

The 30th Motorcycle Battalion was assigned to the 20th Motorized IR

from the 2nd Motorized IR. The division now had:






20th Panzer Grenadier Division: Organized on 23 July 1943 from the

20th Motorized ID. The newly formed 8th Panzer Battalion and the

284th Army Flak Battalion were assigned to the division. On 4/29/44

the 20th Motorized Reconnaissance Battalion and the 30th Motorcycle

Battalion were joined and became the 120th Panzer Reconnaissance

Battalion. On 12/1/44 the motorized infantry became panzer grenade-

ers. The division had:








21st Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/21/39 with:







In January 1940 the 21st Feldersatz Battalion became the 3/371st

IR (161st ID). In February the 2/45th became the 1/505th IR (291st ID)

and was replaced. In October 1940 one third of the division

(Staff/,3/3rd IR, 3/24th IR, and 3/4th IR) was transferred to the 121st

Division (11th Wave) and were replaced. On 10/2/43 was reorganized

and the 3/3rd, 1/24th and 3/45th were disbanded. The 21st Reconnais-

sance Battaion became the 21st Division Fusilier Battalion AA. The

division had:




21st Division Fusilier Battalion

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21st Division (Einheiten) Support Units

22nd Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/18/39 with:




1/,2/,3/22nd Artillery Regiment



In the winter of 1940/41 the division received the 22nd Flak

Battalion. The regimental support of the 13th, 14th and Staff Compa-

nies were formed into 4th Battalions On 7/29/42 the division was

reorganized and renamed "Air Landing Motorized Troop". The 1/58th AR

was detached and the 4/207th AR became the 4/22nd AR. The sMG and

Pak were broken into four equal strength companies and distributed by

sections to the battalions. On 10/1/42 the division was prepared for

the assault on Crete. The 2/22nd AR and 1/47th Grenadier Regiment

became Kampfgruppe Buhse and were sent to Africa, were they were

destroyed. The 22nd Reconnaissance Battalion became the 122nd

Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion. The 4/22nd AR became the 716th

Heavy Artillery Battalion. In 1943 the 2/22nd AR and the 1/47th

Grenadier Regiment (formed from the 22nd Feldersatzbattalion) were

rebuilt. May 1944 shows the division being fully reformed.

22nd Volks Grenadier Division: Formed in March 1945 from the 22nd

Infantry Division. It had:




122nd Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion

1/,2/,3/,4/22nd Artillery Regiment

22nd Flak Battalion

22nd Division (Einheiten) Support Troops








In January 1940 the 23rd Feldersatz Battalion became the 3/310th

IR (163rd ID). In February 1940 the 2/68th was detached and became

the 1/511th IR (293rd ID) and was replaced. In October 1940 one third

of the division (Staff/,3/9th, 3/67th and 3/68th IR) was detached to

form the 123rd ID (11th Wave). Those forces detached were rebuilt.

The order of 7/3/42 directed that the division be converted into the

26th Panzer Division.

23rd Infantry Division: On 10/23/42 the division was reformed in

Denmark with those portions not used to form the 26th Panzer Divi-

sion. The division had:




1/,2/,3/,4/23rd Artillery Regiment (from 1/231st, 2/23rd and 4/22nd

Artillery Regiments, plus new drafts.)

23rd Division (Einheiten) Support Units

On 11/27/42 the 68th Grenadier Regiment became a "fusilier"

regiment. On 9/12/43 the 3/9th, 1/67th and 2/68th IR were disbanded

and the division was reorganized with the Fusilier Battalion being

absorbed. On 8/22/44 the 9th Grenadier Regiment was disbanded. The

remaining kampfgruppe served as a garrison of the Baltic Islands. The

rest was sent to East Prussia in December and reformed. The 9th

Grenadier Regiment remained with the 4th Army and was joined to the

24th Panzer Division. The bulk of the division was then assigned to

the 2nd Army in Western Prussia. The 3/67th, 3/,4/68th and 2nd Fusi-

lier Battalion were reformed.









(162nd ID). In February 1940 the 2/31st became the 1/515th (294th ID –

8th Wave) and was replaced. In December 1940 1/3rd of the division

(Staff,3/32nd, 3/31st and 3/102nd IR) was detached and used to form

the 113th ID (12th Wave). In September 1943 the division was reorgan-

ized. The 24th Reconnaissance Battalion became the 24th Division

Fusilier Battalion (AA). The 1/31st, 1/32nd and 3/102nd were stricken

and the and the 2/31st and 3/32nd were renumbered as the 1st Bns.

The division had:


1/,2/32nd Infantry Regiment

1/,2/102nd Infantry Regiment





25th Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/26/39 iwth:





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In February 1940 the Staff/119th and 2/35th IR were used to

form the 512nd IR )293rd ID - 8th Wave).

25th Motorized Infantry Division: formed on 11/15/40 by the renaming

of the 25th ID, which detached the 13th IR to the 4th Mountain Divi-

sion, along with the 1/25th AR, which became the 1/94th Mountain AR

and the disbanding of the 1/61st AR. On 3/15/41 the 3/40th IR (27th

ID) became the 25th Motorcycle Battalion and the 626th Heavy AR

became the 3/25th AR (the former 3/25th became the 1/25th AR). The

divison had:






The 292nd Army Flak Battalion was assigned to the division during the

winder of 1942/3.

25th Panzer Grenadier Division: Formed on 6/23/43 by the reorganiza-

tion of the 25th Motorized ID. It added the 5th Panzer Battalion and

the 125th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion. The division had:






292nd Army Flak Battalion


The division was destroyed with Army Group Middle in July 1944

and its debris was incorporated into the 107th Panzer Brigade. The

division was reformed in October 1944 as a kampfgruppe. It had


25th Artillery Battalion


25th Pioneer Company

25th Signals Company

25th Scout Section

On 11/7/44 was reorganized into a full division by the addition of the

107th Panzer Brigade. It had:

1/,2/,3/35th Motorized Grenadier Regiment (from 119th Mot.

Gren. Regt. & two newly raised bns)

1/,2/,3/119th Motorized Grenadier Regiment (from 107th Pz.

Brig., 2107th Pz.Gren Bn & 2/35th IR)

5th Panzer Battalion (formed from 2107th Panzer Bn)



292nd Army Flak Battalion






1/,2/,3/,26th Artillery Regiment




3/362nd IR (196th ID). In February 1940 the 2/39th became the 2/502nd

(290th ID - 8th Wave) and was replaced. In December 1940 1/3 of the

division (Staff/,3/39th, 3/77th and 3/78th) were detached to the 106th

ID (12th Wave). All detached units were replaced. On 11/12/42 the

39th IR became the 39th Fusilier Regiment. In October 1943 the 26th

Feldausbildung Battalion was formed from the 395th Sturm Battalion in

the place of the 3/77th Grenadier Regiment, the 1/62nd AR was redes-

ignated as the 4/26th AR and the 26th Reconnaissance Battalion

became the 26th Division Fusilier Battalion (AA). Around August 1944

the 2/39th, 2/77th and 3/78th IR were disbanded. The division then

had:

1/,3/39th Fusilier Regiment






The order of 7/31/44 incorporated the 174th Reserve Division

into the 26th ID. On 9/10/44, after heavy losses near Radom, Russia,

the division was disbanded and its debris incorporated into the 253rd

ID.

26th Volks Grenadier Regiment: Formed on 9/17/44 by Posen from the

582nd Volks Grenadier Regiment (32nd Wave). It had:

1/,2/39th Fusilier Regiment (from 1206th Grenadier Regiment)



1/,2/,3/,4/26th Artillery Regiment (from 1582 Artillery Regiment)

26th Division Fusilier Company (from 582nd Div. Fus Co., raised

to a battalion strength in November)

26th Panzerjäger Battalion (with 1026th Sturmgeschütz Bn)




26th Supply Troop



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In January 1940 the 27th Feldersatz Battalion became the 1/331st

(167th ID). In February the Staff/63rd IR and 2/91st IR were detached

to the 522nd IR (297th ID - 8th Wave). On 11/1/40 the division was

absorbed into the 17th Panzer Division, with the 91st IR became the

91st Mountain Jäger Regiment and the 3/27th became the 3/94th Moun-

tain AR in the 4th Mountain Division. The 3/40th IR became the 25th

Motorcycle Battalion of the 25th Panzer Grenadier Division.









3/391st IR (170th ID). In February 1940 the 2/83rd became the 1/526th

(298th ID - 8th Wave) and was replaced. In December 1940 1/3rd of the

division (Staff/,3/7th, 3/49th & 1/83rd IR) was detached to become the

102nd ID (12th Wave). Those detached units were replaced. On 12/1/41

the 7th IR was detached to the 252nd ID and the 49th and 83rd IR

became Jäger Regiments. The division was then established as a light

infantry division equipped with low mountain equipment.

28th Jäger Division: Formed on 7/1/42 from the 28th ID with:


1/,2/,3/83rd Jäger Regiment




On 2/20/44 the 1st Luftwaffe Division was incorporated into the

division. On 10/28/44 the 1031st and 1032nd Kampf March Battalions

were incorporated into the regiment as well. In 1944 the 28th Moun-

tain AR absorbed the 1/64th as its fourth battalion. The division was

captured in East Prussia by the Russians in 1945.

29th Infantry Division: The division contained:







The 86th Motorized IR and the 2/29th AR were transferred to the

10th Panzer Division. The 1/65th AR was attached to the 29th AR as

the 3/29th and the old 3/29th became the 2/29th AR. In the Fall 1940

the 29th Division had:






In 1942 the following were attached:

129th Panzer Battalion (from 1/39th Panzer Regiment)

4/29th Motorized Artillery Regiment (form 313th Army Flak

Battalion)

In 1943 the division was destroyed at Stalingrad. It was reformed by

the order of 2/11/43 in France from the 345th Motorized Division and

on 3/1/43 the division had:

1/,2/,3/15th Grenadier Regiment (from 148th Mot.Gren.Rgt)

1/,2/,3/71st Grenadier Regiment (from 152nd Pz.Gren.Rgt)

129th Panzer Battalion (from 345th Panzer Battalion)

1/,2/,3/29th Motorized Artillery Regiment (from 345th AR & new

drafts)

313th Army Flak Battalion (from 2/345th AR)

29th Division (Einheiten) Service Units (from 345th Division

Service Units)

29th Panzer Grenadier Division: Formed on 6/23/43 from the 29th

Motorized ID. In April/May 1944 the division was reformed. The

motorized grenadier regiments were redesignated as panzer grenadier

regiments. By 1945 the panzerjäger battalion had been replaced.









2/401st (170th ID). In December 1940 1/3rd of the division (3/6,3/26 &

2/46th IR) was detached to the 110th (Id (12th Wave) and were replaced.

On 12/10/42 the 26th IR became the 26th Fusilier Regiment. In 1942 the

2/6th, 3/26th & 2/46th were disbanded and the 30th Reconnaissance

Battalion became a Fusilier Battalion. The division had:

1/,3/6th Grenadier Regiment (1st & 2nd Bns in 1944)


1/,3/46th Grenadier Regiment (1st & 2nd Bns in 1944)



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In April 1945 the 2/6th and 2/26th were disbanded,leaving the

division with only four battalions.

31st Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/26/39 with:







In January 1940 the Feldersatz Battalion became the 2/359th IR

(181st ID). The 2/12th IR became the 2/517th (295th ID, 8th Wave) and

was replaced. In October 1940 one third of the division was detached

(Staff 12th IR, 3/12th, 3/17th, & 3/82nd) to the 131st ID (11th Wave).

The detached units were replaced. In 1942 the 2/12th, 2/17th and

3/82nd were disbanded, and the division reorganized with six batta-

lions. In May 1944 the divisional fusilier battalion was formed from

the divisional reconnaissance battalion and the division absorbed the

566th Grenadier Regiment of the 52nd Division (23rd Wave). At that

time the division had:




31st Divisional Fusilier Battalion (A.A.)




The division was destroyed in June 1944 while with Army Group Middle

and was disbanded on 18 July 1944.

31st Grenadier Division: Formed on 7/21/44, by the redesignation of

the 550th (Sperr) Division of the 29th Wave with the remnants of the

31st ID. It had:

1/,2/12th Grenadier Regiment (from 1112nd Grenadier Regiment)


1/,2/82nd Grenadier Regiment (from 1100th Grenadier Regiment)

31st Divisional Fusilier Company (A.A.)(from 550th Div.Fusilier Co.)

1/,2/,3/31st Artillery Regiment (from 1/,2/,3/,4/1550th Art Rgt)

31st Flak Company (from 1550th)

31st Sturmgeschütz Battalion (from 1550th)

31st Division (Einheiten) Service Units (from 1550th)

31st Volks Grenadier Division: formed on 10/9/44 from the 31st Grena-

dier Division. The fusilier and Panzerjäger Battalions were brought

to full strength, the 2/82nd was redesignated the 3(Jäger)/82nd Gre-

nadier Regiment and the 4/31st AR was redesignated as the 1/67th AR.

The division was reformed in Danzig on 17 January 1945 and was taken

into Russian captivity shortly later.

32nd Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/1/39 with:






32nd Division (Einheiten) Service Units, including

2nd Pioneer Battalion


(162nd ID). In February 1940 the 2/94th was converted into the 1/509th

(292nd ID, 8th Wave) and was replaced. In October 1940 one third of

the division was detached (Staff 4th IR, 3/4, 3/94 & 3/96th) and used

to form the 122nd ID (11th Wave). They were replaced. In 1942 the

3/4, 3/94th and 2/96th were disbanded and the division remained with

only 6 battalions. In September 1943 the division was converted into

a Grenadier Division and the 32nd Reconnaissance Battalion became the

32nd Division Fusilier Battalion (A.A.). The division had:



1/,3/96th Grenadier Regiment (renumbered 1/,2/96th in November

1944)



32nd Division (Einheiten) Service Units, including


The division was refreshed in February 1945 by incorporation the

Jütland Grenadier Regiment.








In November 1939 the 33rd Feldersatz Battalion became the 2/2nd

Security Regiment. In February 1940 the staff/110th IR and 2/104th

were transferred to form the 529th IR (299th ID, 8th Wave). They

were replaced. On 11 November 1940 the division was reformed into

the 15th Panzer Division. The 110th IR was transferred to the 112th

ID (12th Wave). The 3/115th IR was used to form the 20th Motorcycle

Battalion (20th Panzer Division), the 1/33rd AR became the 1/86th AR

and the 1/69th AR was disbanded. The horse drawn support units were

sent to the 129th ID.



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On 9/19/39 the 105th IR and the 2/34th AR (becoming the 1/172nd

AR) were detached to form the 72nd ID. The 105th IR was replaced by

the 253rd IR. On In January 1940 the 34th Feldersatz Battalion

became the 3/315th IR (167th ID). In December 1940 one third of the

division (3/80th, 3/107th and 3/253rd) were transferred to the 12th ID

(12th Wave). The detached units were replace. At the end of 1942 the

division the 3/80th, 3/107th and 3/253rd were disbanded, leaving the

division with only six battalions. After heavy losses in southern

Russia, the division was reformed on 2/2/44. On 5/10/44 it was

reorganized into the new Grenadier type of division. It now had:



1/,2/,3/253rd Grenadier Regiment




The division was taken prisoner by the Americans in Como, Italy.









(169th ID). In February 1940 the 2/34th IR became the 1/521st IR

(296th ID, 8th Wave) and was replaced. In December 1940 one third of

the division (Staff 34th IR, 3/34th, 3/109th & 3/111th IR) was detached

to form the 101st Light ID (12th Wave) and was replaced. In April 1942

the 3/34th, 3/109th (?), and 2/111th were disbanded. The 34th IR was

redesignated the 34th Fusilier Regiment on 11/8/42. The reconnais-

sance battalion became the 35th Division Fusilier Battalion (A.A.) when

the division was restructured in November 1943. The division then

had:




35th Division Fusilier Battalion (A.A.)

1/,2/,3/,4/35th Artillery Regiment (the 1/71st became the 4/35th

in October 1944)


In October 1944 the Division absorbed the 1034th and 1042nd

Battle March Battalions. The division was captured by the Russians

by Danzig and Hela.








In February 1940 the Staff/118th IR and 2/87th were transferred

to form the 516th IR (295th ID, 8th Wave) and was replaced. On 11/1/40

the division was motorized.

36th Motorized Infantry Division: Began forming on 11/1/40 and fin-

ished on 5/1/41 from the 36th ID. The 70th IR was transferred to the

111th ID along with the 2/36th AR (as the 2/117th AR. The 3/36th AR

became the 2/36th and the 3/36th was formed from the 1/72nd AR. The

36th Motorcycle Battalion was formed from the 11th Machine Gun

Battalion. The horse drawn units of the division were transferred to

the 126th ID. The division had:

1/,2/,3/87th (mot) Infantry Regiment


36th Motorcycle Battalion (from 11th Machine Gun Battalion)

1/,2/,3/36th (mot) Artillery Regiment


During the summer of 1943 the division became the 36th Panzer

Grenadier Division and the reconnaissance battalion became the 136th

Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. The division was demotorized in

June 1943 and reverted to the 36th ID.

36th Infantry Division: Formed on from the 36th Panzer Grenadier

Regiment. On 11/2/43 a third regiment was added by the addition of

the 268th Division Group and the 3/87th and 3/118th, which were dis-

banded. The 36th Reconnaissance Battalion became the 36th Divisional

Fusilier Battalion A.A. The 36th (mot) AR became an Army artillery

unit and was replaced by the 268th AR from the now disbanded 268th

ID.



268th Division Group (from 488th & 499th Gru. Regiments)


1/,2/,3/,4/268th Artillery Regiment (4th from 3/321st AR)


In June the Division was with the Army group Middle and de-

stroyed in the Bobruisk Pocket. On 8/3/44 it was disbanded.

36th Grenadier Division: Formed on 8/3/44 as part of the 30th Wave

from the remains of the old 36th ID and new drafts. On 9/1/44 the

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division was forming and it was ready on 9/15/44. The division had:



1/,2/165th Grenadier Regiment (2nd Bn was a bicycle bn)

1/,2/,3/,4/268th Artillery Regiment (4th from 3/321st AR)

36th Division Fusilier Company (A.A.)

36th Flak Company

36th Pioneer Company




36th Volks Grenadier Division: On 10/9/44 the 36th Grenadier Division

became the 36th Volks Grenadier Division and became part of the 32nd

Wave. The fusiliers, panzerjägers and signals were raised to batta-

lion strengths. The division was taken into American captivity. On 4

March 1945 the division contained:





268th Artillery Regiment





37th Infantry Division: Never formed

38th Infantry Division: Formed on 7/8/42 as part of the 20th Wave.

It had:




138th Reconnaissance Battalion



The infantry Regiments were redesignated Grenadier Regiments on

10/15/42. The Panzerjäger and Reconnaissance Battalions combined to

form the combined purpose 138th Schnell Battalion on 12/9/42. On

5/23/43 a the Panzerjäger Battalion and Reconnaissance were reformed.

On 10/23/43 the division was ordered disbanded. The remnants

were used to form the 38th Divisional Group and assigned to the 62nd

ID. The divisional staff, signals battalion and support troops were

sent to the west and used to form the 276th Division (22nd Wave).

The infantry became the 986th Grenadier Regiment and the 1/138th AR

became the 1/276th AR. The staff 3/138th AR was used to form the

959th AR, the staff of the pioneer battalion later became the staff

of the 818th Mountain Pioneer Battalion


It consisted of the:







On 10/15/42 the division was renamed the 39th Grenadier Regi-

ment. On 12/9/42 the Panzerjäger and Reconnaissance Battalions

became a "schnell battalion" (the bicycle squadron remained). The

division formed a feldersatz battalion shortly later. On 10/23/43 the

division was disbanded. The remains of the division was used to form

the 39th Divisional Group, part of the 106th ID.

40th Infantry Division: Never formed.

41st Fortress Division: Formed on 12/11/43 the division was formed

from the disbanded 39th ID and various fortress troops. The division

served in Greece. The division had:

938th Fortress Regiment (formerly Fortress Infantry Battalions

3/999 and 1008)

965th Fortress Infantry Regiment (formerly Fortress Infantry

Battalions 2/,4/,7/999th)

1009th Fortress Infantry Battalion

1012nd Fortress Infantry Battalion

919th Army Coastal Artillery Regiment (819th and 920th

Coastal Artillery Battalions)



In January 1945 the division withdrew from Greece and was

reformed into the 41st ID.

41st Infantry Division: Formed in January 1945 from the 41st Fortress

Division. It had:

1230th Grenadier Regiment (from staff/733rd Fortress Grenadier

Regiment (from Crete) and 1/746th and 3/733rd IRs)

1231st Grenadier Regiment (from staff/938th, 1009th and 3/999th

Fortress Battalions)

1232nd Grenadier Regiment (from Staff/965th Fortress Regiment,

7/999th and 2/999th Fortress Regiments.

41st Division Fusilier Battalion (From Rhodes Fusilier Battalion)

141st Artillery Regiment (from 831st, 820th and 819th Army

Coastal Defense Battalions & 3/619th Artillery Regiment)

141st Panzerjäger Battalion (from Athens Alarm Regiment)

141st Pioneer Regiment (from 2264th Pioneer Battalion and 705th

Pioneer School Company)


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42nd Jäger Division: Formed on 12/22/43 from the 187th Reserve Divi-

sion:

1/,2/,3/25th Jäger Regiment (from 187th Attack Group, 2/133rd &

2/135th Reserve Grenadier Regiment, & 2/482nd Reserve

Jäger Regiment.)

1/,2/,3/40th Jäger Regiment (Staff/45th Reserve Grenadier Regt,

1/130th, 1/135th, and 1/486th Reserve Grenadier Regiments)

1/,2/,3/4/142nd Artillery Regiment (from Staff/255th Artillery

Regiment - from disbanded 255th ID, and 4/142nd from the

newly formed 96th Reserve Artillery Battalion)

The division was taken prisoner by the English in Italy.

43rd Infantry Division: Never formed.

44th Infantry Division: Formed on 4/1/38 in Vienna and mobilized on

8/26/39 with:








64th Communications Battalion


In January 1940 the Feldersatz Battalion became the 3/443rd IR

(164th ID). In February the 2/134th became 1/523rd (297th ID, 8th

Wave), and was replaced. In September 1940 one third of the division

was detached (Staff/134th IR, 3/131st, 3/132nd, 3/134th) to the 137th ID

(11th Wave) and was reformed. The 3/134th was replaced by the

3/503rd (290th ID). In January 1943 the Division was destroyed at

Stalingrad. It was reformed on 2/17/43 in Belgian using the 887th and

888th Grenadier Regiments.

(44th) Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschmeister: Formed on

6/1/43 from the 44th ID and the addition of the 134th Grenadier

Regiment, which was named the Hoch und Deutschmeister Regiment. The

division The artillery regiment was newly formed using the 1/97th AR

as its fourth battalion. The division had:

1/,2/,3/Reichsgrenadier Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister


1/,2/,3/132nd Grenadier Regiment






In November 1943 the 3/131st Grenadier Regiment and the 3/96th

AR were sent to Italy to the 362nd ID (21st Wave) as the 1/955th IR

and the 3/362nd AR. The Division then had 9 infantry battalions and

the reconnaissance regiment from 1944 on. On 8/28/44 the 3/131st

became the 44th Mortar Battalion, the 1/132nd and the 3/H.u.D were

disbanded, the 3/131st and 3/132nd were merged into a single battalion,

reducing the division to the strength of 6 battalions. During the

winter 43/44 the Meier Panzer Group (equipped with Tiger Tanks) was

joined to the division. The division was captured near Linz by the

Americans.








81st Pioneer Battalion



IR (168th ID). On 1/28/40 the 2/135th became the 1/524th (297th ID,

8th Wave) and was rebuilt. On 12/10/40 one third of the division

(Staff/130th, 3/130th, 3/133rd and 3/135th IR, which became the 127th

IR) were used to form the 100th Light ID. Those units were rebuilt.

On 6/17/43 several portions of the division were disbanded and some

were rebuilt, including the disbanding of the entire 130th IR. The

130th IR was reformed in May 1944 from the 637th Replacement Regi-

ment. The division had:



1/,3/135th Grenadier Regiment (1/135th from 1/130th IR)

45th Division Fusilier Battalion (A.A)

In June 1944 the Division was destroyed with Army Group Middle

in the Bobruisk Pocket.

45th Grenadier Division: Formed on 7/1/8/44 by the renaming of the

546th Grenadier Division as a Speer Division of the 29th Wave. The

division had:


1/,2/133rd Grenadier Regiment (from 1089th Grenadier Regiment)


1/,2/,3/4/98th Artillery Regiment (from 1546th Artillery Regt)




On 9/22/45 the 1132nd Grenadier Brigade was absorbed into the divi-

sion to reform the staff and 1/130th IR.

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45th Volks Grenadier division: On 10/21/44 the 45th Grenadier Divi-

sion was redesignated as the 45th Volks Grenadier Division. The

division had:






The division was taken prisoner at Königgrätz by the Russians.







52nd Panzerjäger Battalion

76th Communications Battalion



The 97th IR, 3/114th AR, 76th Reconnaissance Battalion and the

88th Pioneer Battalion were raised upon mobilization of the division.

The Staff/114th AR was not formed. The staff of the 115th AR direct-

ed the three light battalions of the 114th and the heavy battalion of

the 115th AR until it was redesignated as the 114th AR on 2/4/42.


1/330th IR (183rd ID - 7th Wave). On 2/1/40 the 2/72nd IR became the

1/520th IR (296th ID, 8th Wave) and was rebuilt. In March 1943 the

division was rebuilt. In October 1943 the division 2/42nd and 1/72nd

were disbanded and replaced by renaming the 3rd Battalions, and the

3/97th was also disbanded without replacement. The regiments were

redesignated as grenadier regiments. The division had:







52nd Panzer Abwehr (panzerjäger) Battalion




In March 1945 the division was redesignated as the 46th Volks

Grenadier Division. It was captured at Deutsch-Brod by the Russians.

47th Infantry Division: Formed on 2/1/44 by the merging of the 156th

Reserve Division (Münster) and a fixed infantry division. The division

had:

1/,2/103rd Grenadier Regiment (from 277th Reserve Grenadier Regt)

1/,2/104th Grenadier Regiment (from 254th Reserve Grenadier Regt)


147th Fusilier Battalion (from 484th Reserve Grenadier Battalion),

1/,2/,3/147th Artillery Regiment (from 26th Reserve Artillery

Regiment)


At the end of August 1944, the division was destroyed in the

Mons Pocket.

47th Volks Grenadier Division: The 46th was reformed on 9/17/44 by

the redesignation of the 577th Grenadier Division (32nd Wave). It had:

1/,2/103rd Grenadier Regiment (from 1189th Grenadier Regiment)



1/,2/,3/,4/147th Artillery Regiment (from 1577th Artillery Regiment)

147th Division (Einheiten) Service Units (from 1577th Einheiten)

The division was destroyed in March 1945 and its survivors were

taken prisoner by the Americans. At that time it contained:




1/,2/,3/,4/Artillery Regiment

147th (bicycle) Fusilier Battalion






48th Infantry Division: Formed on 2/1/44 by the merging of the 171st

Reserve division and a fixed infantry division. It had:


1/,2/127th Grenadier Regiment (from 71st Reserve Grenadier Regt)


148th Fusilier Battalion (from 348th Reserve Grenadier Battalion)

1/,2/,3/148th Artillery Regiment (from 252nd Reserve Artillery

Regimentt)


On 2/17/44 the Armenian 809th IR was merged into the 3/128th

Grenadier Regiment. On 9/1/44 the 148th Fusilier Battalion was re-

numbered as the 48th. On 10/18/44 it had:







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Upon its return to France, on 11/3/44, the 32nd Fleiger Replace-

ment Regiment became the 128th Grenadier Regiment, the Grenadier

Ersatz Battalion and the 352nd Replacement Battalion became the

2/126th, a pioneer Company of the 462nd Volks Grenadier Division, and

the 43rd Fortress Machine Gun Battalion were absorbed into the divi-

sion. On 12/20/44 the Division became a Volks grenadier division. In

early 1945 the panzerjäger company became a full battalion. In May

the division had fallen to the strength of a kampfgruppe fighting

north of Vienna. Parts were taken prisoner by the Americans and the

Russians.

49th Infantry Division: Formed on 2/1/44 from the 191st Reserve Divi-

sion and a fixed infantry division. The division had:

1/,2/148th Grenadier Regiment (formed from 21st Res. Gren. Rgt.)

1/,2/149th Grenadier Regiment (formed from 17th & 497th Reserve

Battalions)

1/,2/150th Grenadier Regiment (formed from 267th Res. Gren. Rgt.)

149th Fusilier Battalion (newly formed)



The division was heavily damaged in the Mons pocket. The rem-

nants were formed into a kampfgruppe near Aachen. It was reinforced

with the 31st and 57th Fortress Machine Gun Battalions and the 302nd

and 305th Western Army Infantry Battalions, the 1423rd Fortress

Infantry Battalion, the Grenadier Ersatz Battalion and the 78th Re-

placement Battalion, and the I, VI, XI, and XVIII Landwehr Fortress

Battalions. The survivors of this force was later drawn into the

246th ID (1/148th became the 1/689th, 1/149th AR became the 1/246th

AR, and the 49th Fusilier Bn became the 246th Fusilier Bn). The

division staff was reformed as the VII Panzer Corps staff on 12/1/44.

50th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 in Kustrin with:




101st Artillery Battalion (heavy artillery)


71st Signals Battalion

354th (Einheiten) Service Units

The six company organization of the Grenz Infantry Regiments was

raised 18, but only 9 companies were used to form field regiments.

The remaining 9 companies were used in the Crossen, Mesertiz and

Schwerin Regiments. The 71st Pioneer Battalion was raised from 2 to

5 companies.

On 10/24/39 the division was used in the formation of the 2nd

Division (1st Wave). The three infantry regiments were, on 11/10/39,

merged with the Crossen, Meseritz and Schwerin companies. The 150th

AR was formed from the 742nd, 743rd and 748th Army Artillery Batta-

lions. On 4/1/40 they were redesignated as the 1/,2/,3/150th AR. The

150th Panzerabwehr Battalion and the 150th Bicycle Squadron were

newly raised. The division now had:






71st Signals Battalion


On 9/5/40 the 4/213th AR was redesignated as the 4/150th AR.

On 1/1/41 the 150th Reconnaissance Battalion was formed from the 217th

Reconnaissance Battalion and the 150th Bicycle Squadron. Sometime

later the infantry regiments were redesignated as grenadier regiments.

In October 1943 the 1/121st Grenadier Regiment and 2/122nd

Grenadier Regiment were used to form the 1/759th IR (338th ID) and

2/583rd (219th ID). They were not replaced. Shortly later the 150th

Fusilier Regiment and the 150th Feldersatz Battalion were formed. The

division now had:




50th Fusilier Battalion (instead of 150th)



The pioneer and signals battalions were also renumbered. The

division was destroyed in the Heiligenbeil Pocket and the survivors

were taken into Russian captivity by Pillau.

51st Infantry Division: Never formed.

52nd Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave, it

contained:






On 2/3/40 the 2/205th IR was reorganized into the 2/528th IR

(299th ID, 8th Wave) and on 11/22/40 one third of the division

(Staff/,3/163rd, 3/181st & 3/205th) were used to form the 339th ID

(14th Wave). Those units detached were rebuilt. On 3/31/42, because

of the lack of personnel, the 3rd Battalions were disbanded. On

4/15/43 the Staff/205th Grenadier Regiment and the 1/205th, and

2/205th were used to form 3/163rd and 3/181st. The 152nd Reconnais-

sance Battalion was then used to form an infantry battalion, giving

the division seven battalions, but only two regimental staffs. On

11/1/43 the division was disbanded, its surviving personnel going to

various other formations.

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52nd Feldausbildiungs (Field Recruit) Division: Formed on 12/3/43 with

the staff of the 52nd ID and detachments from the other Recruit

Divisions as the third such division for Army Group Middle. On 1/15/44

it had:

1/,2/,3/565th Grenadier Regiment (from 1/635th & 2/720th IR,

of the 390th and 391st FA Divisions)

1/,2/,3/566th Grenadier Regiment (from 1/636th & 3/637th IR,

of the 390th FA Division)

1/,2/,3/567th Grenadier Regiment(from 1/,3/719th IR,

of the 391st FA Division)

The 56th IR was renamed the Hermanns Grenadier Regiment on

2/2/44. on 4/1/44 the division was broken up and one regiment was

sent to the 31st, 131st and 206th Divisions. They were renamed as

follows:

565th Grenadier Regiment (432nd Grenadier Regiment, 131th ID)

566th Grenadier Regiment (absorbed into the 31st ID)

567th Grenadier Regiment (557th Grenadier Regiment, 331st ID)

52nd Security Division:

The division staff was formed on 4/12/44 as the Baranowicz

Command and on 4/19/44 formed into a security division. It had:

1/,2/,3/,4/57th Security Regiment

1/,2/,3/,4/58th Security Regiment

611th (?) Security Regiment

52nd Supply Troops

53rd to 55th Infantry Division: Never formed.

56th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave.

It had:






On 2/1/40 the 2/192nd was detached to become the 2/513th IR,

294th ID (8th Wave). On 10/25/40 one third of the division was de-

tached (Staff/,1/234th, 1/171st, & 1/192nd) to form the 304th ID (13th

Wave). Those units detached were rebuilt. In October 1943 the Divi-

sion was disbanded and its staff formed the Staff Corps Detachment

"D". The regimental groups 171st and 234th and the service units went

with the staff. On 9/10/44 the division was reformed from Corps

Detachment "D" and consisted of:

1/,2/,3/171st Grenadier Regiment (from 56th Division Group)

1/,2/,3/192nd Grenadier Regiment (from 262nd Division Group)

1/,2/,3/234th Grenadier Regiment (from 761st Grenadier Brigade)

56th Fusilier Battalion (from 156th Fusilier Battalion)



The bulk of the division was destroyed in the Heiligenbeil Pock-

et. On 4/4/45 there remained only 250 men of the division when it

was disbanded in East Prussia.

57th Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave

(reserve Division), with:






On 9/21/39 the 199th Regiment was renamed the "List" Regiment in

honor of the Bavarian regiment in which Hitler had served in WWI. On

1/28/40 the 2/217th became the 2/523rd (297th ID, 8th Wave). It was

not replaced. On 10/20/40 one third of the division was detached

(Staff/,3/217th, 3/179th and 3/199th) to form the 337th ID (14th wave).

Those detached units were replaced. On 12/31/41 the 1/444th IR of the

disbanded 239th ID became the new 3/179th IR. In February 1942 the

179th IR was detached to serve with the 62nd ID. On 8/18/43 the

676th Grenadier Regiment was assigned to the division and on 11/1/43

it was absorbed into and replaced the 164th IR, its 2nd Bn becoming

the 1/676th IR. After breaking out of the Tscherkassy Pocket it was

rebuilt. The 676th Grenadier Regiment was renamed the 164th on

4/20/44. The 1/,3/157th AR were rebuilt from the 1/,2/86th AR of the

112nd ID. The newly rebuilt division had:




57th Fusilier Battalion (A.A.)



In June 1944 the division was destroyed near Mogihlev and was

formally disbanded on 8/3/44. Its survivors were incorporated into the

2/57th Divisional Group and later on 8/3/44 to Corps Detachment "G".

58th Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave,

it consisted of:






On 1/31/40 the 2/220th Infantry Regiment became the 1/502nd

(290th ID, 8th Wave). On 12/13/40 a third of the division was detached

(Staff/,3/154th, 3/209th and 3/220th IR) and became the 320th ID (13th

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Wave). Those units detached were reformed. In July 1942 the 1/154th,

3/209th and 3/220th were disbanded, the 3/154th was redesignated as

the 1/154th and the remains of the three disbanded battalions was

used to form a 9th (bicycle) Company for each regiment. These bicycle

companies were then disbanded on 2/23/44. In 1944 the division con-

sisted of:






The division was captured in Samland and Hela by the Russians.

59th Infantry Division: Formed on 6/26/44 as part of the 27th Wave,

the division was ready on 20 August. It consisted of:







The 159th Panzerjäger Company was expanded to a full battalion

in April and renumbered as the 59th Panzerjäger Battalion. The divi-

sion appears to have been redesignated a Volks Grenadier Division in

late 1944 or early 1945. It was captured by the Americans in the

Ruhr Pocket.







The artillery was reinforced by the addition of the 741st and

750th Light Artillery Battalions and 761st Heavy Artillery Battalion.

On 4/1/40 they officially became the 2/,3/,4/160th AR. On 7/18/40 the

division was motorized, the 243rd IR was disbanded. The 92nd and

244th were motorized on 9/15/40 and the 244th was redesignated as

the 120th IR. The 2/,3/,4/160th AR were reestablished as army troops

and the 2/77th AR became the 2/160th AR and the 601st Heavy Artil-

lery Battalion became the 3/160th AR.

60th (mot) Infantry Division: When established the division had:

1/,2/,3/92nd (mot) Infantry Regiment


160th Motorcycle Battalion (formed from 15th Machine Gun Bn)



On 4/1/40 the 160th Motorcycle and 160th Reconnaissance Battal-

ions were merged and the 282nd Army Flak Battalion was joined to the

division as the 4/160th AR. On 6/15/42 the 1/18th Panzer Regiment

(18th Panzer Division) became the 160th Panzer Battalion. The division

was then destroyed at Stalingrad.

The division was rebuilt by the order of 2/17/44 in southern

France using the 271st Grenadier Regiment, 93rd ID. The rest of the

division was organized on 3/15/44. It was retitled the 60th Panzer

Grenadier Division, but the order of 14 June 1944 changed its name to

the Feldherrnhalle Panzer Grenadier Division.

61st Infantry Division: Formed on 8/8/39 as part of the 2nd Wave with:




1/,2/,3/,4/161st Artillery Regiment

On 2/2/40 the 2/176th IR became the 2/505th IR (291st ID, 8th

Wave) and was replaced. On 11/18/40 one third of the division

(Staff/,2/151st, 3/152nd and 3/176th) were detached to form the 336th

ID (14th Wave) and were replaced. In June/July 1942 the 1/151st,

1/162nd and 1/176th IRs were disbanded and the remaining battalions

were renumbered to make up for their loss. The Panzerjäger Battalion

and the Reconnaissance Battalion were merged to form a Schnell Batta-

lion. On 10/1/43 this became the 61st Divisional Fusilier Battalion.

The division stood with:




61st Divisional Fusilier Battalion


On 4/2/44 the survivors of the 9th Feld Division (L) were

absorbed into the division. The division was reformed in October 1944

and became the 61st Volks Grenadier Division. On 3/31/45 the division

was disbanded and absorbed into the 21st ID as the 24th Grenadier

Division. On 4/10/44 the division was captured at Königsberg by the

Russians.

62nd Infantry Division: Mobilized on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave,

this division had:






On 2/4/40 the 2/190th became the 2/526th (298th ID, 8th Wave).

On 10/24/40 one third of the division (Staff/1/190th IR, 1/164th and

1/183rd IR) were detached to form the 323rd ID (13th Wave). Those

units were replaced. In February 1942 the 164th IR was detached to

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the 57th ID and the 179th IR was assigned to the Division. Between

3/27 and 7/5/42 the division also had the Kampfgruppe Friedrich (208th

IR, formed of the 2/,3/208th and 1/226th IR) attached to it. The bulk

of the division was destroyed in the Don basin and on 5/4/43 the

183rd and 190th Grenadier Regiments were disbanded. The division was

then assigned the 179th Grenadier Regiment (3 bns) and on 5/4/43 the

354th Grenadier Regiment (286th Security Division, 3rd Wave).

On 11/2/43 the Kampfgruppe of the 38th Division, which consisted

of the Staff/,1/,2/,3/112th Grenadier Division, 2/138th AR, the 138th

Reconnaissance Battalion and the 138th Pioneer Battalion, was trans-

ferred to the 62nd ID to be rebuilt. The 3/179th,3/112th, and 3/354th

IRs were disbanded with the 3/354th becoming the 2/354th. The

2/162nd AR was also disbanded. The 3/162nd Panzerjäger Battalion

became the 471st Panzer Destroyer Battalion and the 4/162nd became a

school battery. The division was reformed with:



38th Divisional Group Regiment, Gruppe 108 and 112nd

162nd Divisional Fusilier Battalion (A.A.)




On 3/13/44 the Division was merged with the 123d ID to form the

Corps Detachment "F".

The 62nd Division was reformed on 7/20/44 from the Corps De-

tachment "F" and various other detachments. It stood with:

1/,2/112th Grenadier Regiment (from 38th Divisional Group,

formerly 1/108th and 2/112nd)

1/,2/179th Grenadier Regiment (from 62nd Divisional Group,

formerly 1/,3/354th)

1/,2/415th Grenadier Regiment (from 123rd Divisional Group,

formerly 1/415th and 1/416th)

62nd Division Fusilier Battalion (A.A.) (formerly 162nd

Reconnaissance Battalion)

1/,2/,3/,4/162nd Artillery Regiment (formerly Staff/,1/162nd AR,

2/138th AR, 3/123rd AR, & 4/162nd AR).


The division was again destroyed in Bessarabia and disbanded on

10/9/44.

62nd Volks Grenadier Division: Formed on 9/22/44, the division had:





162nd Division (Einheiten) Service Units.

In April 1945 the division was taken prisoner in the Ruhr pocket.

63rd Infantry Division: The division was never formed.

64th Infantry Division: Formed on 6/26/44 in France. It contained the:






164th Panzerjäger Company (not battalion)


The division was destroyed in the end of October 1944 in the

Scheldt bridgehead and was disbanded on 20 November 1944.


It had:







On 10/27/43 the division was converted to the 1944 type divi-

sion. A third grenadier regiment was formed from the 1/145th and

2/146th IRs and the third light battalion was formed in the artillery

regiment and a division fusilier battalion was formed. The division

had:









After heavy losses at the Nettuno Bridgehead, the division was

rebuilt with drafts from the Mielau (Schatten) Shadow Division of the

26th Wave. Part of the division was taken prisoner by the British

near Trient, and the rest was taken by the Americans.

66th Division: Never formed.

67th Division: Never formed.

68th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd wave with:





168th Division (Einheiten) Service Units.

On 2/29/40 the 2/169th was detached to become the 2/510th IR

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(293rd Division, 8th Wave). It was replaced. On 10/15/40 one third of

the division was detached (Staff/,1/196th, 1/169th, and 1/188th) to form

the 340th ID (14th Wave). they were replaced. On 5/1/42 the 3/169th

the 3/196th was disbanded, the 2/196th was disbanded on 6/12/42 and

on 7/2/42 the 1/188th was disbanded. They were reformed on 4/1/43 by

the redesignation of the 1/188th Grenadier Regiment as the 3/169th

and the 3/188th as the 2/196th. The 188th Grenadier regiment was

reorganized on 1/14/43 from the 1st Alarm Regiment of the 2nd Army.

On 11/1/43 the division was converted to the 1944 style division and

the third battalions were all disbanded. The division had:







On 2/4/44 the 11th Reserve Artillery Battalion (141st Reserve

Division) replaced the disbanded 2/168th AR. In April 1945 the 3/331st

AR replaced the 3/168th AR and the 4/168th AR was disbanded. The

division was taken prisoner by the Russians around Jägerndorf.

69th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave.

The division had:






On 2/1/40 the 2/193rd IR became the 2/516th IR (295th ID, 8th

Wave). On 22/5/40 the Staff/236th and 3/159th were sent to form the

357th IR (199th ID). Those detached units were rebuilt. The 4/169th

AR (heavy battalion) was sent to the 260th ID on 4/26/40 and on

2/21/41 it became the 4/260th AR. When the division was sent to

Norway to fight the Russians, the 193rd Grenadier Regiment remained

in Germany later becoming the 193rd Grenadier Brigade. The division

formed the 157th Grenadier Regiment anew. On 11/3/43 the 1/157th was

formed from the 3/236th Grenadier Regiment and the 2/157th from the

2/159th Grenadier Regiment. The old 3/159th was redesignated as the

2/159th. The reconnaissance battalion became the 69th Division Fusi-

lier Battalion (A.A.) and the division received the 4/269th AR (heavy

battalion) to replace the earlier artillery battalion that was de-

tached. It was redesignated as the 4/169th in August 1944.

The division now had:








The division was destroyed in January 1945 on the Inster in

East Prussia. Its kampfgruppe was captured in Königsberg by the

Russians.

70th Infantry Division: Formed on the Island of Walachern in the

Netherlands on 7/17/44, the division contained:

1/,2/1018th Grenadier Regiment (from 1203th and 1205th

Security Battalions)

1/,2/1019th Grenadier Regiment (from 1211th and 1212th


1/,2/,1020th Grenadier Regiment (from 1213th and 1214th





The division was taken prisoner on the Island of Walachern by

the Canadians in November 1944.

71st Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave.

It contained:

1/,2/,3/191st Infantry Regiment (from 19th Division)

1/,2/,3/194th Infantry Regiment (from 31st Division)

1/,2/,3/211th Infantry Regiment (from 13th Division)



On 1/27/40 the 2/211st was detached to become the 1/518th IR of

the 295th ID (8th Wave) and was replaced. From October 1940 to March

1941 it served as a training troop in Königsbrück. From November 1941

through April 1942 it served in Belgium and France. In February 1943

it was destroyed at Stalingrad.

It was reformed by the order of 2/17/43 in Denmark from the

883rd (?) and 885th Grenadier Regiments It now had:





In 1943 the 2/191st Grenadier Regiment was used to form the

1/754th Grenadier Regiment in the 334th ID. In November 1943 the

3/194th GR was used in the formation of the 277th ID in Croatia. The

3/211th GR and 3/191st AR were also taken in November 1943 to Croatia

where they were used to form the 367th Inf. Div. In Italy, during the

summer of 1944, the division had 7 battalions. On 5/20/44 the divi-

sion was at Monte Cassino. It was taken prisoner in May 1945 by the

English at St. Veith.

72nd Infantry Division: Formed on 9/19/39 from the Trier Grenz Divi-

sion. It had:


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72nd Panzer Abwehr Battalion


72nd Signals Battalion


The 706th AR was renamed the 172nd on 4/2/40. The 72nd Bicycle

Battalion was formed on 5/15/42 from the bicycle squadron. The 3/124

and 2/66th were disbanded in November 1942.

The order of 3/2/44 rebuilt the division. It now had:




72nd Fusilier Battalion


Division Einheiten (AT, Pioneers, Signals)


The division was reformed again along the Vistula by absorbing

the 1249th Grenadier Führernachwuschs Regiment and it was taken into

Russian captivity at the end of the war.

73rd Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave.

It had:






On 2/19/40 the 2/186th became the 2/520th in the 296th ID (8th

Wave). On 10/18/40 a third of the division, including the Staff/213th,

3/170th, 3/186th, and 3/213th were sent to form the 323rd Inf. Div

(13th Wave). The units detached were rebuilt. After the order of

10/2/43 which directed the reformation of all the East Divisions to

the Style 44 Divisions, the third battalions of the infantry regiments

were disbanded and the 73rd Fusilier Battalion was formed. On 5/944

the Division was destroyed in the Crimea.

The division was ordered reformed on 6/16/44, from the 213th

Grenadier Regiment and other forces. The division had:




73rd Fusilier Battalion



The division was destroyed in September 1944 by Warsaw. The

remains fought in Danzig in 1945.

74th Infantry Division: It was to have been raised on 12/30/43,from

the 1031st, 1032nd and 103rd Regiments, but it was never formed.

75th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as a 2nd Wave Division. It

had:






On 1/31/40 the 2/172nd IR became the 2/508th IR, 292nd ID. On

10/8/40 a third of the division, including the Staff/222nd, 1/172nd,

1/202nd & 1/222nd were used to form the 302nd ID (13th Wave). They

were rebuilt. On 10/2/43 it was reformed into a Type 44 Division and

the 1/172nd, 2/202nd & 2/222nd were disbanded. The third battalions

were renumbered to take their places. On 6/7/42 the 175th Bicycle

Battalion was formed and on 10/2/43 it became the 75th Fusilier

Battalion (A.A.). On 6/11/43 the 202nd Grenadier Regiment became the

202nd Fusilier Regiment.


1/,2/202nd Fusilier Regiment


75th Divisional Fusilier Battalion (A.A>)


The division was heavily punished in 1945 around Mähr. Ostrau

and the survivors were incorporated into other divisions.

76th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as a 2nd Wave Division. It

had:






on 1/29/40 the 2/178th was detached to become the 2/511th, 293rd

ID (8th Wave) and o0n 10/31/40 one third of the division, including

Staff/230th, 1/178th 1,203rd and 1/230th) were detached to the 333rd

ID (13th Wave). They were replaced. On 1/21/41 the 4/176th AR became

the 4/268th AR, and the 4/218th AR became the new 4/176th AR. On

11/12/32 the 230th Grenadier Regiment became the 230th Fusilier

Regiment. In 1943 the Division was destroyed at Stalingrad.

The division was reformed by the order of 2/17/43 and was re-

built with the 876th and 877th Grenadier Regiments. In November 1943

the 1/178th,3/230th, 176th Reconnaissance Battalion and the 3/176th AR

were sent to Southern Russia and during the winter of 1943/44 they

became the 1/755th (334th ID), 1/951st (361st ID), 376th Fusilier Bn

(376th ID) and 3/361st AR (361st ID). The 2/203rd Grenadier Regiment

became the 76th Fusilier Battalion on 2/2/44. The 3/176th AR was

sent to the 6th Army as the 3/162nd AR,. and was reformed from the

1/378th AR. On 13 May the battle group of the 5th Luftwaffe Feld

Division was incorporated into the division and it now stood with:

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76th Divisional Fusilier Battalion



In Sept/Oct 1944 the division was once again reformed and in

1945 it was taken prisoner by the Russians near Deutsch-Brod.


it was built from the 1021st Grenadier Regiment and the remains of

the 355th Infantry Division. It had:

1/,2/,3/1049th Grenadier Regiment (from 1021st Grenadiers)

1/,2/,3/1050th Grenadier Regiment (from Staff/336th GR,

1/,2/ from the 973rd GR and 3/ from the 364th Fus Bn.

1/,2/,3/177th Artillery Regiment (from 355th AR, & Art Bn, 1021st

Grenadier Regiment)


The order of 8/3/44 reorganized the division into a Type 44

division and it was rebuilt. It was lost with the fall of St. Malo on

8/15/44 and was disbanded on 9/15/44.

78th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave, it

had:






On 1/27/40 the 2/195th became the 2/524th, 297th ID. On

11/25/40 one third of the division, Staff/195th, 3/195th, 3/215th and

3/238th, were detached to become the 305th ID (13th Wave). The

detached units were replaced. On 11/11/41 the 238th IRs was disband-

ed and replaced by the 1/,2/,3/14th IR. On 12/10/41 the 3/14th, 3/195th

and 3/215th Were also disbanded.

On 1/1/43 the division was reorganized as a Sturmdivision. The

infantry regiments became Sturm-Regiments with only a single grenade-

er battalion (4 cos), 5th squadron, 6th Pioneer Company, After 2

February, each battalion of the artillery Regiment was paired with an

infantry battalion (1/178th AR with 215th, 2/178th AR with 14th and

3/178th AR with 195th). The artillery was reequipped with sturm-

geschütz battalion, a flak battalion and a nebelwerfer battalion. On

4/11/43 the 178th AR was pulled back together and on 6/1/43 the three

sturm regiments were reformed with two battalions and reinforced with

the 9th Squadron and 10th Pioneer Company. The division had:

1/,2/14th Sturm Regiment



5th Mortar Battalion




293rd Army Flak Battalion


In 1944 the Sturmregiments added a 14th Panzerjäger Company, the

9th became the 13th, the 10th became the 15th company. On 4/1/44 the

2/567th Grenadier Regiment joined the division as the 78th Sturm

Battalion. The division was heavily damaged by Minsk in July 1944 and

disbanded. The survivors were absorbed by the 565th Volks Grenadi-

er Division.

The division was reformed on 7/18/44 from the 543rd Grenadier

(Sperr) Division (29th Wave) as a grenadier division. On 7/27/44 it

became Himmler's personal Sturmdivision. Documents show a 78th

Grenadier division that apparently became the 78th Volks Grenadier

Division (32nd Wave) after 10/9/44. After 1/1/45 a Volks-Sturm-Divi-

sion appears. In February the 78th Volks-Sturm-Division appears. It

had:

1/,2/14th Sturm Regiment (formed from 1079th Grenadier Regt)

1/,2/195th Sturm Regiment (formed from 1080th Grenadier Regt)

1/,2/215th Sturm Regiment (formed from 1081st Grenadier Regt)

78th Divisional Fusilier (Jäger) Battalion (from 3/1070th GR)

1/,2/,3/,4/178th Artillery Regiment (from 1543rd Artillery Regt)


In 1945 the division was taken prisoner by the Russians around

Deutsch-Brod.

79th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave the

division had:






On 1/25/40 the 2/208th IR became the 1/501st IR (290th ID - 8th

Wave). On 10/20/40 one third of the division (Staff/226th,

3/208th,3/212nd and 3/216th IR) were detached to the 342nd ID (14th

Wave) They were replaced. On 5/8/42 the 1/208th was renamed the

1/226th, the 1/226th became the 1/208th. The 208th IR was trans-

ferred between 3/27 and 7/4/42 to the 62nd ID. On 7/10/42 the two

battalions were sent back to their parent regiments. In January 1943

the division was destroyed at Stalingrad.

The division was reformed on 2/12/43 and sent to Stalino/South

Russia in March 1943. On 2/15/43 it was reinforced by the 886th

Grenadier Regiment and various portions of the 298th ID. It also

received the greatest portion of the 140th Division Service Units

from the disbanded 22nd Panzer division. On 10/7/43 the Reconnais-

sance Battalion became the 179th Division Fusilier Battalion and in

November the 79th Divisional Fusilier Battalion (A.A.). On 1/31/44 the

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2/212th and 1/226th absorbed the 1/753rd and 1/731st IR. On 3/1/44

the 2/208th was rebuilt using the 1001st Battle March Battalion. On

7/7/44 the 1/226th was rebuilt with the 1/993rd Grenadier Regiment.

The 3/208th, 3/212th and 2/226th were disbanded in June 1944 and the

3/226th became the 2/226th. The division now had:




1/,2/,3,4/179th Artillery Regiment


The division was destroyed by the Russians near Jassy in August

1944.

79th Volks Grenadier Division: Formed on 10/27/44 from the Katzbach

(586) Volks Grenadier Division, it served in west Prussia beginning on

16 September 1944. The division had:






The division was taken prisoner by the Americans near Heidelberg

and Darmstadt.

80th Infantry Division: Ordered formed on 5 May 1943, the division

was never formed.

81st Infantry Division: Formed on 12/1/39, as part of the 6th Wave,

the division was equipped with Czechoslovakian equipment. The 13th

Company of the infantry regiments was a mortar company. It had:






The division stood down from August 1940 th February 1941. In

preparation for the Russian invasion, each infantry regiment formed a

13th company with infantry support guns drawn from the 225th ID. The

189th IR and 2/181st AR were destroyed in the Velikie-Luki pocket and

was disbanded on 5/31/42. The 2/181st AR was reformed on 6/1/42.

The 189th Grenadier Regiment was reformed on 9/22/43 from the 2/161st

and 2/174th IRs. On 1/16/44 the 61st Divisional Fusilier Battalion was

formed from the 181st Reconnaissance Squadron. The 3/161st and

3/174th were redesignated as the 2/161st and 2/174th. The division

now had:







On 8/18/44 the 161st Grenadier Regiment was destroyed and its

survivors incorporated into the 189th Grenadier Regiment. The 61st

Fusilier Regiment was also disbanded, but on 10/4/44 it was reformed.

The division was, at that time, reduced to a Kampfgruppe and had only

5 battalions. In February 1945 the Fusilier Battalion was reformed

from the81st Security Battalion and the 2/181st was reformed from the

213th AR (which had been disbanded on 11/8/44). The division was

captured in Kurland by the Russians.

82nd Infantry Division: Formed on 12/1/39 as part of the 6th Wave, it

was equipped with Czech equipment. The 13th Company of the infantry

regiments was a heavy mortar company. The division had:






From August 1940 to February 1941 the division was on leave,

then served as occupation troops in Holland. On 2/7/42 the division

was brought back to full strength. On 3/1/42 the regiments added a

13th company of infantry support guns. After the battle of the Kas-

tornoje Pocket the division was reformed. After breaking out of the

Hube Pocket near Kamenetz-Podolsk, the division was reduced to the

82nd Division Group with the strength of a regiment. It was absorbed

into the 254th ID and on 5/10/44 the division was disbanded.

83rd Infantry Division: Formed on 12/1/39 as part of the 6th Wave, it

was equipped with Czech equipment. The 13th Company of the infantry

regiments was a heavy mortar company. The division had:






From August 1940 to February 1941 the division stood down.

Once reformed the 13th company in the regiments became an infantry

support gun company.

On 1/30/43 the 277th Grenadier Regiment and the 3/183rd AR were

disbanded and replaced by the 547th Grenadier Regiment and the

1/328th AR. After the disbanding of the 3rd battalions and their

merging with the rest of the 277th and 251st Regiments, the division

stood with:





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In February 1944 the newly formed 251st Grenadier Regiment was

assigned to the division. In June (?) 944 the 547th Grenadier Regi-

ment appears to have been disbanded. The 1/547th became the 1/251st.

The 3/547th was disbanded. The regiment was rebuilt from the 558th

Grenadier Regiment (which had also been disbanded) in February. In

January 1945 the 547th Regiment was again disbanded and the 277th

was rebuilt as the division's third regiment. The division had:




83rd Divisional Fusilier Battalion



The 247th Grenadier Regiment was destroyed on 2/17/45 and on

3/28/45 it was rebuilt from the 412st Grenadier Regiment. The divi-

sion was captured by the Russians near Hela.

84th Infantry Division: Formed on 2/2/44 as part of the 25th Wave, it

had:

1/,2/,3/1051st Grenadier Regiment (formed from 1022nd GR)

1/,2/,3/1052nd Grenadier Regiment (formed from 1/1032 & 3/1022 GR)

1/,2/,3/184th Artillery Regiment (from 1032nd

& 1022nd Artillery Battalions)


On 6/12/44 the division formed the 84th Fusilier Battalion and in

November a fourth artillery battalion was added and the former

3/184th (flak) became the 4/184th AR. The division was destroyed in

the Falaise Gap on 29 July 1944.

The division was reformed in December 1944. On 10/16/44 it

absorbed the XVII Landwehr Fortress Battalion. On 10/7/44 the 84th

Fusilier Battalion was reformed from the 1/Wahn Grenadier Regiment.

The division had:







The division was heavily damaged in the Wesel Bridgehead bat-

tles and withdrew to the Lüneberg Heide.

85th Infantry Division: Formed on 2/2/44 as part of the 25th Wave, the division had:

1/,2/,3/1053rd Grenadier Regiment (from 1025th GR)

1/,2/,3/1054th Grenadier Regiment (from ? GR)

1/,2/185th Artillery Regiment (from 1024th Art. Bn)


In May the division was ready. In June it formed a Fusilier

Battalion and a Feldersatz Battalion, as well as 3rd Battalion for the

artillery Regiment. The third. 1064th Grenadier Regiment, was formed

about the same time.

The division was heavily engaged around Aachen. With the order

of 3/29/45 the division was rebuilt as part of the 35th Wave. It then

had:







86th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave,

the division had:






On 1/28/40 the 2/167th was transferred out and became the

2/529th, 299th Division (8th Wave) and on 10/13/40 one third of the

division,including Staff/216th, 3/167th, 3/184th and 3/216th, was de-

tached to form the 306th Division. They were rebuilt. On 2/18/42 the

3/184th was disbanded and on 1/19/43 replaced by the 9th Army School

Battalion. However, it was again disbanded on 3/24/43, with the

3/167th and 2/216th. On 11/3/43 the division was disbanded. It's

remnants were sent to Denmark and reformed as part of the 361st

Division (21st Wave).

87th Infantry Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as part of the 2nd Wave, it

contained:






On 2/3/40 the division detached the 2/173rd IR which became the

2/514th of the 294th ID (8th Wave). On 10/14/40 one third of the

division, staff/187th, 3/173rd, 3/187th, was detached to the 319th ID

(13th wave) and the 3/185th to the 335th ID (14th Wave). They were

rebuilt. On 3/31/43 the 3/173rd,1/185th and 2/187th were disbanded.

The 3/185th became the 1/185th, the 2nd became the 3/185th; the 173rd

Grenadier regiment was reformed on 4/12/44. The division now had:



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The 185th Grenadier Regiment was disbanded in Kurland in 1944

and the rest of the division was captured in Kurland by the Russians

in 1945.

88th Infantry Division: Formed on 12/1/39 as part of the 6th Wave, the

division was equipped with Czech weapons and equipment. The 13th

Company of the infantry Regiments was a heavy mortar company. They

were disbanded on 1/15/41. The division had:






Between August 1940 and February 1941 the division stood down.

On 12/23/41 the division was reformed and each infantry regiment

reformed its 13th Company as an infantry support gun company. The

heavy battalion (4/188th) of the artillery regiment was detached and

sent to the 223rd ID as the 4/239th AR. It was reformed on 6/13/42

from the 1/162nd AR. At the same time the Panzerjäger Battalion was

reinforced by two companies (511th and 257th). During the winter of

1942/43 the bicycle battalion became the 188th Ski Battalion.

On 11/2/43 the 323rd Division Group of the disbanded 323rd ID

(13th Wave) were absorbed into the division and the 3rd battalions of

the infantry regiments and the ski battalion were disbanded as the

division reformed itself into a Type 44 division. The 246th Grenadier

Regiment was disbanded and its 2nd battalion was taken into the 248th

Grenadier Regiment, whose 2nd battalion had become a fusilier battal-

ion. The division now had:


1/,2/248th Grenadier Regiment (with 1/248th & 2/246th)

323rd Division Group with 591st & 593rd Regt Groups

88th Division Fusilier Battalion (from 2/248th GR)

1/,3/,4/188th Artillery Regiment (with 2/323rd Art.Regt.)


After breaking out of the Tscherkassy Pocket, the division was

rebuilt on 5/15/44. The 323rd Division group was disbanded and the

third regiment was reformed as the 246th GR. Instead of this the

112nd Division Group, with the 110th and 258th Regimental Groups were

rebuilt into the 110th GR and absorbed into the regiment. The division

now had:







In January 1945 the division was destroyed by the Vistula. On 11

March 1945 its remains were absorbed, along with those of the 291st

ID, into the 17th Infantry Division and 6th Volks Grenadier Division.


the division had:





At the end of July 1944 the 189th Fusilier Battalion, 189th

Feldersatz Battalion and the 4/189th AR were formed. The division

was destroyed in the Falaise Pocket, but was rebuilt. The 1/,2/1063rd

Grenadier Regiment was added at this time. The division was formed

as a Type 44 Division and the 89th Fusilier Battalion was added. In

March 1945 the division was destroyed in the Eifel and was again

rebuilt. on 4/8/45. it had:






189th Panzerjäger Battalion (only 1 company)

90th Light Afrika Division: Formed on 11/26/41 in Africa, the division

had:

1/,2/,3/155th Schützen Regiment

1/,2/361st (Afrika Regiment) Infantry Regiment

580th Reconnaissance Company

361st Artillery Battalion



On 4/1/42 the division was renamed the 90th Light ID and the

155th Schützen Regiment became the 155th Light IR. The detached its

third battalion to form the 200th Light IR in the division. The both

the 361th IR and the 155th became Schützen Regiments. On 7/26/42 the

90th Afrika Division was a full division. The three regiments, howev-

er, became Panzer Grenadier Regiments. The division now had:



1/,2/361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment






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In May 1943 the division was captured in Tunisia and it was

formally disbanded on 6/30/43.

90th Panzer Grenadier Division: The reborn 90th Afrika Division was

formed on 7/6/43 from units drawn from Sardinia. It had:

1/,2/,3/155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (from 1st Sardinian GR)

1/,2/,3/200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (from 2nd Sardinian GR)

1/,2/,3/361st Panzer Grenadier Regiment (from 853rd Sturm Regt)


242nd Sturmgeschütz Battalion

1/190th Panzerjäger Company

1/,2/,3/190th Artillery Regiment (from Sardinian Artillery Regt)


The panzer grenadier regiments were only partially motorized and

the 3rd battalions were never formed. On the formation of the 3rd

Battalion the artillery regiment also formed the 242nd Sturmgeschütz

Battalion. The division formed the 190th Mountain Jäger Company and

instead of the 2/361st Pz. Gren Regt. it formed the 61st Panzer

Grenadier Battalion.

On 23 October the division was in Tuscany and formed as a Type

43 Pz. Gren. Div. The 155th Panzer Grenadier Regiment was disbanded

and formed the 3/200th and 3/361st Pz. Gren. Regiments. The 61st Pz.

Gren . Bn became the 3/361st. The 1/190th Panzerjäger Company became

the 590th Panzer Jäger Battalion and was assigned to the Army as

army troops. The 190th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion was formed

from the 190th Mountain Jäger Company and the 190th Feldersatz Batta-

lion. The Panzer Grenadier Regiment was now known as a Motorized

Grenadier Regiment. It had:

1/,2/,3/200th (mot) Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/,3/361st (mot) Grenadier Regiment



190th Panzerjäger Battalion (April 1945)

1/,2/,3/,190th Artillery Regiment


The division was taken prisoner by the Americans near Lake

Garda in northern Italy.

91st Infantry Division: Formed on 1/15/44 as part of the 25th Wave.

The arming of the division was changed on 3/6/44 when the artillery

regiment was changed to a mountain artillery regiment and the 91st

Fusilier Battalion was raised. The division had:

1/,2/,3/1057th Grenadier Regiment (from 1/,2/1025th GR)

1/,2/,3/1058th Grenadier Regiment (from 2/1032nd & 3/1025th GR)




The division, had the 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment of the 2nd

Fallschirmjäger Division assigned to it, was destroyed at Cherbourg

and on 8/10/44 it was disbanded.

The division was reformed in the Eifel from Castorf (172nd Divi-

sion) Kampfgruppe. On 11/5/44 the division was absorbed into the

344th ID. The infantry was simply transferred, but the 191st Mountain

Artillery Regiment became the 344th Artillery Regiment.

92nd Infantry Division: Formed on 1/15/44 as part of the 25th Wave,

the division had:

1/,2/,3/1059th Grenadier Regiment (from 1026th GR)

1/,2/,3/1060th Grenadier Regiment (from 1033rd GR)



The 192nd Divisional Fusilier Battalion was formed in May 1944 in

Italy. The 1059th Grenadier Regiment formed a 4th battalion in June

from the 560th Ost Battalion. The division was reduced to a Kampf-

gruppe and was disbanded on 6/20/44 in Albania. The remnants of the

division were used to rebuild the 362nd ID. The two grenadier regi-

ments retained their numbers, the 192nd Panzerjäger Battalion became

the 362nd Panzerjäger Battalion. The other service units were

disbanded.

93rd Infantry Division: Formed on 9/17/39 as part of the 5th Wave,

the division had:





193rd Division (Einheiten) Support Units (contained a bicycle

squadron in lieu of a reconnaissance battalion)

The three infantry regiments had a 13th company formed of heavy

mortars, which were replaced in 1941 by three infantry gun companies

from the 208th ID (3rd Wave). The division was placed on standdown

from 8/26/40 to 2/14/41.

The 271st Grenadier Regiment "Feldherrnhalle" was by the order

of 2/17/42 was used to rebuild the 60th (mot) Division and became part

of that Panzer Grenadier Division when it was reestablished. The

remainder of the division was restructured into a Type 44 division on

9/22/43, with the 273rd GR being reformed and a Divisional Fusilier

Battalion being raised. The division had:




93rd Divisional Fusilier (AA) Battalion


193rd Divisional (Einheiten) Service Units

The division was captured by the Russians.

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the division had:




1/,2,3/,4/194th Artillery Regiment

From August 1940 to February 1941 the division stood down.

The 13th Companies, heavy mortars, in the infantry regiments were

replaced with close support infantry guns taken from the 223rd ID

(3rd Wave). In 1942 the division added the 1/94th IR. In January the

94th Infantry Division was captured in Stalingrad.

The division was reformed on 3/1/43 in Lorient (France) from the

878th and 875th Grenadier Regiments. On 10/1/43 the division was

restructured into the Type 44 Division with the 3/267th becoming the

1/952nd, the 3/276th becoming the 1/953rd, both of the 361st ID. The

3/194th AR became the 1/275th AR (275th ID).

The remainder of the division served at Cassino on 5/20/44

where it took heavy casualties. The division was used to rebuild the

305th ID and remained as a shell division, cadre only, until 13 August

1944 when it was rebuilt from the Schlesien Shadow Division. It then

contained:






The division was captured in the Alps and passed into American

captivity.

95th Infantry Division: Formed on 9/19/39 as part of the 5th Wave, the division had:






From August 1940 to February 1941 the division stood down. The

2/,3/195th Panzerjäger Battalion were detached and on 7/4/40 they

became the 2/,3/230th Panzerjäger Battalion in the 169th ID. The

3/195th was reformed on 2/27/41. On 4/2/41 the heavy mortar compa-

nies in the regiments were replaced by close support infantry gun

companies taken from the 211th ID.

During the winter of 1943/44 the division was reorganized into

a Type 44 Division. The 1/278th became the 195th Divisional Battalion

and finally the 195th Fusilier Battalion. The 3/279th and 2/280th IR

were disbanded in June 1944. The division had:







On 7/21/44 the division was disbanded and used to build the 95th

Divisional Group with the 278th and 279th Regimental Groups, the 95th

Fusilier Battalion and the 1/,2/195th AR. It was eventually disbanded.

On 9/10/44 the Corps Detachment "H" was redesignated as the

95th Infantry Division. The newly formed division had:

1/,2/278th Grenadier Regiment (from 95th Division Group)

1/,2/279th Grenadier Regiment (from 197th Division Group &

95th Fusilier Battalion)

1/,2/280th Grenadier Regiment (from 256th Division Group and


195th Divisional Fusilier Battalion (from 3/75th Security Regt)

1/,2/,3/,4/195th Artillery Regiment (from "H" Corps Artillery)

195th Division (Einheiten) Service Units (from "H" Corps Services)

This division was taken prisoner by the Russians in Pillau and

Hela.


the division had:






From August 1940 to February 1941 the division stood down. The

2/,3/196th Panzerjäger Battalion were detached on 7/4/40 to form the

2/,3/290th Panzerjäger Battalion, 290th ID and were reformed when the

division stood to arms in February. The 13th Companies (heavy mor-

tars) were replaced on 4/2/41 by close support infantry gun companies

drawn from the 246th ID.

In 1942 the division disbanded the 1/283rd, 1/284th and 3/287th

IR. In June 1944 the division was trapped in the Hube Pocket. It was

reformed and the 3/283rd and 3/284th were redesignated as the 1/283rd and

1/284th IR. The division then had:







In 1945 the division was in lower Austria. Part was captured by

the Russians and part by the Americans.

97th Light Infantry Division: Formed on 12/10/40 as part of the 12th

Wave, from one third of the 7th Infantry Division and detachments

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form the 3rd ID, the division had:





97th Jäger Division: Formed on 7/6/42 from the 97th Light ID, the

division had:





The division underwent no known changes and was captured in the

Deutsch-Brode Region in 1945 by the Russians.

98th Infantry Division: Formed on 9/18/39as part of the 5th Wave, the

division had:






Between August 1940 and February 1941 the division stood down.

Upon being recalled, the 13th Companies (heavy mortar companies) were

replaced by close infantry support gun companies drawn from the 215th ID.

In 1942 the 2/282nd, 3/289th and 3/290th IR were disbanded. The

3/282nd became the 2/282nd. The division had only six battalions

through the summer of 1943. On 2/14/43 the 289th Grenadier Regiment

was disbanded and the 98th Divisional Battalion was formed from the

2/289th. The 2/289th became the 3/282nd. On 3/1/44 the division was

reestablished with three grenadier regiments when the 615th Grenadier

Regiment was assigned. In May 1944 the division was destroyed in the

Crimea.

The division was reformed on 6/5/44 in Croatia from the remain-

der of the 98th Division and the staff of the 387th ID. The division

now had:






While serving in Italy, on 9/19/44 the Grenadier Lehr Brigade was

incorporated as the 290th Grenadier Lehr Regiment. It then was

transferred to the Reichsgrenadier Division "Hoch- und

Deutschmeister". On 10/28/44 it was absorbed into the 98th ID as the

117th Grenadier Lehr Regiment and finally the became the 117th Grenad-

ier Regiment when the old 117th was disbanded. The division was taken

into captivity by the Americans.


Wave, from detachments of the 17th and the 46th IDs the division had:





On 10/22/41 the division the division was absorbed into the 7th

Mountain Division.

100th Ersatz Division: Formed on 6/1/40 as part of the 3rd Wave, the

division had:



95th Artillery Battalion (3 batteries)

95th Pioneer Battalion (3 companies)

On 6/29/40 the 4/214th was raised from detachments of the

3561st Feldrekruten Company. On 8/9/40 the division was disbanded.

Only the 4/214th was used to form the 892nd Landschützen Battalion (6

companies).


Wave, with 54th IR from the 18th ID, and one third of the 45th ID.

the division had:





The division later absorbed the 369th Croatian IR. On 7/6/42 the

division became the 100th Jäger Division.

100th Jäger Division: The division was formed on 7/6/42 and had:





The division was destroyed in January 1943 in Stalingrad. The

division was reformed on 4/17/43 from the 100th Jäger Division Kampf-

gruppe (2 battalions, an artillery battalion and a pioneer company).

The 83rd AR was expanded to three battalions on 10/13/43. In 1945 a

fourth, heavy artillery battalion, was formed. The division was cap-

tured by the Soviets in Silesia.

101st Light Infantry Division: Formed on 12/10/40 as part of the 12th

Wave, with one third of the 35th ID. The division had:

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On 7/6/42 the division was converted into the 101st Jäger Division.

101st Jäger Division: Formed on 7/6/42 from the 101st Light ID, it had:





Eventually the division added the 1/101st and 4/101st Azerbijani

IR. It was taken prisoner by the Americans in upper Austria.


with one third of the 8th and 28th IDs. It had:






On 6/1/42 the 84th Infantry Regiment was assigned to the divi-

sion as a fourth regiment. On 7/10/42 it was used to replace the

235th IR, which was disbanded. On 7/20/42 the 3/84th, 1/232nd and

3/233rd were also disbanded, bring the division to six battalions.

On 11/2/43 the division absorbed the remains of the 216th ID,

which was at that point the 216th Division Group, the 2/216th AR and

the 102nd Divisional Fusilier Battalion. The 233rd Grenadier Regiment

and the 2/104th AR were disbanded. The division had:



216th Division Group (248th & 396th Regimental Groups)

102nd Divisional Fusilier Battalion



102nd Division (Einheiten) Service Units.

At the end of 1944 the 216th Divisional Group was absorbed into

the 216th Grenadier Regiment and the 2/216th AR became the 2/104th

AR. The division was disbanded in East Prussian in April 1945 and the

manpower absorbed into the 28th Jäger Division. They were finally

taken prisoner by the Russians.

103rd Infantry Division: Not formed.

104th Jäger Division: Formed on 4/1/43 as part of the 15th Wave,

around detachments from the 704th ID. The division had:

1/,2/,3/724th Jäger Regiment (from 724th Grenadier Regiment)


1/,2/,3/654th Artillery Regiment (from 654th Artillery Bn)


The division was taken prisoner by Yugoslavs in the vicinity of

Cilli in 1945.

105th Infantry Division: Not formed.


with one third of the 6th and 26th ID. The division had:






On 5/12/41 the 3/241st IR was sent to Africa and on 9/21/41 it

became the 1/155th Schützen Regiment. It was reformed in the parent

division on 6/1/42. On 11/2/43 the 39th Division Group was absorbed

into the division. The 241st Grenadier Regiment, 3/239th and the

3/240th IRs were disbanded. Reformed as a Type 44 Division, the

division had:

39th Division Group (113rd and 114th Regimental Groups)






On 28 February it absorbed the Milowitz Shadow Division and on

7/27/44 the 39th Division Group was reformed into the 113th Grenadier

Regiment. The division was disbanded on 10/9/44. The remainder was

assigned to the 76th and 15th Divisions to reform them.

The division was reformed on 3/24/45. It absorbed the existing

106th ID Kampfgruppe. It had:

113th Grenadier Regiment (from Staff/31st Fortress Infantry

Regiment, XIII Zollgrenzschutz Battalion & III Oberrhein

Luftwaffe Brigade)

239th Grenadier Regiment (from Staff/15th Grenadier Regiment,

1st Zollgrenzschutz Battalion & XVIII Oberrhein Gren. Bn.

240th Grenadier Regiment (from Staff/728th GR, 106th Alarm Bn,

& 3/Oberrhein Luftwaffe Brigade

107th Artillery Regiment (from staff,2/107th and 1/1539th

Fortress Artillery Regiment)

106th Pioneer Battalion (from 56th Fortress Pioneer Battalion)


The division was taken prisoner by the Americans in southern

Germany.

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with one third of the 12th and 30th IDs, the division had:






In May 1941 the 3/255th IR was sent to Africa and disbanded

there in 1942. It was not rebuilt. The division then disbanded the

3/252nd and 1/254th. On 11/2/43 the 252nd Gren. Regt was disbanded,

with the Staff/, 2/252nd being incorporated into the 321st Division

Group, the 1/252nd joining the 254th IR. As a third regiment, the

division received the 321st Division Group, formed from the disbanded

321st ID. The division now had:

321st Division Group (with 589th & 590th Regimental Groups)



110th Divisional Fusilier Battalion (AA)




In July 1944 the division was caught in the pocket by Minsk and

destroyed. It was disbanded on8/3/44 and never reformed.


the division had:







The 50th and 70th IRs were formed as third regiments as a

result of the reorganization of their original divisions into motorized

divisions. The artillery regiment was newly formed, but some drafts

came from other sources. The panzerjäger battalion, the reconnais-

sance battalion, the pioneer battalion, and the signals battalion were

built with 2/3rds coming from standing divisions.

The artillery regiment received two nebelwerfer batteries on

6/1/42. On 5/4/43 the 1/50th, 1/70th and 2/117th were disbanded and

replaced by the 1/,2/260th Grenadier Regiment, 1/375th Grenadier

Regiments from the 444th and 454th Security Divisions. They were

later disbanded as the division converted into a Type 44 division.

When the conversion was complete the division had:




111th Divisional Fusilier Battalion (AA)



In May 1944 the division was destroyed in Sebastopol. The

remains went to France. The 50th 117th Grenadier Regiments were

rebuilt on 7/27/44 and the remains of the 70th were absorbed into

the 1651st Division as the 2/866th IR. In August it was lost in

Bessarabia. The division was not further developed and never rees-

tablished.


with one third of the 34th ID and that part of the 33rd ID that was not

incorporated into the 15th Panzer Division. The division had:






In May 1941 the 3/258th IR was sent to Africa and later con-

verted into the 2/155th Schützen Regiment. On 11/2/43 the division

was disbanded. The infantry was formed into the 112th Division Group.

113th Infantry Division: Formed on 12/10/40 with one third of 15th and

24th IDs. The division had:

1/,2/,3/260th Infantry Division

1/,2/,3/261st Infantry Division

1/,2/,3/268th Infantry Division

1/,2/,3/,4/87th Artillery Division

113th Division (Einheiten) Service

On 1/18/41 the 1/268th and 2/260th were merged. In May 1942 the

3/268th was sent to Africa and on 9/21/42 it became the 3/155th

Schützen Regiment. In 1942 the regiments were strengthened by the

addition of a 9th company and later by a full battalion. The division

was destroyed at Stalingrad.

It was reformed on 3/21/42 in France. It had:






The division was savaged and on 11/2/43 it stood as the 113th

Division Group. It was used to rebuild the 337th ID.

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114th Jäger Division: Formed on 4/1/43 by the conversion of the 714th

ID (15th Wave) into a Jäger Division. The division contained:

1/,2/,3/721st Jäger Regiment (from 721st Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/,3/741st Jäger Regiment (from 741st Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/,3/66th Artillery Regiment (from 661st Artillery Bn)


In 1945 the 4/66th AR was formed from the 2/671st. The division

was taken prisoner by the Americans in Brescia, Italy.



117th Jäger Division: Formed on 4/1/43 by the reorganization of the

717th ID into a Jäger Division. The division had:





In March 1945 the 2/737th was rebuilt from the 1010th Fortress

Battalion and the artillery regimental staff was rebuilt from the

944th Army Coast Defense AR. The division was taken prisoner by the

Americans by Steyr.

118th Jäger Division: Formed on 4/1/43 from the conversion of the

718th ID into a Jäger Division. The division had:





in February 1945 the 4/668th Artillery Regiment was formed. The

division was taken prisoner by the English near Klagenfurt.



121st Infantry Division: Formed on 10/5/40 as part of the 11th Wave

from one third of the 1st and 21st IDs, the division had:

1/,2/,3/405th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/22 & 3/1st IR)

1/,2/,3/407th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/3rd & 3/24th IR)

1/,2/,3/408th Infantry Regiment (from 3/43rd & 3/45th IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/121st Artillery Regiment (from Staff/,1/,2/1st, 2/21st

& 1/57th Artillery Regiments)


On 7/15/42 the 3/405th, 2/407th and 2/408th were disbanded and

each regiment formed a 15th Company. The 121st Reconnaissance and

Panzerjäger Battalions were merged to form the 121st Schnell Batta-

lion. In 1944 the Schnell Battalion became the Division Fusilier Batta-

lion and a Panzerjäger Battalion. On 7/3/44 the 3/407th and 3/408th

were changed to the 2/407th and 2/408th Grenadier Regiments. On

3/17/44 the division was rebuilt from the Mielau Shadow Division. It

was taken prisoner by the Russians in Kurland.


with one third of the 32nd and 258th IDs. The division had:

1/,2/,3/409th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/4th, & 3/478th IR)

1/,2/,3/410th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/3/458th, & 3/96th IR)

1/,2/,3/411th Infantry Regiment (from3/94 & 3/479th)

1/,2/,3/,4/122nd Artillery Regiment (1/32nd, 3/248th, & 1/68th

Artillery Regiment)

122nd Divisional (Einheiten) Service Units

On 5/18/42 the 3/409, 2/410 & 3/411 IR were disbanded and each

regiment formed a 15th (bicycle) Company. The division was captured

by the Russians in Kurland.


with one third of the 23rd and 257th IDs, plus part of the 3rd (mot)

ID and the cavalry squadron of the 18th ID. The division had:

1/,2/,3/415th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/9, & 3/477th IR)

1/,2/,3/416th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/457th & 3/67th IR)

1/,2/,3/418th Infantry Regiment (from 3/68th & 3/466th IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/123rd Artillery Regiment (from 2/23rd, 3/257th & 1/59th

Artillery Regiments)


On 3/1/44 the division was disbanded after heavy casualties in

Southern Russia. It was reformed as the 123rd Division Group in the

"F" Corps Detachment.



with one third of the 5th and 260th IDs with some detachments from

the 25th (mot) ID. The division had:


1/,2/,3/420th Infantry Regiment (fm Staff/,3/460th, & 3/470th IR)

1/,2/,3/421st Infantry Regiment (fm 3/56th & 3/480th IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/125th Artillery Regiment (from 3/5,3/260, & 1/41st



In 1943 the division was reorganized into a Type 44 Division. It had:



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On 3/13/44, after escaping from the Nikopol pocket, the division

was disbanded. It was reorganized into the 125th Division Group and

assigned to the 302nd ID.


with one third of the 11th and 253rd IDs and part the 16th ID as it

became a panzer division. The division had:

1/,2/,3/422nd Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/2 & 3/23rd IR)

1/,2/,3/424th Infantry Regiment (from 3/44 & 3/464th IR)

1/,2/,3/426th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/453rd & 3/473rd IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/126th Artillery Regiment (from Staff/,2/11th & 1/253rd



In winter of 1942/43 the 3rd battalions of each regiment were dis-

banded and the remnants used to form a 15th (Bicycle) Company in each

regiment. In winter of 1943/44 the division was reorganized into a

Type 44 Division. It had:










with one third of the 9th and 251st IDs and the horse drawn portion

of the 33rd ID as it became the 15th Panzer Division. The division

had:


1/,2/,3/428th Infantry Regiment (fm 3/116th & 3/471st IR)

1/,2/,3/429th Infantry Regiment (fm Staff/,3/451st & 3/459th IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/129th Artillery Regiment (from Staff/,1/9th, 1/251st &

4/239th Artillery Regiments)


On 12/25/41 the 2/,3/329th and the remainder of the 236th AR (162nd

ID) were disbanded and incorporated into the 129h ID. During the

Winter the 1/428th and 3/430th were disbanded and formed into the

15th (Bicycle) Companies. In 1943 the 2/427th was disbanded and

formed into the 129th Division Fusilier Battalion. On 4/4/44 the

1/,2/430th were rebuilt from the 566th Grenadier Regiments from the

390th Feldausbildung Division. After heavy looses near Bobruisk and

Baranowitschi, on 7/22/44, the division was rebuilt as a Type 44

Division. It had







During the retreat from Narew the division was decimated and

finally disbanded. It was absorbed into various units in the 4th

Army.


131st Infantry Division: Formed on 10/5/40 as part of the 11th Wave,

with one third of the 31st and 269th IDs and the horse drawn portion

of the 19th ID. The division had:

1/,2/,3/431st Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/12th & 3/82nd IR)

1/,2/,3/432nd Infantry Regiment (fm Staff/,3/469th & 3/489th IR)

1/,2/,3/434th Infantry Regiment (fm 3/17th & 3/490th IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/131st Artillery Regiment (from Staff/,1/31st & 1/259th



In 1942 the 3/431st, 3/432nd, and 3/434th were disbanded and on

2/1/43 the 432nd Grenadier Regiment was disbanded. The division was

reorganized as follows:

1/,2/,3/431st Grenadier Regiment (3rd Bn from 1/432nd)

1/,2/,3/434th Grenadier Regiment (3rd Bn from 2/432nd)

131st Division Battalion



The 432rd Grenadier Regiment was reformed on 5/1/44 from the

565th Grenadier Regiment (52nd Feldausbildung Division). The 3/431st

and 3/434th GR were then disbanded. On 8/11/44 the remains of the

196th ID were incorporated into the division.







The division was taken prisoner in East Prussian in 1945.


with one third of the 263rd and 268th IDs and the horse drawn por-

tion of the 27th ID. The division had:

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1/,2/,3/436th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/463rd & 3/483rd IR)

1/,2/,3/437th Infantry Regiment (fm 3/485th & 3/499th IR)

1/,2/,3/438th Infantry Regiment (fm Staff/,3/468th & 3/488th)

1/,2/,3/,4/132nd Artillery Regiment (from Staff/268th, 3/263rd,

3/26th Artillery Regiments & 3/764th Hvy. Art. Bn)


In 1943 the 3/436th became the Sturm Battalion of the 18th Army.

The 1/437th and 2/438th disbanded and replaced by the 3/437th and

3/438th IR. The division was reorganized into a Type 44 Division and

had:




132nd Divisional Fusilier Battalion



In December 1944 the division disbanded the Staff/,2/437th and

2/436th IR as well as the 3/132nd AR. the 1/437th was transferred to

the 436th GR and the 437th GR vanished. The division was taken

prisoner by the Russians in Kurland.

133rd Fortress Division: Formed on 2/21/44 from the Krete Fortress

Brigade. It contained:

212nd Panzer Battalion (2 light companies)

1/,2/,3/733rd Grenadier Regiment (newly formed)

1/,2/,3/746th Grenadier Regiment (formed from 713th ID)



During 1944 the division remained in Crete with the 832nd and

833rd Security Battalions, the Crete Artillery (coastal) Regiment and

the Crete Pioneer Battalion. Only part of the division escaped from

the island and it passed into English captivity after the war.


with one third of the 252nd and 255th IDs as well as the horse drawn

portion of the 10th Motorized ID. The division contained:

1/,2/,3/439th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/452nd & 3/455th IR)

1/,2/,3/445th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/455th, 3/472nd

& 3/475th IR)

1/,2/,3/446th Infantry Regiment (from 3/461st & 3/465th IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/134th Artillery Regiment (from 242nd and 255th AR)


In March 1944 part of the 390th (Feldausbildung - recruit train-

ing) Division was incorporated into the division. In June 1944 the

division was part of Army Group Middle and was destroyed in the battle

of the Bobuirsk Pocket. The survivors were distributed to the

14th, 50th, and 170th IDs and the 203rd and 390th Security Divisions.

On 8/3/44 the division was officially disbanded.


136th Infantry Division: Formed as a staff only on 4/25/44, two four

company battalions - (M) 1/136th & (M) 2/136th - were formed from

infantry with stomach problems (notorious "stomach divisions"). It was

disbanded on 10/30/44.


with one third of the 44th and 262nd IDs and the horse drawn portion

of the 18th ID. The division had:

1/,2/,3/447th Infantry Regiment (from 3/131st & 3/482nd IR)


1/,2/,3/449th Infantry Regiment (from Staff/,3/462nd & 3/132nd IR)

1/,2/,3/,4/137th Artillery Regiment (from Staff/,2/96th, 3/262nd

Artillery Regiment & 758th Hvy Art. Bn)


In 1942 the 3/447th and 1/448th were disbanded. In 1943 the

Staff/,3/449th Grenadier Regiment were also disbanded, with their

troops being used to form the 137th Division Battalion. The division

was restructured with:

1/,2/447th Grenadier Regiment (+1/449th Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/448th Grenadier Regiment (+2/449th Grenadier Regiment)

137th Divisional Battalion



On 11/2/43 the division was disbanded. The staff/,2/,3/448th

Grenadier Regiment were formed into the 137th Division Group of "E"

Corps Detachment. The divisional staff formed the staff for the

271st ID (22nd Wave), the Signals Bn became army troops, the 1/137th

AR became the 4/246th AR, the 2/137th AR became the 2/277th AR, the

staff became the Staff 2/361st AR. The service units were dispersed

into the newly forming 21st and 22nd Wave divisions.



140th Infantry Division: Formed as a staff in 9/7/44 under the name

Kräutler Division Group and later as "K" Division Group. It contained:

1/,2/,3/139th Mountain Jäger Regiment

3rd Jäger Battalion

Staff/931st Artillery Regiment

124th Mountain Artillery Battalion

424th Light Gun Artillery Battalion

Pioneer Company

Signals Company

141st Infantry Division: Formed on 12/8/39 as a replacement processing

division, the division had:

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1/,2/,3/1st Ersatz Infantry Regiment


1/,2/,3/206th Ersatz Infantry Regiment


1/,2/,3/,4/,5/1st Ersatz Artillery Regiment

1st Ersatz Cavalry Regiment

1st Ersatz Pioneer Battalion

1st Ersatz Signal Battalion

1st Fahr-Ersatz Battalion

On 9/24/42 the division was converted into an Ersatz Division.

141st Reserve Infantry Division: Formed in October 1942 with the:

1st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (1st, 43rd, & 45th Bns)

61st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (23rd, 44th & 389th Bns)

206th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (22nd, 162nd & 312th Bns)

11th Reserve Artillery Battalion

1st Reserve Pioneer Battalion

On 2/19/44 the division was disbanded and used to form a Shadow

Division in the 24th Wave. The shadow division was not formed and

the troops were absorbed into the 68th ID. The 1st Reserve Grenadi-

er division was formed into the 506th Grenadier Regiment of the 291st

ID on 2/28/44.

142nd Infantry Division: Never formed.

143rd Infantry Division: Formed on 11/28/43, as a replacement process-

ing division, the division had:

1/,2/,3/3rd Ersatz Infantry Regiment




1/,2/,3/,4/,5/3rd Ersatz Artillery Regiment

9th Ersatz Cavalry Battalion

9th Ersatz Panzerjäger Battalion

68th Ersatz Pioneer Battalion

1st Ersatz Railroad Battalion

3rd Fahr-Ersatz Battalion

23rd Kraftfahr-Ersatz Battalion

3rd Ersatz Construction Pioneer Battalion

In August 1941 the division was reorganized with:

68th Ersatz Infantry Regiment





143rd Infantry Division: Formed on 9/89/42 with:

68th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (169th, 188th & 512th Bns)

76th Reserve Grenadier Regiment(230th, 323rd, 386th & 479th Bns)

208th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (122nd, 337th, & 397th Bns)



On 10/23/43 the division was planned to be formed into the 394th

(Feldausbildung - recruit training) ID in conjunction with the 143rd and

147th Reserve Divisions. However, only a Feldausbildung Regiment was

formed. The remainder of the division was converted into various

other units.




147th Infantry Division: Formed in Augsburg on 4/1/40 as a replace-

ment processing division, it had:



27th Ersatz Artillery Regiment


147th Reserve Infantry Division: Formed on 10/1/42 the 147th Division

was joined to the 407th Division and formed into the 147th Reserve

Division. In December 1943 the division had:

212th Reserve Grenadier Regt (63rd, 316th, 320th 423rd & 468th bns)

268th Reserve Grenadier Regt (91st & 488th bns)


27th Reserve Pioneer Battalion

947th Division Service Bureau

148th Infantry Division: Formed on 12/1/39, as a replacement processing

division, it had:

8th Ersatz Inf. Regt. (28th, 84th & 164th Bns)

28th Ersatz Inf. Regt. (7th, 350th, 461st Bns)

239th Ersatz Inf. Regt. (327th, 372nd, & 452nd Bns)

252nd Ersatz Inf. Regt. (38th, 183rd, 444th Bns)

13th Schützen Ersatz Battalion

8th Ersatz Artillery Regt (8th,28th, 44th, 116th & 252nd Bns)

In 1940 the artillery and schützen battalions were replaced by

the 8th Ersatz AR (8th, 28th and 44th Bns) and the 8th Ersatz Pioneer

Battalion.

148th Reserve Division: On 10/1/42 the 148th became the 148th Re-

serve Division. By 1943 the division was restructured and contained:

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8th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (7th, 28th, 164th Bns)

239th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (327th, 372nd & 444th Bns)

8th Reserve Artillery Regiment (8th & 44th Bns)


1048th Panzerjäger Company

1048th Bicycle Squadron

1048th Reserve Division Supply Units

In November 1943 the division was moved to Nizza. On 7/2/44 the

division was assigned to a field army.

148th Infantry Division: The 148th Reserve Division was converted

into a standing infantry division on 10/5/44. It had:



1/,2/,286th Grenadier Regiment






In November the division stood on the Ligurian coast and was

taken prisoner by the Americans shortly later.

149th (Feldausbildungs - Training) Division: Formed on 3/12/45 in Holland,

the division had:

1301st Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment

1302nd Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment

1303rd Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment


On 3/21/45 a regiment, with three battalions, an artillery regi-

ment and an artillery battery were all that was assigned to the

division.

150th Infantry Division: Formed on 3/12/45 with:

1304th Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment





On 3/21/45 three grenadier battalions and a pioneer battalion

were formed.

151st Division: formed on 11/13/39 as a replacement formation. On

8/12/39 it became the 141st Division.

151st Division: formed on 12/6/39, it consisted of:

11th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (23rd, 311th, & 389th Bns)

61st Ersatz Infantry Regiment (44th, 325th & 356th Bns)

217th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (1nd, 3rd & 346th Bns)

228th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (45th, 400th, &

23rd Erganzung Bn)

11th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (11th, 212st, 47th, 217th &

228th Bns)


1st Ersatz Panzerjäger Battalion

1st Fahr-Ersatz Battalion

1st Kraftfahr-Ersatz Battalion

151st Reserve Division: Formed from the 151st Division on 9/25/42 it

was modified in December 1943 and had:

21st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (24th, 176th & 301st Bns)

217th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (2nd, 3rd, & 311th Bns)

1st Reserve Artillery Battalion

On 2/9/44 the division was disbanded and used to form the

Mielau Shadow Division.

151st (Feldausbildungs - Training) Division: Formed on 3/12/45, it was

to have:




1451st Artillery Regiment

1451st Division (Einheiten) Service Units.

Only part of the division was ever formed.

152nd Division: Formed on 8/26/39, the division had:

2nd Infantry Ersatz Regt (mot)(5th, 25th & 92nd Bns)

12th Infantry Ersatz Regt (89th, 202nd, 222nd)

32nd Infantry Ersatz Regt (4th, 94th, ( 374th)

75th Infantry Ersatz Regt (48th & 172nd)

207th Infantry Ersatz Regt (96th, 322nd & 368th)

258th Infantry Ersatz Regt (27th & 458th)

2nd Artillery Ersatz Regt (2nd, 32nd, 38th, & 207th)

2nd Artillery Observation Battalion

12th Artillery Ersatz Regt (12th, 48th & 258th)

5th Cavalry Ersatz Battalion

2nd Signals Ersatz Battalion

2nd Fahr-Ersatz Battalion

2nd Kraftfahr-Ersatz Battalion

32nd Kraftfahr-Ersatz Battalion

In 1943 the division was reorganized and now had:

75th Grenadier Ausbildungs Regiment (172nd & 478th Bns)

207th Grenadier Ausbildungs Regiment (322nd, 368th & 374th Bns)

Artillery Ausbildungs Battalion

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600th Sturmgeschütz Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

12th Pioneer Ausbildungs Battalion

On 1/6/45 it was formed into a Kampfgruppe. In March 1945 it

contained:

75th Grenadier Ausbildungs Regiment

478th Grenadier Ausbildungs Battalion

32nd Artillery Ausbildungs Battalion

12th Pioneer Ausbildungs Battalion

In April 1945 it was absorbed into the 83rd ID.

152nd (Feldausbildungs-Training) Division: formed on 3/12/45, it had:




On 3/21 the division had formed only two battalions and the 56th

Jäger Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion. On 3/23/45 the further growth

of the division was stopped.

153rd Division: Formed on 8/26/39 as a replacement depot. It con-

tained:

23rd Infantry Ersatz Regiment (9th, 178th & 323nd Bns)

76th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (68th, 230th, & 386th Bns)

218th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (67th, 203rd, 397th Bns)

83rd (mot) Infantry Ersatz Regiment (99th Bn, 3rd & 8th Schützen)

168th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (23rd, 176th & 218th Bns)

23rd (mot) Artillery Ersatz Regiment (59th & 75th Bns)

5th Panzer Ersatz Battalion


3rd Panzerjäger Ersatz Battalion

3rd Pioneer Ersatz Battalion


208th Pioneer Ersatz Battalion

4th Railroad Pioneer Ersatz Battalion

3rd Signal Ersatz Battalion

23rd Signal Ersatz Battalion

3rd Kraftfahr-Ersatz Battalion

153rd Reserve Division: Formed on 9/11/42 with the replacement por-

tion of the 463rd Division, the 153rd Reserve Division was formed in

the Ukraine with:

23rd Reserve Grenadier Regiment (178th, 68th & 477th Bns)

218th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (67th, 203rd & 309th Bns)


3rd Reserve Artillery Regiment (3rd & 23rd Bns)

3rd Reserve Pioneer Battalion

153rd (Feldausbildungs-Training) Division:

Formed on 12/10/42 with part of the 153rd Reserve Division. On

1/15/43 it contained three grenadier regiments. On 3/29/43 the re-

serve grenadier regiments were converted into Grenadier (Feldausbil-

dungs) Regiments. The numbers of the battalions were changed to 1st,

2nd & 3rd Bns of each regiment. In March 1944 the division found

itself committed to battle and was destroyed in the Crimea.

It was reformed in April 1944 and consisted of:

1/,2/,3/715th Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment



453rd (Feldausbildungs) Artillery Regiment (staff & 1 battalion)

153rd (Feldausbildungs) Pioneer Battalion


The division was destroyed in Rumania in August 1944. The

survivors were sent to Bulgaria. The division was again reformed in

October 1944. No details are known.

153rd Grenadier division: formed on 12/14/44.




453rd Artillery Regiment (1 battalion)


153rd Division Service Units

The division was taken prisoner by the Russians near Deutsch-

brod.

154th Division: Formed on 11/10/39 as a replacement troop processing

formation. The division had:

4th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (10th & 192nd Bns)

223rd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (171st, 334th & 385th Bns)

255th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (103rd, 425th & 455th Bns)

256th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (32nd, 52nd, 234th, & 414th Bns)

4th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (4th, 40th, 223rd, & 256th Bns)

4th Observation Ersatz Battalion

10th Reconnaissance Ersatz Battalion

1st Bridge Pioneer Ersatz Battalion


4th Kraftfahr-Ersatz Battalion

24th Fahr-Ersatz Battalion

On 9/15/42 it was incorporated into the 154th Reserve Division.

154th Reserve Division Contained:

56th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (171st, 475th & 514th Bns)

223rd Reserve Grenadier Regiment (192nd, 234th, & 456th Bns)




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It be used to reform the Zimmer Eingreifgruppe on 4/21/44 and

the 68th ID. On 8/11/44 it was reformed with the remains 154th and

174th Reserve Divisions. In September 1944 it had:

56th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (171st, 455th & 514th Bns)

223rd Reserve Grenadier Regiment (192nd, 440th & 465th Bns)



On 1 October 1944 it was incorporated into the 154th (Feldausbil-

dungs-Training) Division.

154th (Feldausbildungs-Training) Division: Formed on 1 October 1944 with:

1/,2/562nd Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment

1/,2/563rd Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment

1/,2/564th Grenadier (Feldausbildungs) Regiment

1054th Artillery (Feldausbildungs) Battalion

1054th Heavy Battalion

1054th Pioneer (Feldausbildungs) Battalion

In March 1945 the division was ordered reformed into the 154th

ID.

154th Infantry Division: Ordered formed in March 1945 the division did

not truly come into existence.

155th Division: Formed on 11/9/39 as a replacement troop formation.

It consisted of:

5th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (14th, 56th & 75th Bns)

25th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (13th, 35th, & 119th Bns)

35th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (34th, 109th & 111th Bns)

4th Machine Gun Ersatz Battalion

25th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (4th, 25th, 61st, 77th Bns)



5th Panzerjäger Ersatz Battalion



On 98/23/41 the division was sent to Stuttgart and reformed. It now

contained:

25th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (13th, 35th & 119th)

35th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (34th, 109th, 111th)


260th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (460th, 470th)


25th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (25th, 61st, 77th, 215th & 260th)





155th (Feldausbildungs-Training) Division: Formed on 11/2/444 in Italy

by Army Group C. On 1/3/45 the division had:




Fusilier Battalion




On 1/31/45 the division was converted into the 155th ID.

155th Infantry Division: The organization did not change from what it

had been before its conversion from the 155th Feldausbildungs Divi-

sion. It was taken prisoner near Belluno by the Americans.

155th (mot) Division: Formed on 5/10/42 from the 155th Division, it

contained:


5th Schützen Ersatz Regiment (86th & 215th Bns)

25th (mot) Infantry Ersatz Regiment (35th & 119th Bns)


5th Panzer Jäger Ersatz Battalion

260th (mot) Artillery Ersatz Battalion


5th Panzer Pioneer Ersatz Battalion



Reorganized into the 155th Panzer Division on 4/5/43 and on

8/1/43 that was reorganized into the 155th Reserve Panzer Division.

In December 1943 it had:


5th Panzer Grenadier Ersatz Regiment (86th & 215th Bns)

25th (mot) Grenadier Ersatz Regiment (35th & 119th Bns)

260th (mot) Artillery Ersatz Battalion

5th Panzer Jäger Ersatz Battalion

1055th Panzer Signals Ersatz Company

The order of 3/19/44 directed it be used to reform the 9th

Panzer Division. It was disbanded on 4/30/44. The 7th Reserve

Panzer battalion was used to form the Norwegian Panzer brigade.

156th Division: Formed on 11/15/39 as a replacement processing unit,

it had:

211th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (306th, 317th, 365th Bns)

227th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (328th, 366th, 412th Bns

253rd Infantry Ersatz Regiment (453rd, 464th, 473rd Bns0

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254th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (454th, 474th, 484th Bns)

16th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (2/169th, 1/211th, 2/211th, 227th)



6th Kraftfahr-Ersatz Gruppe

26th Kraftfahr-Ersatz Gruppe


26th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (39th, 77th 78th)


227th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (328th, 366th, 412nd)

253rd Infantry Ersatz Regiment (453rd, 464th, 473rd)


26th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (1/169th, 2/211th, 3/253rd & 354th)

16th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (76th, 2/169th, 1/211th & 227th)




on 7/24/41 the division was in Belgium and contained:




26th Artillery Ersatz Battalion


156th Reserve Division: The 156th Division was converted into the

156th Reserve Division on 10/4/42. Between 11/23/42 and 12/23/42 part

of the division was organized into the Baltzer division. On 2/12/43

the division was assigned to the 15th Army. In December 1943 the

division had:

26th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (77th & 78th)

227th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (366th, 412th)

254th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (454th, 474th, 484th)

26th Reserve Artillery Regiment (26th, 2/169th)

1056th Reserve Squadron


1056th Reserve Pioneer Company

1056th Reserve Signal Company

1056th Supply Units

On 2/1/44 the division was formed into the 47th Infantry Divi-

sion. It contained:

26th Res. Gren. Regt. (77th, 78th) = 1/,2/115th Gren. Regt.

227th Res. Gren. Regt. (366th, 412th) = 1/,2/103rd Gren. Regt.

254th Res. Gren. Regt. (454th, 474th) = 1/,2/104th Gren. Regt.

484th Res. Gren. Bn. = 147th Fusilier Battalion

26th Res. Art. Regt (26th, 2/169th) = 1/,2/147th Art. Regt.

1056th Panzerjäger Bn = 147th Panzerjäger Bn.

1056th Supply Units

156th Infantry Division (B) = Baltzer Division: Formed on 11/22/42, the

division consisted of:

156th Eingreifgruppe (Reserve Division)

1/254th Grenadier Regiment (B) (4 cos)


13th & 14th Cos, 254th Grenadier Regiment (B)

1/26th Artillery Regiment (B) (3 batteries)

171st Eingreifgruppe (Reserve Division)



Heavy Company, 19th Grenadier Regiment (B)

171st Bicycle Squadron (B)

171st Panzerjäger Company (B)

191st Eingreifgruppe (Reserve Division)

1/191st Grenadier Regiment (B) (4 cos)

2/191st Grenadier Regiment (B) (4 cos)

13th & 14th Cos, 191st Grenadier Regiment (B)

191st Bicycle Squadron (B)

191st Panzerjäger Company (B)

191st Signals Company (B)

191st Pioneer Company (B)

The 171st Eingreifgruppe was later reorganized with the 19th (B)

and 71st (B) Regiments, while the 191st Gruppe was formed from he 31st

(B) and 267th (B) Regiments. On 12/23/42, the division was disbanded.

Its forces were used to form the 80th ID.

156th (Feldausbildungs-Training) Division: Formed on 3/12/45, the divi-

sion had:






On 4/15/45 the division was designated as the 156th ID and

deployed.

157th Division: Formed on 11/9/39 as a replacement processing division, the divi-

sion (in March 1940) had:

7th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (19th, 61st, 62nd)


1st Mountain Jäger Ersatz Regiment (1/,2/98th, 99th, 100th)

7th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (7th, 43rd, 79th, 157th)




7th Signals Ersatz Battalion



7th Bau-Ersatz Battalion

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157th Reserve Division: Formed from the 157th Division on 10/1/42. In

December 1943 the division had:

7th Reserve Grenadier Division (19th, 61st, 62nd)

157th Reserve Grenadier Division (179th, 199th & 217th)

1st Reserve Mountain Jäger Division (1/,2/98th 99th & 100th)

7th Reserve Artillery Regiment (7th Bn & 79th Mountain Bn)

7th Reserve Pioneer Battalions

1057th Supply Service Units

In January 1944 the 7th Reserve Grenadier Division was sent to

the 276th ID. After the invasion of southern France it was assigned

to the defense of the alpine passes in Italy. On 9/1/44 it was

converted into a Jäger Division, of the new form.

157th Mountain Division: Organized on 10/1/44 from the 157th Reserve

Division, it contained:



1/,2/,3/,4/1057th Mountain Artillery Regiment


1057th Mountain Signals Battalion

1057th Mountain Pioneer Battalion


1057th Mountain Division Supply Units

In March 1945 the division was redesignated as the 8th Mountain

Division. It's organization was not altered.

158th Division: Formed on 11/10/39 as a replacement processing unit,

it had:

18th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (51st, 83rd, & 318th)

62nd Infantry Ersatz Regiment (20th, 190th, 406th)


221st Infantry Ersatz Regiment (49th, 360th, 375th)

18th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (18th, 54th, 1/,2/213th & 221st)












3rd Bridge Erection Ersatz Battalion

On 11/8/40 the division was sent to Alsace and it was restruc-

tured. It now had:

18th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (83rd & 318th)

62nd Infantry Ersatz Regiment (190th, 406th)


221st Infantry Ersatz Regiment (49th, 360th, 375th)

18th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (18th, 2/213th)


158th Reserve Division: The 158th Division became the 158th Reserve

Division on 10/1/42. It was sent to Silesia. On 1/1/43 it became the

158th ID (B) and was stationed near Paris. It formed the Wetzel

Eingreifgruppe, which consisted of:


13th & 14th Cos, 62nd Infantry Regiment

18th Artillery Regiment (B) - 1 light battery

1st Co,/213th Pioneer Battalion (B)

On 1/17/43 the 62 Grenadier Regiment (B) was disbanded and incur-

porated into the 213th Reserve Grenadier Battalion. In January 1943

the 1`58th Reserve Division moved from Strasbourg to La Rochelle. In

the Fall 1943 it stood on the Atlantic coast and consisted of:

18th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (83rd,, 190th, 318th & 406th)

213th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (54th, 354th, 472nd)

221st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (49th, 360th, 375th)

18th Reserve Artillery Regiment (18th & 2/213th)


1058th Reserve Panzerjäger Company

1058th Reserve Signals Company



The 602nd and 608th Reserve Bicyucle Battalions were placed under

the division. In April 1944 the 190th Reserve Grenadier Battalion

became the 275th Fusilier Battalion in the 275th ID. On 7/2/44 the

division was transferred to the active army. In July 1944 it was

formed into the 16th Infantry Division.

18th Res. Gren. Regiment (49th, 375th) =1/,2/221st Grenadier Regiment

213th Res. Gren. Regiment (54th, 472nd) =1/,2/223rd Grenadier Regiment

221st Res. Gren. Regiment (83,318th) =1/,2/225th Grenadier Regiment

18th Art. Regiment

(18, 2/213th & Nebelwerfer Btry)=1/,2/,3/1316th Artillery Regt.

602nd & 608th Reserve Bicycle Sqns = 16th Fusilier Battalion

1058th Res. Panzerjäger Co = 1316th Panzerjäger Bn

1058th Res. Signals Co = 1316th Signals Bn

213th Res. Pioneer Bn = 1316th Pioneer Bn

1058th Division Service Units = 1316th Einheiten

On 8/5/44 the division was disbanded.

158th (Feldausbildungs-Training) Division: Formed in March 1945, it to

have:

1/,2/1316th Jäger (Feldausbildungs) Regiment

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In April 1945 the division was designated as an infantry division.

It was taken prisoners by the Russians.

159th Division: Formed on 11/9/39 as a replacement processing unit.

It contained:

9th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (57th, 116th, 181st)

15th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (81st, 88th, 367th)

214th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (106th, 388th)

251st Ersatz Infantry Regiment (36th, 355th, 471st)

9th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (15th, 152nd, 214th, 251st)




3rd Railroad Pioneer Ersatz Battalion





159th Reserve Division: Formed on 10/1/42, the division had:

214th Reserve Infantry Regiment (106th, 367th, 388th0

251st Reserve Infantry Regiment (36th, 81st, 205th, & 471st)

The 213th Brunhyilde Regiment (106th, 367th, & 388th Bns) as the

870th Grenadier Regiment as well as the 1059th Bicycle Squadron,

1059th Panzerjäger Company, 1059th Signals Company to the 356th ID

and the transfer of the 9th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (57th, 181st,

& 355th bns) to the 189th Reserve Division on 5/1/43, the division

stood, in December 1943, as follows:


251st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (181st, 205th)


15th Pioneer Reserve Battalion

1059th Reserve Division Supply Units.

The 81st and 471st Battalions were transferred to the 948th and

949th Grenadier Regiments of the 359th ID on 11/25/43. On 1/8/44 the

division moved to Southwest France and was posted on the Atlantic

Coast. After the allied landings, it withdrew with heavy losses to

the Belfort region. It was designated as the 159th ID on 9/29/44 and

on 10/16/44 it stood with the following:



1181st Artillery Battalion





159th Infantry Division: Formed on 10/9/44 from the 159th Reserve

Division into an infantry division of the 32nd Wave, it had:





159th Divisional Fusilier Battalion (with 1059th Mortar Company)


1059th Panzerjäger Battalion (1 AT co & 3 Flak cos)




1059th (Einheiten) Service Units

The bulk of the infantry and artillery were destroyed in the

withdrawal and battles around Belfort. From the remains the following

was formed:

Staff & 2nd Bn, D/V (Walküre) Regiment

Büttner Artillery Battalion (3 batteries)

Albrecht Battery

Schmidt Battery

Panzerjäger Company, von Oppen Kampfgruppe

On 3 November 1944 the division had been fully reformed. In doing so

it absorbed the 2/,3/933rd Grenadier Regiment, 3/90th Avaition Train-

ing Regiment, the remains of the 242nd Veteran Company (242nd Garri-

son Infantry Division), 1089th Half Field Hospital (became 1059th Medi-

cal Co.), a detachment of the D/V Regiment, part of the 199th Security

Regiment, the Büttner Artillery Battalion (3 btrys), and a panzerjäger

company of the von Oppen Kampfgruppe. From the 159th Reserve Divi-

sion it absorbed:

2nd Co/ 9th Reserve Artillery Battalion

Albrecht Battery

Schmidt Battery

581st Field Post Office (former army troops)

1059th Division (Einheiten) Support Units (supply, transportation,

bakery, butcher, maintenance etc., etc.)

Further detachments were assigned on 21 January 1945. They included:

C/V Grenadier Regiment (without 1st Bn)

Oberrhein XI Grenadier Battalion

Oberrhein XII Grenadier Battalion

Remains/999th Security Battalion

Remains 10/X Fortress Anti-Tank Company

1/VII Battery

Alarm Battalion formed from 34th Fusilier Rpmt & Trng Battalion

Alarm Battalion formed from 56th Jäger Rpmt & Trng Battalion

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The division was organized as follows:








199th Security Battalion

1059th Flak Battery

1059th Infantry Support Gun Battery

169th (mot) Anti-Tank Battery


The 1211th Regiment was ready in January 1945. On 4 March 1945

the division is shown as having:







1059th Flak Battery





During the American offensive in Alsace the division was destroyed

and disbanded.

160th Division: Formed on 11/8/39 as a replacement processing unit, it

contained:

20th (mot) Infantry Ersatz Regiment (69th, 76th, 909th)

30th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (6th, 46th, 469th0


225th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (333rd, 376th & 490th)

20th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (20th, 30th, 58th & 225th)







The division was reduced, by October, 1940, a single regiment:

Division Command Viborg


160th Genesenden Battalion

In 1941 the division was in Copenhagen and in the summer of 1941

it was reinforced by the assignment of the 225th Infantry Ersatz

Regiment. On 12/1/41 the division had:

Division Command Copenhagen


225th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (333rd & 376th)

160th Genesenden Battalion


On 11/1/42 it contained:


225th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (333rd, 376th),377th & 469th)

20th Artillery Ersatz Battalion (58th & 290th)

280th Army Flak Ersatz Battalion

280th Ausbildungs Battalion

160th Reserve Division: Formed on 11/7/43 from the 160th Division, by

December it contained:

Division Command Holsted


225th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (202nd, 220th, 376th & 377th)

290th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (333rd, 469th)

20th Artillery Ersatz Battalion (58th & 290th)


280th Ausbildungs Battalion

In 1944 the 30th Reserve Pioneer Battalion was added and the 1060th

Support Troops.

160th Infantry Division: On 3/9/45 the 160th Reserve ID was formed

into the 160th ID as follows:

1/,2/,3/657th Grenadier Regiment - 58th Res. Gren Regt (26,209)

1/,2/,3/658th Grenadier Regiment - 225th Res. Gren Regt (220,276,377)

1/,2/,3/659th Grenadier Regiment - 290th Res. Gren Regt (333,469,202)

1/,2/1060th Artillery Regiment - 20th Res. Art. Regt (58, 290)

160th Divisional Fusilier Company

1060th Pioneer Battalion (from 412th (?) Volksturm Battalion)


the division had:



241st Light Artillery Battalion

On 12/28/39 the division absorbed the 1st, 11th and 21st Feldersatz

Battalions and expanded into:



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On 10/30/40 the division detached the Staff/371st, 1/336th and

1/364th to form the 677th IR, 332nd ID (14th Wave). Those units were

rebuilt. On 1/1/41 the 4/208th AR was assigned to the division and

formed into the 4/241st AR. On 11/1/42 the 336th was disbanded and

reduced to the 2/371st IR. However, on 1/12/43 it was reformed from

the 2/371st and 2/364th. On 6/17/43, the 1/336th was converted Sturm

Battalion of the Kempf Army Detachment.

On 11/10/43 the division was merged with the 293rd and 355th ID's

in southern Russian. The staff formed the Staff/"A" Korps Detach-

ment, the Staff/371st Gren Regt formed the Staff/161st Division Group,

with the 336th and 371st Regimental Groups. The "A" Corps Detach-

ment received Staff/,2/,4/241st AR, the 241st Panzerjäger Battalion,

241st Pioneer Battalion, 241st Signals Battalion and the support 241st

support troops, as well as the 161st Divisional Fusilier Battalion

(formed from the 1/364th) The Staff/336th Gren Rgt went to the 77th

ID, the Staff/364th Gren Regt went to the 367th ID, the 2/336th

became the 1/959th, the 3/364th became the 1/958th, and the 1/,3/241st

AR became the 2/,3/363rd AR in the 363rd AR (21st Wave).

The division was reformed by the order of 7/27/44, from the "A"

Corps Detachment. It had:

1/,2/371st Grenadier Regiment (from 161st & 293rd Division Groups)

1/,2/866th Grenadier Regiment (from 355th Division Group &

70th Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/50th Grenadier Regiment (50th & 117th Grenadier Regts)

1/,2/,3/,4/241st Artillery Regiment (from Staff/,2/,3/241st, 1/355th

& 3/293rd Artillery Regiments)



In August 1944 the division was destroyed by Jassy, southern

Ukraine. The remains were used to rebuild the 76th ID and to rebuild

the 15th ID.


the division had:



236th Light Artillery Battalion (3 Batteries)

On 1/10/40 the division absorbed the 12th, 32nd and 24th Felder-

satz Battalions and reorganized to the following:






On 11/5/40 the Staff/329th, 1/303rd and 1/314th IR were detached

to form the 676th IR, 332nd ID (14th Wave). On 9/20/40 the

Staff/236th was sent to form the Staff/304th AR. On 1/1/41 the 4/211

was absorbed into the division and formed the 4/236th AR. It was

later disbanded on 12/23/41. The 2/329th IR the became the 1/427th,

the Staff/, 3/329th became the Staff/, 2/,3/430th IR (129th ID). The

artillery regiment was broken up and divided between the 120th, 186th,

241st, 251st and 253rd ARs. The division staff was sent to Stettin

on 5/18/42 to be reformed with foreign volunteers. On 5/21/43 it

became the Staff/162nd (Turkish) ID.

162nd (Turkish) Infantry Division: Formed on 5/21/43 from the Turkista-

ni, Azerbijani and Georgian Legions with the staff of the disbanded

162nd ID. The division had:

1/,2/,3/303rd Infantry Regiment (from 2nd Turkistani Legion)

1/,2/,3/314th Infantry Regiment (from Azerbijani Legion)

162nd Division Battalion

1/,2/,3/,4/236th Artillery Regiment (from 1st Turkistani Legion)


On 8/15/44 the division was expanded by the addition of a third regi-

ment. The 1/,2/329th IR were formed from the 804th and 806th Azer-

bijani Battalions and the 162nd Division Battalion. Later the 3/303rd

and 2/314th were disbanded. The 3/314th became the 2/314th. The

division withdrew to Austria, where it was captured by the English.


the division had:



234th Light Artillery Battalion (3 batteries)

On 1/1/40 the division was expanded to three regiments by the

absorption of the 3rd, 23rd and 5th Feldersatz Battalions. the divi-

sion now had:




1/,2/,3/234th Artillery Regiment (from 3/206th & 234th Lt. Bn)


On 4/26/40 the artillery regiment was reinforced with nine

batteries. The Staff/307th, 1/310th and 2/307th were, on 11/5/40, used

to form the 1/,2/341st IR, 199th ID (7th Wave). On 4/15/43 the division

formed a Sonder-Battalion. On 4/19/43 it became the 780th Infantry

Battalion. The division formed a Divisional Fusilier Battalion in

February 1945 from new drafts. In March the division was destroyed

near Stargard and in April it was disbanded. The survivors formed

the cadre for the 3rd Marine Division.


the division had:

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220th Light Artillery Battalion (3 batteries)

On 1/20/40 the division absorbed the 4th, 14th and 44th Felder-

satz Battalions and became full division. It now had:




1/,2/,3/,4/220th Artillery Regiment (from Staff/209th Art Regt,

220th & 248th Light Bns, & newly formed heavy battalion)


On 1/10/42 the division became the Crete Fortress Division.

164th Light Afrika Division: Formed on 8/15/42 in Africa for service

with the Panzer Armee Afrika. The division received forces from the

164th ID. After 9/22/42 the division had three regiments, each with

two battalions. Upon forming the division had:

1/,2/,3/125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (from army troops)

1/,2/,3/382nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment (from Krete Fort. Div.)

1/,2/,3/433rd Panzer Grenadier Division (from Krete Fort. Div.)



On 2/26/43 the division was rebuilt after heavy losses and the

125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment was disbanded. the division had:

1/,2/Afrika Panzer Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/382nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment (2nd Bn from 1/125th)

1/,2/433rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/220th (mot) Artillery Regiment (1st - light, 2nd - heavy)

220th (mot) Reconnaissance Battalion



The division was destroyed in Tunis tin May 1943 and on 6/30/43 it

was disbanded.

165th Division: Formed on 11/10/39, the division had:

78th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (195th, 215th, & 238th)

205th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (335th, 353rd, 358th)



5th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (178th, 215th & 260th)




On 8/18/40 the division was reorganized with:

5th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (14th, 335th, 353rd)



5th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (5th, 178th, 205th)





On 7/12/41 the division was reorganized as follows:

205th Infantry Ersatz Regiment




61st Artillery Ersatz Battalion

On 7/10/42 the division formed a special detachment, known as the

Schacky Division. It had:

1/,2/,3/Graeter Infantry Regiment

The regiment was disbanded on 9/30/42.

165th Reserve Division: Formed on 10/4/42 from the 165th ID. In

December 1943 it contained the following:

Division Staff



260th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (460th, 470th)

5th Reserve Artillery Regiment (5th & 61st)


(contained only a medical company and field hospital)

On 10/9/42 the division formed a special formation that was designated

as the 165th ID (B). It contained:

1/,2/,3/Reithinger Infantry Regiment

Römer Artillery Battalion (3 batteries - 10/9/42)

On 2/21/43 the Reithinger Regiment was transferred to the 182nd ID.

It was designated as the 850th Grenadier Regiment. The Römer Artil-

lery Battalion detached a horse drawn battery to the 282nd ID and

the remainder became the 850th Heavy Artillery Battalion.

On 2/13/43 part of the staff of the 215th Reserve Grenadier

Regiment (plus the 1/215th, 2/205th and 260th GR) was used to form an

Eingreif-Regiment for the division that on 5/1/43 was detached to

become the 867th Grenadier Regiment of the 355th ID.

On 1/4/44 the 165th Reserve division was sent to the Walcheren

Island (Holland) on 8/1/44 the division was absorbed into the 70th ID.

166th Division: Formed on 11/15/39 as a recruit processing unit. The

division had:

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6th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (18th, 37th, 58th, 243th)





8th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (6th, 26th, 42nd, 62nd, 1/169th)












6th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (6th, 26th, 42nd, 62nd)


Special Ersatz Battalion



2nd Bridge Building Ersatz Battalion



6th Kraftfahr Ersatz Battalion

6th Construction Ersatz Battalion





6th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (6th, 2/169th, 276th Army Flak Bn)

16th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (62nd, 1/76th)




2nd Bridge Building Ersatz Battalion




166th Reserve Division: Formed on 10/26/43 in Denmark with the 166th

Division, it had, in December 1943:

Division Command


69th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (159th, 193rd, 236th)




In December 1944 the division had:

Division Command


69th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (159th, 193rd, 236th)


1066th Reserve Artillery Battalion (6th & 1006th)

166th Reserve Panzerjäger Battalion


166th Infantry Division: Formed on 3/9/45 from the 166th Reserve

Division, it contained:

1/,2/,3/660th Grenadier Regiment (from 6th Res. Gren.Regt)

1/,2/,3/661st Grenadier Regiment (from 69th Res. Gren.Regt)

1/,2/,3/662nd Grenadier Regiment (from 86th Res. Gren.Regt)

1/,2/,3/1066th Artillery Regiment (from 1066th Res.Art.Regt)


400th Sturm Battalion

167th Infantry Division: Formed on 11/26/39 part of the 7th Wave, the

division contained the:



238th Light Artillery Battalion

On 1/12/40 the division was reinforced by the addition of the

7th, 27th and 34th Feldersatz Battalions and other forces, bring it

to:






On 7/9/40 the 238th AR received three battalions from the

3/212th AR and on 8/31/40 it formed them into a heavy artillery

battalion that was designated as the 1/40th AR. On 10/28/40 the

division detached the Staff/339th IR, 3/315th IR and 3/331st IR to

form the 689th IR, 337th ID (14th Wave), plus the staff and part of

the 238th AR to form the 337th AR. Those units were reformed anew.

On 9/27/42 the division was reorganized into the new style

division and the 3/315th, 3/331st and 2/339th IR were disbanded. The

3/339th became the 2/339th. The division had:




167th Fusilier Battalion (from the reconnaissance battalion)




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On 2/1/44 the division, which consisted only of the 167th Division

Group (with 315th and 331st IR), was disbanded. The troops were used

to form the 3rd regiment in the 376th ID. The other components were

distributed to other divisions.

167th Volks Grenadier Division: Formed at the end of October 1944

with various elements of the 17th Luftwaffe Field division and the

Niedergörsdorf Shadow Division, the division contained:




167th Divisional Fusilier Company (formed into bn in Dec. 1944)



The division was destroyed in the Eifel and its staff was sent

to the Scharnhorst division on 4/4/45.


the division contained:




In January 1940 the division was reinforced by the addition of

the 8th, 18th and 45th Feldersatz battalions and the 248th Artillery

Battalion was brought to regimental strength. The division now had:






On 10/15/40 the division detached the Staff/442nd, 1/417th and

1/429th IR to form the 678th IR of the 332nd Division (14th Wave). On

11/26/40 the Staff/229th IR was detached to the 101st Division(12th

Wave) and the Staff & 2nd Btry 248th AR were detached to the 332nd

AR. The detached units were reformed. On 5/16/40 the artillery regi-

ment was brought up to a strength of 9 batteries. A fourth battalion

was organized form the 759th Heavy Artillery Battalion on 12/30/40.

On 8/25/42 a 5th Artillery Battalion was formed with nebelwerfers.

On 11/2/43 the division was serving with the 4th Panzer Army in

southern Russia and was merged with the 223rd ID to form a Type 44

Division. The Staff/429th, 1/,3/417th, 2/,3/429th, 3/442nd IR and

1/248th ARs were disbanded. The division was reformed with:

223rd Divisional Group (385th and 425th Regimental Groups)




1/,2/,3/,4/248th Artillery Regiment (1st Bn called 1/223rd AR)


On 7/27/44 the 223rd Division Group was redesignated the 385th

Grenadier Regiment and the 1/223rd AR officially became the 1/248th

AR.

The division was destroyed at the Baranov Bridgehead and re-

formed in Silesia. In March the 1/248th AR was disbanded and the

2/248th replaced it. The 2/248th was replaced by the 2/304th AR.

Th4e division was captured by the Russians near Glatz.


the division had:




In January 1940 the division received the 9th, 15th and 35th

Feldersatz Battalions and was built into a full sized division. It had:






On 9/1/40 the 230th AR was raised to 9 batteries by the addi-

tion of the 1st-3rd Btrys/300th AR and on 1/1/41 a 4th, heavy batta-

lion was organized from the 4/223rd AR. On 10/25/40 the division

detached the Staff/392nd, 3/378th, and 3/379th IR to form the 583rd

IR, 319th Division (13th Wave). The Staff/,2/230th AR were also de-

tached. They were all later reformed.

On 1/13/45 the Division was reformed and on 2/4/45 it was

merged with a "45th" Division.


the division had:




In January 1940 the division absorbed the 28th and 30th Felder-

satz Battalions, plus other drafts to form itself into a full division.

It then had:





On 10/20/40 the Division detached the Staff/401st, 3/391st and

3/399th IR to the newly forming 695th IR, 340th Division (14th Wave),

and the staff and two batteries of the 240th AR as well. The de-

tached units were reformed. On 10/21/40 the missing 3/401st IR was

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organized. On 12/11/40 the artillery regiment formed a 4th Battalion

from the 757th Heavy Artillery Battalion. On 2/28/43 the 3/401st

was disbanded. In 1944 the 2/391st and 3/399th IR were also disband-

ed. The 3/91st became the 2/391st IR at this time. On 2/3/44 the

9th and 10th Luftwaffe Feld Divisions were incorporated into the divi-

sion as it reorganized into a Type 44 Division. It had:







On 10/10/44 the 1065th Grenadier Regiment and 1034th Battle

March Battalion were incorporated into the division. Part of the

division was captured by the Russians in Hela and the rest passed

into English captivity at Kiel.

171st Division: Formed on 11/9/39 with:

19th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (59th, 73rd & 74th Bns)

71st Infantry Ersatz Regiment (191st, 194th, & 211th Bns

Nordheim Infantry Ersatz Regiment (348th, 396th & 398th Bns)

19th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (19th, 171st & 216th Bns)



11th Fahr Ersatz Battalion

4th Kraft Ersatz Battalion

171st Reserve Division: Formed on 10/1/42 from the 171st ID. On

121/9/42 it was formed into the 171st ID (B) with the 19th (B) and 71st

(B) Grenadier Regiments, 19th (B) Artillery Battalion & 1071st Panzer-

jäger Company. In 1943 the division contained:


71st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (191st, 398th Bns)


252nd Reserve Artillery Regiment (19th & 276th Bns)

1071st Reserve Bicycle Squadron

1071st Reserve Panzerjäger Company


1071st Reserve Signals Company

1071st Reserve Divisional Support Troops

Between 11/23/44 and 2/1/44 the division was absorbed into the

48th ID and had:

19th Res Gren Regt became 128th Grenadier Regiment

71st Res Gren Regt became 127th Grenadier Regiment

216th Res Gren Regt became 126th Grenadier Regiment

252nd Res Artillery Regt became 148th Artillery Regiment

1071st Res Panzerjäger Co 128th Panzerjäger Co.

1071st Res Pioneer Bn 128th Pioneer Battalion

172nd Division: Formed on 11/7/39 as the Fischer Division and served

as a replacement formation. It contained:

33rd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (104th, 110th & 115th Bns)

34th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (80th, 105th, & 107th Bns)

36th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (70th, 87th & 118th Bns)

125th Ersatz Grenz Infantry Regiment (124th, 125th, 127th,

& 129th Bns)

14th Ersatz Machine Gun Battalion

33rd Ersatz Artillery Regiment 33rd, 34th, 69th, 70th

& 105th Bns)


33rd Ersatz Panzerjäger Battalion

33rd Ersatz Pioneer Battalion

12th Ersatz Kraft Battalion

On 8/13/40 the division contained:

33rd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (104th, 110th & 115th Bns)

34th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (80th, 105th, & 107th Bns)

36th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (70th, 87th & 118th Bns)

125th Ersatz Grenz Infantry Regiment (124th, 125th, 127th,

& 129th Bns)


& 105th Bns)





12th Fahr Battalion

On 4/1/42 it contained

34th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (80th, 105th, 107th & 129th Bns)

112th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (110th, 256th, 437th & 438th Bns)

36th Ersatz (mot) Infantry Regiment (87th, 118th & 125th Bns)

12th Ersatz Schützen Regiment (104th & 404th Bns)

66th Ersatz Flak Battalion



& 105th Bns)

278th Ersatz Army Flak Battalion


Ersatz Pioneer School Battalion



12th Ersatz Fahr Battalion

12th Ersatz Construction Battalion

12th Ersatz Land Schützen Battalion

On 6/10/42 the division received th3e 246th Ersatz IR (313th,

352nd & 404th Bns) from the 182nd Division and detached the 112th

Regiment. In December 1943 the division had:

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34th Ersatz Grenadier Regiment (80th, 105th & 124th Bns)

36th Ersatz Grenadier Regiment (87th, 107th, & 118th Bns)

33rd Ersatz Artillery Regiment (33rd, 34th & 69th)

66th Flak Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

278th Army Flak Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

33rd Pioneer Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

4th Bridging Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

2nd Technical Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

12th Fahr Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

12th Kraft Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

In September 1944 part of the division joined the Castorf Kampf-

gruppe and had the following:

Kampfgruppe 1./XXII from 34th Grenadier Regiment

Kampfgruppe 3./XXII from 36th Grenadier Regiment

Castorf Kampfgruppe

Lott Regiment (Garten & Paul Bns & Weyrich Btry)

Wegelein Regiment (Boehm & Hager Bns)

Gombel Regiment (Weinen & Bongartz Bns)

Stossgruppe WK-ROB-Lehrgang Weisbaden

This was formed into the 91st Kampfgruppe of the 7th Army

(1057th and 1058th Grenadier Regiments).

172nd Reserve Division: On 11/23/44 the remainder of the 172nd Divi-

sion formed the 172nd Reserve division and had:

34th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (RGB 80th, 105th & 107th)

36th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (RGB 87th, 118th & 12th

Landschützen battalion)

33rd Reserve Artillery Battalion (staff & 1 bn)

66th Reserve Flak Battalion

278th Reserve Army Flak Battalion

33rd Reserve Pioneer Battalion (Staff & 1 co)

34th Reserve Pioneer Battalion (Staff & 1 co)

172nd Reserve Pioneer Battalion (Staff & 2 cos)

172nd Signals Company

On 1/25/45 the division was detached to defend the Friesland

coast.

173rd Division: Formed on 11/9/39 as a replacement troop processing

unit. It contained:

17th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (21st, 213th, & 480th bns)

73rd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (55th, 170th, & 186th bns)

231st Ersatz Infantry Regiment (95th & 319th bns)

17th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (17th, 53rd & 231st bns)


10th Ersatz Signals Battalion

35th Ersatz Panzer Battalion



13th Ersatz Kraftfahr Battalion

173rd Reserve Division: Formed on 7/16/43 from the 173rd Divi-

sion, it contained:

17th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (21st, 42nd & 186th bns)

231st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (55th, 95th, & 170th bns)



1073rd Medical Service Formation

873rd Support Troops

On 1/12/44 the division was formed as a shadow division, 24th

Wave, and detached numerous security battalions on 2/11/44 in the

Protectorate. It was disbanded on 4/1/44.

174th Division: Formed on 6/10/40 as a replacement formation, it had:

14th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (11th, 53rd, 101st & 173rd Bns)

24th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (102nd, 394th, 456th, 475th Bns)

209th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (31st, 185th, 304th, 476th Bns)

24th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (14th, 24th, 50th, & 187th Bns)






The 24th and 223rd Regiments of the 154th Division were, on

8/3/41, sent to Prag and Mermer and placed under the 174th Division.

On 6/1/42 they were returned to the 154th Division. On 9/15/42 it

became the 174th Reserve Division.

174th Reserve Division: Formed from the 174th Division, it had:

24th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (304th, 425th, 456th, 476th bns)

209th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (31st, 102nd, 185th bns)

266th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (32nd, 173rd, 414th, 513th bns)



On 3/5/44 the division was reorganized. In August 1944 the

division contained:

24th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (32nd, 304th, & 476th Bns)

24th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (31st, 102nd, & 185th Bns)



The division was disbanded on 7/27/44 and incorporated into the

26th ID.


176th Division: Formed on 1/26/43. In December 1943 the division had:

99

416th Ersatz Grenadier Regiment (18, 37, 58, & 159 Bns)

426th Ersatz Grenadier Regiment (167, 184, 193, 216, 236 Bns)

6th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (6, 26, 2/169, 2/211 Bns)

15th Ersatz Bicycle Battalion



6th Observation Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

6th Pioneer Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion


2nd Pioneer Bridge Ersatz Battalion

6th Pioneer Construction Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion


6th Kraftfahr Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion


In September 1944 the division had:

Staff 176th Division

416th Grenadier Ersatz and Ausbildungs Regt (3 bns, 11 grenadier

companies, 1 Panzerjäger co & 1 flak co.)

426th Grenadier Ersatz and Ausbildungs Regt (4 bns, 12

grenadier companies)

276th Army Flak Battalion (1 flak btry & 3 gun companies)

26th Ersatz Pioneer Battalion (staff & 2 company)

6th Pioneer Ausbildungs Battalion (staff & 2 company)

6th Construction Pioneer Ersatz and Ausbildungs Bn (staff & 1

grenadier company)

6th Observation Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion (staff & 4

grenadier companies)

15th Reconnaissance Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion (staff & 2

grenadier companies on bicycles)

On 3 November 1944 the division absorbed the X Landwehr Fortress

Battalion.

176th Infantry Division: Formed in late October 1944 from the 176th

Division, with:






1176th Panzerjäger Company (later 176th Panzerjäger Bn)




The support troops were formed from the 49th ID as it was

disbanded. In the end of November 1944 the division was used to form

the 466th ID.

177th Division: Formed on 4/11/39 as a recruit processing formation.

The division had:

44th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (1/131st, 1/132nd, 2/134th)

131st Ersatz Infantry Regiment (2/131st, 1/134th, 1/482nd)

262nd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (3/132nd, 1/462nd, 2/486th)

82nd Ersatz Schützen Regiment (2nd, 10th, 11th)

44th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (102nd, 109th)

262nd Ersatz Artillery Regiment (1/,2/262nd)





2nd Railroad Pioneer Ersatz Battalion




On 10/1/42 part of the division (131st Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbil-

dungs Regiment and the 44th Artillery Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment)

were sent to Bohemia-Mähren. The division had:

44th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (1/131st, 1/132nd, 2/134th)

131st Ersatz Infantry Regiment (2/131st, 1/134th, 1/482nd)

262nd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (3/132nd, 1/462nd, 2/486th)

44th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (102nd, 109th, 2/262nd, 44th

Observation Bn, 277th Army Flak Battalion)


2nd Railroad Pioneer Ersatz Battalion





3rd Administrative Ersatz Battalion

In September 1944 the 44th Grenadier E & A Regiment and the

Grenadier Ausbildungs Battalions 2/131st, 1/132nd, 2/133rd, 1/134th, and

2/486th were mobilized. After that, the division had:

131st Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment

262nd Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment

80th Pioneer Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

17th Construction Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

3rd Pioneer Bridging Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

13th Reconnaissance Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion



3rd Administrative Ersatz Battalion

178th Infantry Division: Formed on 12/15/40, but was held in Silesia as

it was reorganized as a motorized recruit processing division. It

contained:


85th Schützen Ersatz Regiment

30th (mot) Infantry Ersatz Battalion

51st (mot) Infantry Ersatz Battalion

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On 4/20/42 it was reformed into the 178th (mot) Division. On 4/5/43

it became the 178th Panzer Division.

179th Division: It was formed on 1/5/40 with:

72nd (mot) Infantry Ersatz Regiment (71st, 86th, 187th & 451st)

52nd Infantry Ersatz Regiment (15th, 163rd, 459th)

81st Schützen Ersatz Regiment (1st, 6th & 12th)

205th Infantry Ersatz Battalion

1st Panzer Ersatz Battalion

15th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (29th, 65th & 73rd)

3rd Cavalry Ersatz Battalion

4th (mot) Reconnaissance Ersatz Battalion


81st (mot) Signals Ersatz Battalion


9th Construction Battalion

179th (mot) Division: Formed on 4/27/42 from the 179th Division. On

4/5/43 it was reorganized into the 179th Panzer Division.

180th Infantry Division: Formed on 11/25/39 as part recruit processing

system. It contained:

22nd Infantry Ersatz Regiment (47th, 65th 377th)

269th Infantry Ersatz Regiment (16th, 154th, & 489th)

22nd Artillery Ersatz Regiment (22nd, 56th & 269th)



2nd Nebel Ersatz Battalion


22nd Grenadier Ersatz Regiment (16th, 154th, & 489th)

269th Grenadier Ersatz Regiment (47th & 65th)

22nd Artillery Ersatz Regiment, containing the:

22nd Artillery Battalion

11th Nebelwerfer Battalion


52nd Flak Ersatz and Ausbildungs Battalion

The division was later redesignated the "180th Einsatz Division" and

served in the Netherlands. During the attack on Arnheim it engaged

the British paratroopers and contained:

Division Staff - 79 men

269th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment with:

47th (5 cos), 65th (4 cos) Gren. E&A Bn, 1/10th Landschützen

Regiment (4 cos) - 3,028 men

22nd Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment with:

16th (3 cos), 489th (4 cos) Gren. E&A Bn - 1,308 men

100th Cavalry Ersatz Battalion (1 mounted & 3 foot sqns - 808 men)

22nd Artillery Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment with: 1,013 men in

11th Werfer E&A Bn (2 btrys, & 2 artillery cos)

22nd Artillery E&A Bn (4 btrys)

Staff/22nd Signals Ersatz Battalion (strength unknown)

1st Nebel Ersatz & ausbildungs Regiment with 1,162 men in 8 btrys:

2nd Nebel E&A Bn

3rd Nebel E&A Bn

one unnumbered Bn

The division worked with the Fastenau Kampfgruppe, the Wienke

Battalion and the 263nd and 666th Heavy Flak Battalions. In January

1945 the division became the 480th Division.

180th Infantry Division: Formed on 10/31/44 the division had:






1180th Panzerjäger Company, later 180th Panzerjäger Bn.


1180th Divisional Administration Regiment

The III Landwehr Fortress Battalion was absorbed into the divi-

sion and on 3/15/45 so was the Hamburg Infantry Division.


the division had:



222nd Light Artillery Battalion

On 1/12/40 the division received the 19th and 31st Feldersatz

Battalions and formed the 359th IR from them. The rest of the divi-

sion was brought up to strength with other drafts. the division now

had:






On 11/6/40 the 1/349th, became the 3/341st of the 199th ID and

was reformed.

When the division went to Yugoslavia in September 1942, the

349th Grenadier Regiment remained in Norway. On 4/22/42 it was

assigned to the 230th ID. The 334th IR became the 334th Fusilier

Regiment on 12/10/42 and its first battalion was detached. The

1/334th Fusilier Regiment was disbanded in 1943. It was reformed on

9/24/43. The third regiment of the division, on 1/25/44, became the

363rd Grenadier Regiment, with the 2/359th becoming the 1st Bn, and

the 1/334th becoming the 2nd Battalion. The 2/,3/334th became the

1/,2/334th and the 3/359th became the 2/359th IR. The 359th IR

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received as its third battalion, the 1/76th Turkish Battalion. The

division now had:


1/,2/,3 (Turk)/359th Infantry Regiment

1/,2/363rd Infantry Regiment




The 334th Divisional Fusilier Battalion was disbanded on Octo-

ber/November 1944 and reformed in January 1945. At the same time

the 1007th Fortress Battalion was absorbed into the 334th Regiment

and the 1006th Fortress Battalion was absorbed into the 363rd Regi-

ment. The division was taken prisoner by the Yugoslavs in the region

of Cilli.

182nd Division: Formed on 11/7/39 as part of the replacement process-

ing system. In March 1940 it contained the:

79th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (208th, 212th, 226th Bns)

246th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (313th, 352nd, 404th Bns)

263rd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (463rd, 483rd, 485th Bns)

34th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (179th, 246th, 263rd Bns)


On 8/10/40 the division was in Koblenz and had:




34th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (179th, 246th, 263rd Bns)



On 15 July 1941 the division was in Nancy and had:




342nd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (321st, 697th, 698th Bns)

34th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (15th, 179th, 246th, 263rd Bns)

On 6/13/42 the 112th Ersatz IR (110th, 256th, 437th and 438th

Bns) and the 70th Ersatz AR joined the Division. The 246th Regiment

was then detached to the 172nd Division.

182nd Infantry Division: Formed on 7/10/42, the division was redesign-

nated as the Gümbel Division on 8/3/42 and later as the Karl Division.

It contained:

1/,2/,3/A Infantry Regiment (Sturt)(I 1-4, II-5-8, III, 9-12; 13 & 14 Cos)

1/,2/B Infantry Regiment (Plehn)(I 1-4, II-5-8, & 13 & 14 Cos)

Artillery Regiment (Simon) (I, 1-3, II, 4-6 btrys)

On 8/3/42 the Karl Division was sent to Auray. On 2/21/43 the

division received the Reithinger Grenadier Regiment, from the Schacky

Division (165th ID) as its third infantry regiment. On 3/1/43 the divi-

sion was redesignated as the 282nd ID. The Sturt Regiment became

the 848th Grenadier Regiment, the Plehen became the 849th Grenadiers

and the Reithinger became the 850th Grenadiers. The Simon AR became

the 282nd AR.

182nd Reserve Division: The part of the 182nd Division remained in

France was reorganized and on 9/1/42 became the Nanzig (Nancy France)

Division. On 10/15/42 it was renamed the 462nd Division. On 11/26/42,

part of the division was redesignated as the 182nd Reserve Division.

The ersatz (replacement) portion remained with the 462nd Division and

the ausbildungs (training) portion went to the 182nd Reserve Division.

The 182nd was stationed near Paris. In December 1943 it consisted of:



263rd Reserve Grenadier Regiment (463rd, 483rd, 485th Bns)

342nd Reserve Grenadier Regiment (321st, 697th, 698th Bns)

34th Reserve Artillery Regiment (70th, 105th, 179th Bns)

14th Reserve Machine Gun Battalion

1082nd Supply Forces

The 256th Battalion was disbanded. On 1/20/44 the 263rd Re-

serve Grenadier Regiment was disbanded and its battalions were sent

to line units (463rd = 1/988th (276th ID), 483rd - 2/981st, 485th-

2/982nd (both 272nd ID)) In addition the 226th and 697th Bns were

detached by the order of 1/28/44. On 3/1/44 the division had:

79th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (208th, 212th Bns)


342nd Reserve Grenadier Regiment (321st, 698th Bns)

570th Kossack Battalion

34th Reserve Artillery Regiment (70th, 105th, 179th Bns)

14th Reserve Machine Gun Battalion

1082nd Supply Forces

The order of 7/30/44 reorganized the division into a Shadow

Division (24th Wave). This was not completed and it became the 182nd

Feld-Ausbildungs Division. The division was reformed on 11/20/44 in

Slovakia and had:

Staff Neutra



342nd Reserve Grenadier Regiment (321st, 698th Bns)

1082nd Reserve Artillery Battalion (3 btrys)

1082nd Reserve Pioneer Company

1082nd Divisional Supply Troops.

182nd Infantry Division: On 4/1/45 the 182nd Reserve Division was

reformed into the 182nd ID. It had:

1/,2/663rd Grenadier Regiment - from - 79th Res Gren Regt

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1/,2/664th Grenadier Regiment - from - 112th Res Gren Regt

1/,2/665th Grenadier Regiment - from - 342nd Res Gren Regt

1082nd Artillery Battalion - from - 1082nd Res Artillery Bn

183rd Infantry Division: Formed on 11/28/39 as part of the 7th Wave.

The division had:




In January 1940 the division was reinforced by the addition of the

10th, 17th and 46th Feldersatz Battalions and other drafts, which

brought the division to:





On 9/1/40 the 3rd, 6th and 9th Batteries of the 219th AR were

formed form the 2/752nd AR. On 10/26/40 the Staff/351st, 1/330th

and 1/343rd were detached and used to form the 596th IR, 327th ID

(13th Wave). They were reformed.

On 12/13/40 the 219th AR formed a 4th (heavy) Battalion from the

4/215th AR. On 2/4/42 the 3/330th was disbanded and replaced by the

1/343rd IR, the 2/351st was replaced by the 3/343rd. The 343rd IR

was disbanded on 3/27/43, the second had been disbanded on 10/21/41

in Spass-Kusowy and not reformed. The division stood with two regi-

ments (330th and 351st) and six battalions until 2/15/43 when the

219th Divisional battalion was formed.

On 11/2/43 the division was disbanded and the 183rd Divisional

Group was formed with the 330th and 351st Regimental Groups. The

artillery regiment, pioneer battalion, signals battalion, panzerjäger

battalion and administrative troops were assigned to the "C" Corps

Detachment. The Staff/351st Grenadier Regiment became the

Staff/958th Grenadier Regiment in the newly forming 363rd ID (21st

Wave).

The division was ordered reformed on 7/27/44 from the "C" Corps

Detachment with:

1/,2/311th Grenadier Regiment (from 217th Divisional Group)

1/,2/330th Grenadier Regiment (from 183rd Divisional Group)

1/,2/691st Grenadier Regiment (from 339th Divisional Group)

183rd Divisional Fusilier Battalion


219th Divisional (Einheiten) Service Units

However, this reorganization did not occur as the "C" Corps

Detachment had already been destroyed. On 8/5/44 the 183rd ID was

finally and formally disbanded.

183rd Volks Grenadier Division: Formed on 9/15/44 as the Döllersheim

Shadow Division (31st Wave), then as a Volks Grenadier Division in the

32nd wave, the division had:


1/,2/343rd Grenadier Regiment (from 1151st Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/351st Grenadier Regiment (from 1152nd Grenadier Regiment)

1/,2/,3/,4/219th Artillery Regiment (from 1564th Artillery Regt)

219th Divisional (Einheiten) Service Units (from 1564th Einheiten)

On 9/16/44 the division was sent to the west. In October the

XVI Landwehr Fortress Battalion and 42nd Fortress Machine Gun Battal-

ion were incorporated into the division. In April 1945 the 1/351st IR

became the 183rd Divisional Fusilier Battalion and was rebuilt. The

division was captured by the Americans in the Ruhr Pocket.




187th Division: Formed on 11/9/39, as part of the replacement training

organization, the division had:

45th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (1/130th, 2/135th, 2/462nd)

130th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (2/130th, 1/133rd, 2/133rd)

462nd Ersatz Infantry Regiment (1/135th, 1/486th, 2/482nd)

45th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (96th & 97th )





187th Reserve Division: The 187th Division was converted into the

187th Reserve Division on 10/1/42. It contained:

Division Staff Agram

45th Reserve Infantry Regiment (1/130th, 2/135th, 2/462nd)

130th Reserve Infantry Regiment (2/130th, 2/133rd)

462nd Reserve Infantry Regiment (1/135th, 1/486th, 2/482nd)



1087th Reserve Signals Battalion

1087th Medical Troops

1087th Administrative Troops

On 11/23/42 the division was ordered reformed into the 187th

Jäger Division, but instead, on 12/4/43, the 42nd Jäger Division was

raised. In January 1943 the 25th Jäger Regiment was formed from the

2/133rd, 2/135th, and 2/482nd. The remainder of the division was

broken up and used to form other field formations.

188th Division: Formed on 11/5/39 as part of the recruit processing

system of the German army, the division had:

136th Mountain Jäger Ersatz Regiment (1/,2/,3/136th, 1/137th & 449th)

138th Mountain Jäger Ersatz Regiment (1/138th & 3/138th)

139th Mountain Jäger Ersatz Regiment (1/,2/139th)

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112th Artillery Ersatz Regiment (1/111th, 3/112th)


82nd Pioneer Ersatz Battalion





On 4/16/43, The division was sent to Innsbruck. There it was con-

verted into the 188th Reserve Mountain.

188th Reserve Mountain Division: Formed on 10/8/43, the division had:

Staff, 188th Reserve Mountain Division Belluno

1/,2/136th Reserve Mountain Jäger Regiment - Schlanders

1/,2/137th Reserve Mountain Jäger Regiment - Belluno

1/,2/138th Reserve Mountain Jäger Regiment - Tolmezzo

1/,2/139th Reserve Mountain Jäger Regiment - Postumia

499th Reserve Grenadier Regiment Udine

112th Reserve Artillery Regiment Belluno

1/,2/Reserve Mountain AA

83rd Reserve Mountain Pioneer Battalion


On 2/27/44 the division was sent to the Adriatic Coast and on

3/1/44 it became the 188th Mountain Division:

188th Mountain Division: Formed on 3/1/44 with:

901st Mountain Jäger Regiment (from 136th Reserve Mt. Jäg Regt)

902nd Mountain Jäger Regiment (from 137th Reserve Mt. Jäg Regt)

903rd Mountain Jäger Regiment (from 138th Reserve Mt. Jäg Regt)

904th Mountain Jäger Regiment (from 139th Reserve Mt. Jäg Regt)

1088th Mountain Artillery Regiment (from 112th Res. Mt. Art. Regt)

1088th Mountain Pioneer Battalion (from 83rd Res. Mt. Pioneer Bn)


1088th Administrative Troop

The division was taken prisoner by the Yugoslavs after the

capitulation of Villa.

189th Reserve Division: Formed on 9/26/42 the division had:

9th Reserve Infantry Regiment (57th, 116th, 181st, 355th bns)

15th Reserve Infantry Regiment (88th, 163rd, 431st, 459th Bns)

273rd Reserve Artillery Battalion





On 12/6/42 it was reorganized into the Brunhilde-Division or

189th (B) Infantry Division.

189th (B) Infantry Division Formed on 12/6/42, the 189th or Brunhilde-

Division had:

15th (B) Reserve Infantry Regiment

214th (B) Reserve Infantry Regiment

252nd (B) Reserve Infantry Regiment (raised later)


Light Battery, 189th (B) Division

1/9th (B) Pioneer Battalion







On 2/10/43 the jäger regiments were renumbered 871st, 870th, and

869th, respectively. The divisional staff was incorporated into the

Staff/356th ID.

189th Reserve Division: Formed on 5/20/43, the division had:

15th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (116th & 163rd Bns)

28th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (38th, 350th, 461st)



1089th Administrative Service Unit

The 350th Reserve Grenadier Battalion became the 1/982nd IR

(272th ID) in January 1944.The 38th Reserve Jäger Battalion and the

163rd Reserve Grenadier Battalion were dispatched to the 716th ID.

The 116th and 461st Battalions were cut up in battle and captured.


1/,2/Junge Grenadier Regiment (1007th & 1021st


1/,2/1000th (mot) Grenadier Regiment

1/,2/Menke Luftwaffe Regiment

Rohrmoser Battalion

Hollermeier Battalion

1/28th Reserve Artillery Battalion (4-75mm guns)




By 3 November 1944 the division was reformed and the units incorpo-

rated into it were renumbered as follows:




3/1089th Reserve Artillery Battalion




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Rohrmeier Battalion

1021st Construction Company

242nd Miltiary Police Detachment

189th Infantry Division: Formed on 10/8/44 from the remains of the

189th Reserve Division. It contained the:

1/,2/1212th Grenadier Regiment (from 100th Security Regiment)

1/,2/1213th Grenadier Regiment (from Jung, Hollermeier & Müller Bns)

1/,2/1214th Grenadier Regiment (from Menke Regiment)








On 11/3/44 the division absorbed the following units:

1021st Security Battalion

1022nd Security Battalion

1/159th Pioneer Company

1/338th Pioneer Company

Staff/242nd Infantry Division

Det/242nd Signals Battalion

Det/D/V Regiment

Det/1000th Security Regiment

Det/1007th Landschützen Battalion

Det/1021st Landschützen Battalion

Det. 14th Co./1089th Landschützen Battalion

1022nd Security Battlaion

Cadre of 224th Division Administrative Units

Staff/634th Security Regiment

3/194th Security Regiment

14th Co. 192th Security Regiment)

Staff/Böhmen Pioneer Battalion (Böhmen Div, 26th Wave)


2/Grenzschutz Regiment

Staff/Jesser Brigade (as a regimental staff)

Degener Group

On 1/21/45 the division absorbed the following units:

Remains, 15/IX Kampfgruppe

Remains 806th SS Machine Gun Battlaion

1/V Battery

2/XIII Battery

Remains/1007th Security Battalion

Remains/1021st Security Battalion

Remains/1181st Army Artillery Battalion

The division was destroyed in February 1945 in Alsace. The remainder

of the division was incorporated into the 805th Division.

190th Division: Formed on 6/10/40 in Hamburg with:

20th (mot) Ersatz Infantry Regiment (69th, 76th, 90th, 376th)

30th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (6th, 46th & 469th)

225th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (333rd & 490th)

20th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (20th, 30th,58th, 290th)





On 10/15/40 the divisional staff was sent to Neumünster. The 225th

Ersatz Regiment was sent to Denmark and the 160th Division. On

12/1/41 the division had:

20th (mot) Ersatz Infantry Regiment 46, 76th, 90th)


20th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (20th, 30th,58th, 290th)






On 11/1/42 the Ersatz Battalions in the 160th Division, in Denmark,

formed th 520th Regiment in the 190th Division. On 4/1/43 the 20th

(mot) Regiment was sent to the X Panzer Troops. In December 1943,

the division had:


520th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (26,209,220,333,376,377 & 469)

225th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (30th,58th, 290th)


10th Fahr Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

10th Kraftfahr Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

The division was engaged by the English during their attack at Arn-

heim. During that engagement, division had:

190th Staff = 223 men

Cadre X Panzer Troops = 1,960 men

76th, 90th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalions


30th Ersatz Grenadier Regiment = 2,105 men

6th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion


469th Grenadier Ersatz Battalion

520th Ersatz Grenadier Regiment = 2,235 men



225th (mot) Artillery Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment = 980 men

30th Artillery Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

58th Artillery Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

Total 6 batteries

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20th Panzerjäger Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion= 678 men

(in 4 cos)

180th Administrative Troops = 645 men

Total 9,607 men.

190th Infantry Division: Formed on 11/4/44 from the 190th Division, the

division had:









In March the division was rebuilt between Hilversum and Utrecht.

On 4/4/45 the personnel of the division were absorbed into Ulrich von

Hutten ID and it was disbanded.

191st Division: Formed on 12/1/39 as part of the replacement process-

ing organization of the German army, the division had:

13th Ersatz (mot) Infantry Regiment (33rd, 66th, 93rd Bns)

21st Ersatz Infantry Regiment (12th, 17th, 82nd Bns)


13th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (13th, 49th, 267th Bns)

31st Ersatz Observation Battalion




191st Reserve Division: On 10/1/42 the 191st Division was converted

into the 191st Reserve Division. At the end of 1943 the division

had:

31st Reserve Grenadier Regiment (12th & 82nd Bns)

"Middle" Reserve Kampfgruppe (17th & 497th Bns)

267th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (467th & 487th Bns)

1/211th Reserve Artillery Regiment

1091st Reserve Bicycle Squadron

1091st Reserve Panzerjäger Company


1091st Reserve Signals Company

1091st Reserve Division Administrative Troops

The order of 11/23/42 sent the division West. On 2/1/44 it was

incorporated into the 49th ID as follows:

31st Reserve Grenadier Regiment - became 148th Grenadier Regiment

17th & 497th Reserve Bns - became 149th Grenadier Regiment

267th Reserve Grenadier Regiment - became 150th Grenadier Regiment

1/211th Reserve Artillery Regt - became 2/149th Artillery Regiment

1091st Bicycle Squadron - became 149th Fusilier Battalion

1091st Panzerjäger Company - became 149th Panzerjäger Company

1091st Signals Company - became 149th Signals Company

4th Reserve Pioneer Battalion - became 149th Pioneer Battalion

192nd Division: Formed on 6/6/40 by the division of the 152nd Division

into two divisions. It had:


75th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (48th, 172nd Bns)


12th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (12th, 48th, 258th Bns)

100th Ersatz Railroad Artillery Battalion


2nd Ersatz Signals Battalion

2nd Ersatz Fahr Battalion

32nd Ersatz Kraftfahr Battalion

On 9/15/42 the division was reorganized and in December 1943 it

had:

12th Grenadier Ausbildungs Regiment (27th, 48th, 89th, 222nd Bns)

32nd Grenadier Ausbildungs Regiment (4th, 94th, 96th, 458th Bns)

12th Artillery Ausbildungs Battalion

600th Artillery Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

In April 1944 it added the 1st Mounted Infantry Ersatz & Ausbildungs

Battalion. On 1/1/45 the division had:

32nd Grenadier Ausbildungs Regiment (4th, 94th, & 222nd)

121st Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment (89th, 96th, 458th)

1st Mounted Infantry Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

121st Artillery Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

193rd Division: Formed on 11/29/39, in March 1940 the division had:

10th Ersatz Infantry Regiment (20th, 41st, 85th, 302nd bns)

46th Ersatz Infantry Regt (42nd, 72nd, 97th, 342nd, 481st bns)

10th Ersatz Artillery Regiment (10th, 144th, 173rd bns)





10th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment (302nd, 319th, 342nd)

46th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment (213th, 260th, 480th)

296th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment (72nd, 103rd, 173rd)

10th Artillery Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment ( 17th, 103rd, 173rd)


13th Fahr Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

In March 1945 the division was in Silesia serving with the Middle

Army group and was lost in the capitulation. It had:

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46th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment (213th, 260th, 480th)

296th Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment (72nd, 97th, 302nd,

and 481st)

173rd Artillery Ersatz & Ausbildungs Regiment

285th (O) Grenadier Ersatz & Ausbildungs Battalion

194th & 195th Infantry Division: Never formed.


the division had:



223rd Light Artillery Battalion

On 1/10/40 the division received the 6th, 16th and 26th Feldersatz

Battalions and other drafts, bring it up to full divisional strength.

It had:





on 9/11/40 the 345th IR and 1/233rd were removed and on 1/11/40

they were sent to the 199th ID. The artillery was reinforced by the

addition of two batteries on 11/17/40, with the 3rd Bn becoming the

1st. The 1/362nd Grenadier Regiment was disbanded in Russia in 1943.

It was replaced in September 1943. On 1/6/44 the part of the division

not in Norway, was with Army Group Middle, where it was destroyed and

disbanded on 9/15/44. The division was distributed to the 361st ID as

follows:


1/,2/,3/362nd Grenadier Regiment

196th Divisional Fusilier Battalion (became 427th Sturm Bn)

223rd Artillery Regiment (absorbed into the 14th, 150th and 240th

Artillery Regiments

233rd Signals Battalion (to 1542st Signals Bn, 541st Volks Grena-

dier Division)

Remaining in Norway:

233rd Reconnaissance Battalion - became 2/Norway Bicycle Recon-

naissance Regiment

Det/233rd Artillery Regiment (became 2/269th Artillery Regt &

1048th Fortress Artillery Battalion)


the division had:




On 1/8/40 the division received the 183rd Landwehr Regiment and

drafts, building itself into a full division:






On 5/16/40 the artillery regiment was reinforced to 9 batteries.

On 5/12/40 the 347th Regiment formed the missing third battalion. On

10/20/40 the Staff/347th, 3/322nd and 3/321st IR were detached to

form the 682nd IR (335th ID - 14th Wave), plus the Staff/,2/229th AR.

They were reformed. In the winter of 1940/1941 the artillery formed a

4th (heavy) battalion form the 4/225th AR. On 5/7/41 the 3/347th was

detached to the Afrika Corps and on 4/1/42 it became the 1/200th

Light (mot) IRs, 90th Light Afrika Division. During the winter 1941/2

the 4/229th AR reverted to the 4/225th AR and was replaced by the

1/58th AR from the 22nd ID. On 4/30/43 the Staff/,3/321st and

3/322nd were disbanded and the 1/,2/321st were incorporated the into

the 332nd & 347th. The division then had:

1/,2/332nd Grenadier Regiment (plus 2/321st)

1/,2/347th Grenadier Regiment (plus 1/321st)

339th Divisional Battalion



On 11/2/43 the 2/321st and 2/347th were disbanded and the

1/321st became the 2/321st, which was absorbed into the 52nd Division-

al Group. the division now had:


347th Grenadier Regiment, including the

1/347th Grenadier Regiment

3/321st Grenadier Regiment

52nd Divisional Group (with 163rd & 181st Regimental Groups)




229th Divisional (Einheiten) Service Units

On 7/22/44 in the Witebesk Pocket, the division was destroyed and its

survivors joined with those of the 95th and 356th Divisions to form

the "H" Corps Detachment. This merging occurred as follows:

Divisional Staff - Staff "H" Corps Detachment

347th, 2/322nd & 1/347th Gren Regt became 197th Divisional Group

with 332nd & 347th Regimental Groups

197th Panzerjäger Battalion became 195th Panzerjäger Battalion

229th, 3/152nd, & 1/58th became Staff/,3/,4/195th Artillery Regt

229th Pioneer Battalion became 195th Pioneer Battalion

229th Signals Battalion became 195th Signals Battalion


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the division had:




On 1/17/40 the division received the 35th Landwehr Regiment and

drafts to form a full division. It now contained:





On 9/1/40 the division was raised to 9 batteries by absorbing

the 4th-6th Btrys from the 300th AR and formed a 4th (heavy) Batta-

lion from the 4/300th AR. On 10/30/40 the division detached the

Staff/326th, 3/308th and 3/305th to help form the 595th IR, 327th ID

(13th Wave). The 2/357th became the 7/327th AR. Those units were

rebuilt. The 2/326th became the garrison battalion of Copenhagen and

on 5/28/40 it was replaced. On 8/14/41 the Staff/,2/,3/326th were

disbanded and on 2/19/43 they were reformed from March Battalions.

On 9/11/43 the third battalions of the regiments were disbanded

(3/305th became 1/305th IR). The division now had:






On 6/12/44 the division was rebuilt from the Bohemian Shadow Division

in southern France. After being pushed back into Germany, on

11/3/44, the division absorbed the following units:

1/,2/C/V Grenadier Regiment

1432nd Fortress Infantry Battalion

40th Fortress Machine Gun Battalion

Det/244th Signals Company

Det. 2/200th Security Regiment

8th Ship's Company Battalion

4th Platoon, 1st Army Corps Panzerjäger Company

4th Co/687th Naval Artillery Battlaion

Alarm Company, 189th Reserve Division

Survivors of the Mahnke & Märker Battalions

On 10/18/44 the division contained:









On 1/21/45 the division absorbed the 1/V Heavy Anti-Tank Company,

2111th Sturmgeschütz Company, and the remains of the 960th Security

Battalion. The division withdrew to the Neckar where it was taken

prisoner by the Americans.

199th Infantry Division: Formed on 11/1/40 in Norway from portions of

other divisions serving in Norway (69th, 163rd, 181st, 196th and 214th

IDs). it was part of the 7th Wave. It consisted of:






On 6/1/42 the 341st IR and 3/199th AR were detached to the

270th ID. They were not replaced. In early 1945 the division had the

Staff/856th Fortress IR and the 649th, 651st, 652nd and 1014th For-

tress Infantry Battalions assigned to it. The Division was brought

back to Germany and it was reorganized as follows:




199th fusilier Battalion



The division was taken prisoner by the Russians in Brandenburg. part

was also captured by the Americans near Havelberg.

Mueller-Hillebrand, B., Das Heer l933-l945, Frankfurt am mein, Vol I &

II, Verband der Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS l939-

l945

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im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Biblo Verlag, Osnabruck, 1977.

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command, National Archives

Microcopy No. T-341, Rolls 142, 143 & 146, American Historical Asso-

ciation Committee for the Study of War Documents, Washington,

DC., 1960

Records of Headquarters, German Army High Command, National Archives

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