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79th Infantry Division The 79th Infantry Division (79. Infanterie-Division) was a reserve division formed on mobilization. Personnel mainly from the Rhineland. On the Saar front for a period, but took little part in active operations. Identified on the southern sector of the Russian front. Virtually destroyed at Stalingrad. Commanders Generalleutnant Richard Graf von Schwerin, from…

76th Infantry Division The 76th Infantry Division (76. Infanterie-Division) was a reserve division formed on mobilization. Prussian personnel. Fought well in France. Engaged in Russia in the southern sector from the beginning of the campaign. Virtually destroyed at Stalingrad. Commanders Generalleutnant Carl Rodenburg, from 26th January 1942  to 31st January 1943 Generalleutnant Carl Rodenburg commanded…

71st Infantry Division The 71st Infantry Division (71. Infanterie-Division) Reserve division formed on mobilization and recruited mainly from the Hannover area. On the Saar front for a period. Fought with distinction in the Sedan area and in the advance on Verdun. Fought in Russia in the southern sector for the first four months of the…

60th Infantry Division (mot) The 60th Infantry Division (mot) (60. Infanterie-Division (mot.)) was originally the 60th Infantry Division formed at Danzig in August 1939 and embodying the Danzig Heimwehr. As such took part in the attack on the Hela peninsula in September 1939 and in the French campaign. In the late summer of 1940 it…

44th Infantry Division The 44th Infantry Division (44. Infanterie-Division) formed on 1 April 1938 from personnel mainly Austrian. Sustained heavy casualties in Poland. Saw little fighting but marched great distances in France. Morale less high than that of the other Austrian active divisions. Engaged in Russia on’ the southern front from the beginning of the…

29th Infantry Division The 29th Infantry Division (mot) (29. Infanterie-Division (mot.)) was formed on 1 October 1936 from personnel largely Thuringian. Moved great distances and fought hard in Poland and France. Identified in the central sector in Russia in July 1941. Transferred to the southern sector in the summer of 1942 and virtually destroyed at!…

3rd Infantry Division (mot) The 3rd Infantry Division (mot) (3. Infanterie-Division (mot.)) was an active division mainly recruited in Prussia. As such it took part in the Polish campaign and the Battle of France, without winning any special distinction. Motorized in autumn, 1940. Fought in Russia from the beginning, at first in the centre and…

14th Panzer Division The 14th Panzer Division (14. Panzer-Division) originally the 4th Infantry Division, belonging to the peacetime army, with personnel from Saxony and Sudetenland. As such fought well in Poland and in the French campaign and was reorganized as the 14th Panzer Division in the late summer of 1940. Fought in Yugoslavia in the…

16th Panzer Division The 16th Panzer Division (16. Panzer-Division) originally the 16th Infantry Division, belonging to the peacetime army, with personnel from Westphalia and some East Prussians. As such was on the Saar front for a period and later took part in the attack on Sedan in support of armoured formations. Reorganized as the 16th…

305th Infantry Division The 305th Infantry Division (305. Infanterie-Division) formed late in 1940. In western France from the end of 1941 until the beginning of May 1942, when it left for the Russian front, southern sector. Virtually destroyed at Stalingrad. Commanders Generalleutnant Kurt Pflugradt, 15th December 1940 to 12th April 1942 Generalleutnant Kurt Pflugradt, a German…

389th Infantry Division The 389th Infantry Division (389. Infanterie-Division) formed in the winter of 1941-42. In action on the Southern Russian front from May 1942. Virtually destroyed at Stalingrad. Commanders Generalleutnant Erwin Jaenecke, from 1st February 1942 to 1st November 1942 Generalleutnant Erwin Jaenecke, a German officer, commanded the 389th Infantry Division during the Battle…

384th Infantry Division The 384th Infantry Division (384. Infanterie-Division) formed in the winter of 1941-42. In action on the Southern Russian front from May 1942. Virtually destroyed at Stalingrad. Commanders Generalleutnant Kurt Hoffmann, from 10th January 1942 to 12th February 1942 Generalleutnant Kurt Hoffmann, a German officer, commanded the 384th Infantry Division during World War…