Category Archives: Heer

10.Panzergrenadier-Division

Unit Emblems    Lineage Kommandant von Regensburg 10.Infanterie-Division 10.Infanterie-Division (mot) 10.Panzergrenadier-Division History The 10.Panzergrenadier-Division was formed in June of 1943 when the 10.Infanterie-Division (mot.) was redesignated as a Panzergrenadier-Division. The 10.Panzergrenadier-Division was destroyed in August of 1944 but wasnever officially disbanded and was reformed on October 15th from theremnants of the old division, initially as […]

125.Infanterie-Division

Unit Emblems Campaigns   Balkan Campaign 1941 Eastern Front 1941-1945   History The 125th Infantry Division was one of the 10 divisions initially raised in October of 1940 as a part of the 11th wave in Wehrkreis V, Stuttgart. Approximately one-third of the division’s initial strength came from Würtemburgers who were stationed in and around […]

110.Infanterie-Division

Unit Emblems    Knights Cross Holders Friedrich Fluhs    11/4/1943 Heinz Fritzler    12/5/1943 Hugo Grossmann    3/26/1944 Heinz Moehring    3/6/1944 Deert Reeder    11/30/1943 Ulrich Roggenbau    11/30/1943 Hermann Toenjes    4/20/1944 Adolf Wassmann    3/16/1944 Walter Westenberger    11/12/1943 War Service Dates Korps Armee Armeegrupp Area 12.40-4.41 (Forming) LII 11. Armee C Lüneburg 5.41-6.41 in WK XI 2. Pz. Gruppe Lüneburg 7.41 XXXXII Reserve-OKH Mitte Wilna 8.41 XXIII 9. Armee Mitte Smolensk 9.41 VI 9. Armee Mitte Smolensk 10.41 […]

126.Infanterie-Division

Unit Emblems History The 126.Infanterie-Division was formed on October 18th, 1940 from portions of the 11.Infanterie-Division, 16.Infanterie-Division, and the 253.Infanterie-Division. It was formed at Truppenübungsplatz Sennelager. The 126.Infanterie-Division first took part in the attack on the Soviet Union on June 21st, 1941, under Armeegruppe Nord, 16.Armee, X.Armeekorps. It initially broke through the Russian border and […]

111.Infanterie-Division

Unit Emblems      Knights Cross Holders Otto Barth    5/15/1943 Ludwig Bauer    10/23/1944 Paul Ebel    2/17/1943 Franz Kecht    10/18/1943 Rolf Loeffler    9/14/1942 Konrad Lyhme    10/9/1942 Johann Moshammer    12/31/1941 Friedrich-Heinrich Musculus    2/17/1943 Richard Schwamberger    4/20/1943 Eugen Sonntag    12/9/1944 Otto Stapf    8/31/1941 Louis Tronnier    11/28/1942 War Service Dates Korps Armee Armeegrupp Area 11.40-4.41 LII 11. Armee C Fallingbostel 5.41 XXIX 6. Armee A Poland 6.41 XXIX 6. Armee Süd Dubno 7.41 LV 6. Armee Süd Shitomir 8.41 XXXIV 6. Armee Süd Kiew […]

129.Infanterie-Division

Unit Emblems    Knights Cross Holders Rudolf Albust    12/19/1943 Hellmuth Boehlke    9/24/1942 Joachim Borrmann    10/13/1943 Paul Danhauser    2/10/1942 Günther Drange    10/16/1944 Helmut Gross    8/31/1943 Rudolf Hegewald    10/28/1944 Josef Heichele    1/31/1944 Bernhard Hofmann    9/26/1942 Hermann Kremer    3/23/1945 Heribert Larisch    12/26/1944 Werner Matthis    1/22/1944 Albert Praun    10/27/1943 Nikolaus Purklis    10/28/1944 Stephan Rittau    11/2/1941 Kurt Schneider    9/11/1943 Herbert Seidenstuecker    11/18/1943 Hans Uhl    1/22/1943 Bruno Weisse    10/28/1944 Albrecht Wuestenhagen    12/2/1942 War Service Dates Korps Armee Armeegrupp Area 11.40-2.41 L 2. Armee C Hanau 3.41 LV 2. Armee C Hanau 4.41 XX 18. Armee B Ostpreußen 5.41 XX 9. Armee […]

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: October

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] October 1 October 1, 1939: German troops enter devastated Wasaw. Hitler arrives andattends an impromptu victory parade. October 1, 1941: Conclusion of a conference at Moscow between Britain, theU.S. and the Soviet Union with promises of enormous amounts of aid to theSoviet war […]

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: September

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] September 1 September 1, 1939: Three German Armeegruppen begin the invasion of Polandat 4:45am CET, offically launching the world into what would be the mostdestructive and deadly war in all of history. Massive strikes by theLuftwaffe destroy vital communications and assembly areas, decimating […]

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: April

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] April 1st April 1st, 1945: In the East, bitter fighting rages in the western suburbs of the fortress city of Breslau. In the Southeast, the Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front (Tolbukhin) reaches Wiener Neustadt in its advance toward Vienna.In the West, the US Ninth […]