The 168th Infantry Division ( German 168. Infanterie-Division ) is a Wehrmacht military unit operating on the Soviet-German front during the Second World War.
| 168th Infantry Division | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | December 1, 1939 —May 1945 |
| A country |  Germany |
| Subordination | Wehrmacht |
| Included in | |
| Type of | infantry |
| Number | 15 thousand people |
| Dislocation | Goerlitz |
| Nickname | Iron division |
| Participation in | The third battle for Kharkov |
Content
- 1 Division History
- 1.1 Dislocations
- 1.2 The course of hostilities
- 2 Command
- 3 Structure
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Division History
Location
- Germany : January 1940-July 1941
- Eastern Front ( Army Group "South" ): July 1941-February 1944
- Poland : April 1944-February 1945
- Eastern Front (Army Group "South"): April-May 1945
The course of hostilities
Formed on December 1, 1939 in the VIII Military District (Görlitz) during the 7th wave of the draft. In January 1940, replenished with three supply battalions (8th, 18th, 45th). In May 1940, the 442nd Infantry Regiment was brought into full combat readiness. In early summer, it was equipped with artillery, armored vehicles, vehicles and new weapons captured in France and the Netherlands.
During the battles on the Eastern Front, as part of Army Group South, as part of the 6th and 8th Field Armies, as well as the 4th and 1st Tank Armies, they fought near Kiev, Belgorod, Kharkov, Voronezh, Vinnitsa, on a bend Don and the Carpathians. In November 1943, it merged with the 223rd Infantry Division . She later suppressed the uprisings in Silesia. Near Klotsko surrendered to the Soviet units in May 1945.
Command
| date of | Military rank | Name |
|---|---|---|
| January 11, 1940 - July 8, 1941 | Lieutenant general | Dr. Hans Mundt |
| July 8, 1941 - March 9, 1943 | Lieutenant general | Dietrich Kreiss |
| March 9 - December 1, 1943 | Lieutenant general | Chall de Bulle |
| December 1, 1943 - September 8, 1944 | Lieutenant general | Werner Schmidt-Hammer |
| September 8 - December 9, 1944 | Major general | Karl Anders |
| December 9, 1944 - January 6, 1945 | Lieutenant general | Werner Schmidt-Hammer |
| January 6, 1945 - April 1945 | Major general | Dr. Maximillian Rosskopf |
| April - May 1945 | Lieutenant general | Werner Schmidt-Hammer |
Structure
| 1939 | 1940 | 1943 |
|---|---|---|
| 417th Infantry Regiment | 417th Grenadier Regiment | |
| 429th Infantry Regiment | 223rd Division Group | |
| - | 442nd Infantry Regiment | 442nd Grenadier Regiment |
| - | 248th Bicycle Squadron | 168th battalion of machine gunners |
| - | - | 248th Supply Battalion |
| 248th light artillery battery | 248th artillery regiment | |
| - | 248th anti-tank detachment | 248th detachment of anti-tank self-propelled guns |
| - | 248th Engineer Battalion | |
| - | 248th reconnaissance squad | |
| - | 248th reinforcement squad | |
Literature
Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945. Band 7. Die Landstreitkräfte 131-200. 2. Auflage. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1173-0 .