The 129th Infantry Division is a military unit of the Wehrmacht [1] [2] .
| 129th Infantry Division 129. Infanterie-Division | |
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| Years of existence | October 1 - May 8, 1945 |
| A country |  Germany |
| Included in | |
| Participation in | The Second World War Operation Barbarossa Bialystok-Minsk battle Smolensk battle Bialystok, Smolensk, Rzhev |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | Lieutenant General Stefan Rittau , General of the Liaison Forces Albert Praun |
Content
Division Formation History
129th Infantry Division ( German: 129. Infanterie-Division ) - formed on October 1, 1940.
Division Fight
In 1941 - as part of the 9th Army (in the Army Group Center)
The division crossed the USSR border in June 1941 in the Graevo area [3] .
Then she acted in the direction of Grodno , Vilno , Lepel . Smolensk , Vitebsk , Great Luke , Kalinin . In 1942, it operated in the area of Pogorelye Gorodishche .
Fights in Belarus, then battles in the Smolensk , Vyazma and Kalinin area .
During the period of hostilities, the division lost up to 3,800 killed. Parts were replenished due to the disbanded 162nd Infantry Division. By the summer of 1942, it had about 1,500 bayonets, 12 75-mm guns, 24 105-mm guns, 22 anti-tank guns, 90 mortars, 60 machine guns, 150 light machine guns, 160 machine guns.
The political and moral state of the soldiers is low. March 27, 1942 south-east of Olenino completely surrendered the 9th company of the 427th infantry regiment, led by the company commander.
Division
- 427th Infantry Regiment
- 428th Infantry Regiment
- 430th Infantry Regiment
- 129th artillery regiment
- anti-tank battalion
- combat battalion
- communications battalion
They were armed with French captured weapons.
Division commander: Major General Rittau (Note: 10/01/1940 - died on 8/22/1942 during shelling by Soviet artillery in Martynovo)
Notes
- β Created in preparation for the campaign against the USSR. Equipped with veterans of existing divisions and recruits born in 1920
- β B. Muller-Gillebrand. German Army, 1939-1945 - 2002 .-- S. 598.
- β Website about the combat route of the Red Army divisions during the Great Patriotic War
Literature
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- β B. Muller-Gillebrand. German Army, 1939-1945 - 2002 .-- S. 598.