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181st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	181st Infantry Division
native_name	181. Infanterie-Division
image	181st Infanterie-Division Logo.svg
country	Nazi Germany
type	Infantry
branch	Army
dates	December 1939 – 8 May 1945
size	Division
battles	World War II
notable_commanders	Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer

Invasion of Norway
Occupation of Yugoslavia
Belgrade Offensive

The 181st Infantry Division (German: 181. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 1 December 1939. The division participated in anti-partisan operations in World War II in German-occupied Yugoslavia.

Orders of Battle

181. Infanterie-Division 1940

Infanterie-Regiment 334
Infanterie-Regiment 349
Infanterie-Regiment 359
Artillerie-Regiment 222
Pionier-Battalion 222
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222

181. Infanterie-Division 1943

Grenadier-Regiment 359
Grenadier-Regiment 363
Divisions-Füsilier-Battalion 181
Artillerie-Regiment 222
Pionier-Battalion 222
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222

Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Peter Bielfeld, 1 December 1939 – 10 January 1940
Generalleutnant Kurt Woytasch, 10 January 1940 – 1 March 1942
Generalleutnant Friedrich Bayer, 1 March 1942 – 24 March 1942
Generalleutnant Hermann Fischer, 24 March 1942 – 1 October 1944
Generalleutnant Eugen Bleyer, 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

References

[[Georg Tessin]]: ''Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945.'' Siebenter Band. Die Landstreitkräfte 131–200. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1973, {{ISBN. 3-7648-0872-1, S. 207.

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