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181st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)


FieldValue
unit_name181st Infantry Division
native_name181. Infanterie-Division
image181st Infanterie-Division Logo.svg
countryNazi Germany
typeInfantry
branchArmy
datesDecember 1939 – 8 May 1945
sizeDivision
battlesWorld War II
notable_commandersEugen-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

References

  1. [[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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