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39th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	39th Infantry Division
image	39th Infanterie-Division Logo.svg
image_size	200
caption	39. Infanterie-Division Vehicle Insignia
dates	10 July 1942November 1943
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
type	Infantry
garrison	Elsenborn
size	Division
notable_commanders	Hugo Hoefl
battles	World War II

Eastern Front

The 39th Infantry Division () was a German Army infantry division in World War II. Formed in July 1942, it existed for a little over 15 months. Reduced to battle group size by October 1943 in fighting during the Battle of the Dnieper on the Eastern Front, it was disbanded in November 1943. Its surviving troops were absorbed by other German army formations.

History

113th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
139th Artillery Regiment
139th Reconnaissance Battalion
139th Tank Destroyer Battalion
139th Engineer Battalion
139th Signal Battalion
139th Divisional Supply Troops The 39th Infantry Division was formed in Germany in July 1942, largely from Polish and other non-German personnel. Its foundation commander was Generalleutnant Hugo Hoefl. The division spent time serving garrison duty in the Netherlands before being transferred to the Eastern Front in March 1943.

Now under the command of Generalleutnant Ludwig Löweneck, the division was engaged in various actions against the Red Army. Involvement in the Battle of the Dnieper caused heavy losses and the division was little more than battle group size by October 1943. The division was disestablished in November, with the surviving infantry forming a divisional group that was absorbed by the 106th Infantry Division.

The headquarters staff, under Generalmajor Paul Mahlmann as Löweneck had been killed in May 1943 in a vehicle accident, was integrated into the 41st Fortress Division, which garrisoned the Peloponnese in Greece.

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