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This category includes articles about the organisation and unit histories of all German divisions during the Second World War that performed in combat in the role of infantry. For Mechanized infantry use the category Panzergrenadier divisions of Germany during World War II.
To keep its existence secret, the first German airborne division was named as if a Flieger ("flier") division in the series of Luftwaffe divisions that controlled air assets rather than ground troops-named 7th Flieger Division (often translated 7th Air Division - which see: 1st Parachute Division (Germany)) The division was later reorganized to ...
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend; 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen; 21st Panzer Division; 94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion; 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion; 116th Panzer Division; 243rd Static Infantry Division; 353rd Infantry Division; 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion; 709th Infantry ...
This is a list of German military units during World War II which contains all military units that served with the German Armed Forces . Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see list of German corps in World War II and list of German divisions in World War II .
Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II (1 C, 43 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of Germany in World War II" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
With the German Invasion of Poland in September 1939, the 1st Infantry Division fought in the northern sector. [3] The division advanced toward Warsaw as a component of the XXVI Army Corps (until 1 October 1939: "Army Corps Wodrig", [5]: 181 commanded by Albert Wodrig), subordinate to the 3rd Army (Georg von Küchler).
The Army's combat formations comprise two Panzer (armoured) divisions and the lighter Rapid Forces Division. There are five heavy brigades and half a light infantry brigade in the two panzer divisions. Battalions and regiments are directly subordinate to brigades or to divisions as divisional troops. Regiments are rare. German infantry ...
The division was established under the cover name Wehrgauleitung Frankfurt in 1934 by expanding the 3rd Division of the Reichswehr. It was redesignated Kommandant von Frankfurt shortly afterward, and took on its bona fide name when the formation of the Wehrmacht was announced in October 1935.