30th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 30th Infantry Division of the German Army was created on 1 October 1936 in Lübeck and mobilized on 26 August 1939 for the upcoming invasion of Poland. At that time, it consisted of the usual German infantry division elements: three infantry regiments of three battalions each, one three-battalion regiment of light artillery, one battalion of heavy artillery (from a separate artillery regiment, but attached to the particular division), a panzerjager (anti-tank) battalion, an aufklärungs (reconnaissance) battalion, a signals battalion, a pioneer (engineer) battalion, and divisional supply, medical, and administrative units.

Commanders

 * Generalleutnant Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, creation – 4 February 1938
 * Generalmajor Kurt von Briesen, 4 February 1938 – 1 July 1939
 * Generalleutnant Franz Böhme, 1 July 1939 – 19 July 1939
 * General der Infanterie Kurt von Briesen, 19 July 1939 – 25 November 1940
 * Generalmajor Walter Buechs, November 1940 – 5 January 1941
 * General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch, 5 January 1941 – 5 June 1942
 * Generalleutnant Thomas-Emil von Wickede, 5. Juni 1942 – 29 October 1943
 * Generalleutnant Paul Winter, (September 1943)
 * Generalmajor Gerhard Henke (acting), 29 October 1943 – 5 November 1943
 * General der Infanterie Wilhelm Haase, 5 November 1943 – 15 March 1944
 * Generalleutnant Hans von Basse (acting), 15 March 1944 – 15 August 1944
 * Generalmajor Otto Barth, 15 August 1944 – 30 January 1945
 * Generalleutnant Albert Henze, 30 January 1945 - capitulation