137th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 137th Infantry Division was a major fighting formation of the German Army (Wehrmacht). It was created in October 1940, and first saw combat in Operation Barbarossa as p;art of Army Group Center. The division remained on the central sector of the Eastern Front until November 1943, when it was disbanded.

Commanders

 * Generalleutnant Friedrich Bergmann 8 10 1940 – 21 12 1941;
 * Oberst Siegfried Heine 21 12 1941 – 28 12 1941;
 * Oberst Muhl 28 12 1941 – 5 1 1942;
 * Generalleutnant Hans. Kamecke 5 1 1942 – 12 2 1942;
 * Generalleutnant Dr Karl Rüdiger 12 2 1942 – 25 2 1942;
 * Generalleutnant Hans. Kamecke 25 2 1942 – 15 10 1942;
 * Generalleutnant Egon von Neindorff 15 10 1942 – 16 12 1943.

Order of battle

 * 1940:
 * Infantry Regiment 447
 * Infantry Regiment 448
 * Infantry Regiment 449
 * Artillery Regiment 137
 * Pionier-Bataillon 137
 * Antitank Battalion 137
 * Reconnaissance Battalion 137
 * Divisions Signals-Battalion 137
 * Divisions Services 137


 * 1943:
 * Grenadier Regiment 447
 * Grenadier Regiment 448
 * Division Battalion 137
 * Artillery Regiment 137
 * Pionier-Bataillon 137
 * Panzerjäger-Abteilung 137
 * Feldersatz-Bataillon 137
 * Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 137
 * Divisions-Nachschubführer 137