123rd Infantry Division
123. Infanterie-Division Active
5 October 1940 – 1 March 1944 Disbanded
1 March 1944 Country
Nazi Germany Branch
Army Type
Infantry
123rd Infantry Division (123. Infanterie-Division ) was a unit of the Wehrmacht during World War Two .
History
Commands and operational areas
Datum
Corps
Army
Army Group
Operational Area
November 1940
XX.
11. Armee
C
Brandenburg
April 1941
X.
18. Armee
B
East Prussia
May 1941
XXVIII.
16. Armee
C
June 1941
North
Sebesch
August 1941
II.
Demjansk
January 1943
Demjansk, Cholm
September 1943
Reserve
Cholm
October 1943
XVII.
1. Panzer-Armee
South
Zaporizhia
January 1944
6. Armee
Februar 1944
XXX.
March 1944
LVII.
A
Kryvyi Rih
Composition
Infanterie-Regiment 415
Infanterie-Regiment 416
Infanterie-Regiment 418
Artillerie-Regiment 123
Pionier-Bataillon 123
Feldersatz-Bataillon 123
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 123
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 123
Nachrichten-Abteilung 123
Divisions-Nachschubführer 123
Personnel
Commanders
Chiefs of Staff
Date
Rank
Name
10 October 1940
Major
Ernst Klasing
30 November 1942
Oberstleutnant
Hans Linemann
Bibliography
(German) Werner Haupt : Demjansk – Ein Bollwerk im Osten , Bad Nauheim 1963.
(German) Werner Haupt: Heeresgruppe Nord , Bad Nauheim 1967.
(German) Franz Kurowski : Demjansk – Der Kessel im Eis , Wölfersheim-Berstadt 2001.
Tessin, Georg (1972) (in German). Die Landstreitkräfte 71 – 130 . 6 . Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN 3-7648-0872-1 .
Stab Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 415 Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 416
Friedrich Crantz Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 418 Aufklärungs-Abteilung 123
Karl-Walrad Prinz zu Salm-Horstmar Schnelle Abteilung 123