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
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