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23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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German 23rd Infantry Division 23. Infanterie-Division

Active	1 October 1934 - 14 September 1942 23 October 1942 - 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Potsdam
Nickname	Grenadierkopf

[show] German 23rd Infantry Division 23. Infanterie-Division (15 October 1935 - 8 May 1945)

Parent unit	Wehrkreis III

Components	Infantry Regiment 9 Infantry Regiment 68 Infantry Regiment 69 Divisional units 23

26th Panzer Division 26. Panzer-Division
Active	14 September 1942 - 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Armor
Size	Division

[show] 26th Panzer Division 26. Panzer-Division (14 September 1942 - 8 May 1945)

Parent unit	Wehrkreis III

Components	Panzer Regiment 26 Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 Panzergrenadier Regiment 67 Armored Reconnaisance Battalion 26 Panzerjäger Battalion 51 Divisional units 93

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[edit] 23rd Infantry Division

The German 23rd Infantry Division was a military unit operational during World War II. It was organized along standard lines for a German infantry division. It was non-motorised and relied on horse drawn wagons for its mobility. The unit carried the nickname Grenadierkopf.
The 23rd Infantry participated in the Invasion of Poland in 1939 as part of the reserve component of the 4th Army. The division was commanded by Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt and consisted of the 9th, 67th, and 68th infantry regiments.

[edit] Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Ernst Busch, creation - 4 February 1938
General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, 4 February 1938 - 1 June 1940
Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich, 1 June 1940 - 17 January 1942
Generalleutnant Curt Badinski, 17 January 1942 - 15 November 1942

[edit] 26th Panzer Division

In July 1942, the division was reorganized as the 26th Panzer Division. It then served occupation duties in the west until mid-1943, whereupon it transferred to Italy to resist the Allied invasion, fought at Salerno, and remained in Italy for the rest of the war, surrendering to the British near Bologna at the end.

[edit] Commanding officers

General der Panzertruppen Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz, 14 September 1942
Generalmajor Hans Hecker, 22 January 1944
General der Panzertruppen Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz, 20 February 1944
Oberst Dr. rer. pol. Dr. jur. Hans Boelsen, 11 April 1944 – 7 May 1944 (deputy)
Generalleutnant Eduard Crasemann, 6 July 1944
Oberst Carl Stollbrock, 15 December 1944 - 15 January 1945 (deputy)
Generalmajor Alfred Kuhnert, 29 January 1945
Generalleutnant Viktor Linnarz, 19 April 1945

[edit] New 23rd Infantry Division

In November 1942 a new 23rd Infantry Division was formed, with the new 9th and 67th regiments called Grenadier to distinguish them from the original 9th and 67th regiments now called Panzergrenadier in the 26th Panzer Division. This new division served on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war, ultimately surrendering in East Prussia.

[edit] Commanding officers

Generalmajor Friedrich von Schellwitz, re-creation - August 1943
General der Artillerie Horst von Mellenthin, August 1943 - 1 September 1943
Generalleutnant Paul Gurran, 1 September 1943 - 22 February 1944
Generalleutnant Walter Charles de Beaulieu, 22 February 1944 - 1 August 1944
Generalleutnant Hans Schirmer, 1 August 1944 - disbanded

[edit] References

Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand (1969) (in German). Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Vol. III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende. Frankfurt am Main: Mittler. p. 286.
Georg Tessin (1970) (in German). Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 - 1945. Vol. IV: Die Landstreitkräfte 15 -30. Frankfurt am Main: Mittler.