121st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Active 1940–45 Branch German Army Size Division		Country Nazi Germany Type Infantry Engagements World War II

The 121st Infantry Division (German: 121. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was a part of the German XXVIII Army Corps.

Commanding officers

General der Artillerie Curt Jahn, 5 October 1940 – 6 May 1941

Generalleutnant Otto Lancelle, 6 May 1941 – 8 July 1941

General der Artillerie Martin Wandel, 8 July 1941 – 11 Nov 1942

General der Infanterie Helmuth Prieß, 11 November 1942 – March 1944

Generalmajor Ernst Pauer von Arlau, March 1944 – 1 June 1944

Generalleutnant Rudolf Bamler, 1 June 1944 – 27 June 1944

General der Infanterie Helmuth Prieß, 27 June 1944 – 10 July 1944

General der Infanterie Theodor Busse, 10 July 1944 – 1 August 1944

Generalleutnant Werner Ranck, 1 August 1944 – 30 April 1945

Generalmajor Ottomar Hansen, 30 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

References

121st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) Wikipedia

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