34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Type Infantry		Branch Army Size Division

Active April 1936 – April 1945

The 34th Infantry Division, (German: 34. Infanterie-Division), was a German military unit that fought in the Battle of France and on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Erich Lüdke, 1 April 1936 – 1 October 1937

Generalmajor Max von Viebahn, 1 October 1937 – 1 March 1938

Generalleutnant Friedrich Bremer, 1 March 1938 – 1 April 1939

General der Artillerie Hans Behlendorff, 19 July 1939 – 10 May 1940

Generalleutnant Werner Sanne, 11 May 1940 – 1 November 1940

General der Artillerie Hans Behlendorff, 1 November 1940 – 18 October 1941

Generalleutnant Friedrich Fürst, 18 October 1941 – 5 September 1942

Generalleutnant Theodor Scherer, 5 September 1942 – 2 November 1942

General der Infanterie Friedrich Hochbaum, 2 November 1942 – 31 May 1944

Generalleutnant Theobald Lieb, 31 May 1944 – 1945

Oberst Ferdinand Hippel, 1945

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