50th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Type Infantry		Branch Army Size Division

Active 26 August 1939 – May 1945 Engagements World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceBattle of GreeceOperation BarbarossaSiege of Sevastopol (1941-1942)Battle of the CaucasusCrimean OffensiveEast Prussian OffensiveHeiligenbeil Pocket

The 50th Infantry Division (German: 50. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 26 August 1939 from the Grenzkommandantur Küstrin.

50. Infanterie-Division 1939

Infanterie-Regiment 121

Infanterie-Regiment 122

Infanterie-Regiment 123

Artillerie-Abteilung 150

Pionier-Battalion 71

Nachrichten-Abteilung 71

Versorgungseinheiten 354

50. Infanterie-Division 1940

Infanterie-Regiment 121

Infanterie-Regiment 122

Infanterie-Regiment 123

Artillerie-Regiment 150

Pionier-Battalion 71

Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 150

Radfahr-Schwadron 150

Nachrichten-Abteilung 71

Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 150

50. Infanterie-Division 1944

Grenadier-Regiment 121

Grenadier-Regiment 122

Grenadier-Regiment 123

Füsilier-Battalion 50

Artillerie-Regiment 150

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 150

Feldersatz-Battalion 150

Versorgungsregiment 150

Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 150

50. Infanterie-Division 1945

The unit was destroyed in the Heiligenbeil Pocket.

Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Konrad Sorsche, 1 September 1939 – 25 October 1940

Generaloberst Karl-Adolf Hollidt, 25 October 1940 – 23 January 1942

Generalleutnant August Schmidt, 31 January 1942 – 1 March 1942

Generalleutnant Friedrich Schmidt, 1 Mar 1942 – 26 June 1943

Generalleutnant Friedrich Sixt, 26 June 1943 – 30 April 1944

Generalleutnant Paul Betz, 30 Apr 1944 – 9 May 1944

Generalmajor Georg Haus, 5 June 1944 – 18 April 1945

Generalmajor Kurt Domansky, 18 April 1945 – 28 April 1945

Oberst Ribbert, 28 April 1945 – May 1945

References

50th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) Wikipedia

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