57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Type Infantry		Branch Army Size Division

Active 26 August 1939 – July 1944 Engagements World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of UmanBattle of Kiev (1941)First Battle of KharkovBattle of Voronezh (1942)Battle of KurskCherkassy PocketOperation BagrationBobruysk Offensive

The 57th Infantry Division (German: 57. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 26 August 1939 in Landshut.

History

The 57th Infantry Division was formed in August 1939 as part of the second wave of German infantry divisions. During the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, the division remained in the Saarland.

The division was moved into Poland as an occupational force in August 1940 until the initiation of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. The division took part in the campaign as part of Army Group South, where it assaulted Kiev.

Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Oskar Blümm, 1 September 1939 – 26 September 1941

General der Infanterie Anton Dostler, 26 September 1941 – 10 April 1942

Generalleutnant Oskar Blümm, 10 April 1942 – 10 October 1942

General der Infanterie Friedrich Siebert, 10 October 1942 – 20 February 1943

Generalleutnant Otto Fretter-Pico, 20 February 1943 – 1 September 1943

Generalleutnant Vincenz Müller, 1 September 1943 – 19 September 1943

Generalmajor Adolf Trowitz, 19 September 1943 – 7 July 1944

References

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