75th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Country Nazi Germany Type Infantry		Branch Army Size Division

Active 26 August 1939 – 8 May 1945 Engagements World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Kursk Lower Dnieper Offensive Hube's Pocket Battle of the Dukla Pass Upper Silesian Offensive Prague Offensive

The 75th Infantry Division (German: 75. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 26 August 1939.

75. Infanterie-Division 1939

Infanterie-Regiment 172

Infanterie-Regiment 202

Infanterie-Regiment 222

Artillerie-Regiment 157

Pionier-Battalion 175

Aufklärungs-Abteilung 175

Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 175

Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 175

Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubtruppen 175

Grenadier-Regiment 172

Füsilier-Regiment 202

Grenadier-Regiment 222

Divisions-Füsilier-Battalion 75

Artillerie-Regiment 175

Feldersatz-Battalion 175

Pionier-Battalion 175

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 175

Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 175

Kommandeur der Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubtruppen 175

Generalleutnant Ing. Ernst Hammer, 26 August 1939 – 5 September 1942

Generalleutnant Erich Diestel, 5 September 1942 – 12 September 1942

Generalleutnant Helmuth Beukemann, 15 September 1942 – 9 July 1944

Generalmajor Karl Arning, 10 July 1944 – 5 April 1945

Generalmajor Lothar Berger, 6 April 1945 – May 1945

Oberst Gerhard Matthaiss, May 1945 – 8 May 1945

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