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 IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)Battle of KurskLower Dnieper OffensiveHube's PocketBattle of the Dukla PassUpper Silesian OffensivePrague 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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