113th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

113. Infanterie-Division German 113th Infantry Division
Active	10 December 1940 – 25 November 1943
Disbanded	25 November 1943
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	First: Passau Later: Prague
Engagements	World War II Battle of Stalingrad

The 113th Infantry Division was an infantry division created on 10 December 1940 in Grafenwöhr. The division was annihilated in the Battle of Stalingrad and reformed on 21 March 1943 in occupied France. The remains of the division were transferred to the Divisions-Gruppe 113 of the 337th Infantry Division after the battle at Newel in November 1943.

Organization[]

Structure of the division:^[1]

• Headquarters
• 260th Infantry Regiment
• 261st Infantry Regiment
• 268th Infantry Regiment
• 87th Artillery Regiment
• 113th Reconnaissance Battalion
• 113th Tank Destroyer Battalion
• 113th Engineer Battalion
• 113th Signal Battalion
• 113th Divisional Supply Group

Commanding officers[]

• Generalleutnant , 10 December 1940 – 4 June 1941^{[citation needed]}
• Generalleutnant Friedrich Zickwolff, 4 June 1941 – 10 May 1942^{[citation needed]}
• Generalleutnant Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin, 10 May 1942 – 20 January 1943^{[citation needed]}
• Generalmajor , 15 March 1943 – 25 November 1943^{[citation needed]}

War Crimes[]

The 113th division participated in the Massacre at Babi Yar^[2] under Friedrich Zickwolff.

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