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123rd Infantry Division Active 5 October 1940 – 1 March 1944 Disbanded 1 March 1944 Country Nazi Germany Branch Army Type Infantry
Military unit
123rd Infantry Division (123. Infanterie-Division ) was a unit of the Wehrmacht during World War II .
History [ ]
Commands and operational areas [ ]
Datum
Corps
Army
Army Group
Operational Area
November 1940
XX.
11. Armee
C
Brandenburg
April 1941
X.
18. Armee
B
East Prussia
May 1941
XXVIII.
16. Armee
C
June 1941
North
Sebesch
August 1941
II.
Demjansk
January 1943
Demjansk, Cholm
September 1943
Reserve
Cholm
October 1943
XVII.
1. Panzer-Armee
South
Zaporizhia
January 1944
6. Armee
February 1944
XXX.
March 1944
LVII.
A
Kryvyi Rih
Composition [ ]
Infanterie-Regiment 415
Infanterie-Regiment 416
Infanterie-Regiment 418
Artillerie-Regiment 123
Pionier-Bataillon 123
Feldersatz-Bataillon 123
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 123
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 123
Nachrichten-Abteilung 123
Divisions-Nachschubführer 123
Personnel [ ]
Commanders [ ]
Chiefs of Staff [ ]
Date
Rank
Name
10 October 1940
Major
Ernst Klasing
30 November 1942
Oberstleutnant
Hans Linemann
Bibliography [ ]
(in German) : Demjansk – Ein Bollwerk im Osten , Bad Nauheim 1963.
(in German) Werner Haupt: Heeresgruppe Nord , Bad Nauheim 1967.
(in German) Franz Kurowski : Demjansk – Der Kessel im Eis , Wölfersheim-Berstadt 2001.
Tessin, Georg (1972). Die Landstreitkräfte 71 – 130 [Ground forces 71 to 130 ]. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 (in German). Vol. 6. Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN 3-7648-0872-1 .
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1 Oak Leaves with Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144 (3rd Mountain Division )
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