76th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
German 76th Infantry Division | |
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Active | 26 August 1939 –1945 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
Engagements | World War II |
The 76th Infantry Division was created on 26 August 1939 together with the 23rd Infantry Division in Potsdam. The division was annihilated in the Battle of Stalingrad and reformed by the OB West on 17 February 1943.
Organization[]
Structure of the division:[1]
- Headquarters
- 178th Infantry Regiment
- 203rd Infantry Regiment
- 230th Infantry Regiment
- 176th Artillery Regiment
- 176th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 176th Anti-Tank Battalion
- 176th Engineer Battalion
- 176th Signal Battalion
- 176th Divisional Supply Group
Commanding officers[]
- General der Artillerie Maximilian de Angelis, 1 September 1939
- Generalleutnant Carl Rodenburg, 26 January 1942
- General der Infanterie Erich Abraham, 1 April 1943
- Generalleutnant Otto-Hermann Brücker, July 1944
- General der Infanterie Erich Abraham, August 1944
- Generalleutnant , 17 October 1944
- Oberst Dr. , 8 February 1945
- Generalmajor Erhard-Heinrich Berner, 14 February 1945
References[]
- ^ German Order of Battle, 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. p. 85.
- Tessin, Georg (1972). Die Landstreitkräfte 71—130. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945. 6. Frankfurt/Main: E.S. Mittler. pp. 29–31.
Categories:
- Military units and formations established in 1939
- Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II
- German units at the Battle of Stalingrad
- 1939 establishments in Germany
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
- German World War II stubs