123rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

123rd Infantry Division (123. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Wehrmacht during World War Two.

123rd Infantry Division
123. Infanterie-Division
Active5 October 1940 – 1 March 1944
Disbanded1 March 1944
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry

Commands and operational areas

DatumCorpsArmyArmy GroupOperational Area
November 1940XX.11. ArmeeCBrandenburg
April 1941X.18. ArmeeBEast Prussia
May 1941XXVIII.16. ArmeeC
June 1941NorthSebesch
August 1941II.Demjansk
January 1943Demjansk, Cholm
September 1943ReserveCholm
October 1943XVII.1. Panzer-ArmeeSouthZaporizhia
January 19446. Armee
February 1944XXX.
March 1944LVII.AKryvyi 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

DateRankName
5 October 1940GeneralleutnantWalter Lichel
6 August 1941GeneralleutnantErwin Rauch
1. Oktober 1943GeneralleutnantErwin Menny
1. November 1943GeneralleutnantErwin Rauch
15. Januar 1944GeneralmajorLouis Tronnier

Chiefs of Staff

DateRankName
10 October 1940MajorErnst Klasing
30 November 1942OberstleutnantHans Linemann

Bibliography

  • (in German) Werner Haupt: 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). 6. Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN 3-7648-0872-1.
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