189th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

189th Infantry Division 189. Infanterie-Division September 1942 – March 1945 Nazi Germany Army Infantry Division World War II Operation Dragoon The 189th Infantry Division was a reserve division of the German Army in World War II. Operational history September 26, 1942: Formation of the 189. Reserve-Division December 6, 1942: The 189. Reserve-Division is renamed 189. Infanterie-Division (B) May 15, 1943: The 189. Reserve-Division is reformed in France from Division Nr. 189. In 1944, it fought against the Allied landings in Operation Dragoon in the South of France and suffered heavy losses. October 8, 1944: The 189. Infanterie-Division was reformed in France from the 189. Reserve-Division and the 242. Infanterie-Division. February 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division is destroyed in the Colmar Pocket. March 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division was reformed again and fought in southern Germany until the end of the war. Order of battle 1944 15th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (two battalions) 28th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (three battalions) 28th Reserve Artillery Battalion 9th Reserve Pioneer Battalion 1089th Administrative Service Unit24 October 2011 cgsc.edu German Forces in the West http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/944GFWA.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111117063842/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/944GFWA.pdf 2011-11-17 dead 1945 1007th Security Battalion 1021st Security Battalion 1181st Artillery Battalion 806th SS-Machinegun Battalion Commanders Major General Paul Bauer (October 1939 - June 1942) Major General Egon von Neindorff (June 1942 - October 1943) Lieutenant General Richard von Schwerin (October 1943 - September 1944) Major General Ernst von Bauer (September - October 1944) Major General Joachim Degener (October - November 1944) Colonel Eduard Zorn (November 1944 - February 1945), KIA Colonel Mellwig (February - April 1945) References Category:Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II Category:Military units and formations established in 1942 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945