134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

134th Infantry Division 134. Infanterie-Division 134ID Truppenkennzeichen 01.jpg Nazi Germany Infantry Army October 1940 – June 1944 Division World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kursk Battle of Smolensk (1943) Operation Bagration The 134th Infantry Division (de 134. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed in October 1940. From June 1941, the 134th Infantry Division took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union as part of the Army Group Center. In December 1941, the division was involved in the Battle of Moscow. Together with the 45th Infantry Division, she was temporarily surrounded as part of the 2nd Army at Livny and lost a large part of her artillery. The division was destroyed in the Soviet Bobruysk Offensive, part of Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944.Tessin, pp. 15–16 Orders of Battle 134. Infanterie-Division 1940 Infanterie-Regiment 439 Infanterie-Regiment 445 Infanterie-Regiment 446 Artillerie-Regiment 134 Aufklärungs-Abteilung 134 Pionier-Bataillon 134 Panzerjäger-Abteilung 134 Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 134 Divisions-Nachschubführer 134 134. Infanterie-Division 1944 Grenadier-Regiment 439 Grenadier-Regiment 445 Grenadier-Regiment 446 Artillerie-Regiment 134 Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 134 Panzerjäger-Abteilung 134 Pionier-Bataillon 134 Feldersatz-Bataillon 134 Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 134 Divisions-Nachschubführer 134 Commanding officers Generalleutnant Conrad von Cochenhausen, 5 October 1940 – 12 December 1941, (committed suicide after the defeat at Livny) General Hans Schlemmer, 12 December 1941 – February 1944, Generalmajor Rudolf Bader, February 1944 – 1 June 1944, Generalleutnant Ernst Philipp, 1 June 1944 – 29 June 1944 (committed suicide after the destruction of his division). Notes Bibliography Tessin Georg Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945 7: Die Landstreitkräfte 131–200 (Units 131–200) Biblio Osnabrück 1973 3-7648-0872-1 German Category:Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II Category:Military units and formations established in 1940 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944