10th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

January 2024 10th Infantry Division10th Motorized Infantry Division10th Panzergrenadier Division de 10. Infanterie-Division10. Infanterie-Division (mot.)10. Panzergrenadier-Division 10th Infanterie-Division Logo.svg 100px Unit insignia 1 October 1934 – 8 May 1945 Nazi Germany Nazi Germany InfantryPanzergrenadier Motorized Infantry Division World War II 10th Infantry Division 1939 – 1943 Infantry Regiment 20Infantry Regiment 41Infantry Regiment 85Divisional units 10 10th Panzergrenadier Division June 1943 – May 1945 Panzergrenadier Regiment 20Panzergrenadier Regiment 41Panzer Battalion 7Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 110 Divisional units 10 The 10th Infantry Division was created in October 1934 under the cover name Wehrgauleitung Regensburg (later Kommandant von Regensburg) to hide its violation of the Treaty of Versailles. It was renamed the 10th Infantry Division when the establishment of the Wehrmacht was announced publicly in October 1935. The division participated in the annexation of Austria in March 1938, the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and the invasion of France in May 1940. Thereafter it was upgraded to the 10th Motorized Infantry Division. It was later redesignated 10th Panzergrenadier Division in June 1943. In August 1944 the division was destroyed in the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive and ensuing defensive actions. It was partially reconstituted in Germany in October, and sent back to the front as an understrength Kampfgruppe ("battlegroup"). On 1 January 1945, the 10th Panzergrenadier Division, then under command of the 4th Panzer Army of Army Group A, had a strength of 5,932 men (and was thus the numerically weakest division of its entire army group).Lakowski, Richard Die Militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 2008 9783421062376 Müller, Rolf-Dieter Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg 10/1 München 491–681 de Der Zusammenbruch der deutschen Verteidigung zwischen Ostsee und Karpaten504 It was destroyed again in Poland in January 1945 and again partially reconstituted in February. The division finally surrendered to the Soviets in Czechoslovakia at the end of the war. Involvement in war crimes Elements of the division took part in atrocities against the civilian population during the invasion of Poland. Together with elements of the 17th Infantry Division, they took part in the murder of at least 14 civilians during the division's advance towards Sieradz and Łask.http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn8-9_43-44.pdf Witold Kulesza Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu w Polsce – Wrzesień 1939 Wehrmacht crimes in Poland - September 1939 Biuletyn Instytut Pamięci Narodowej August–September 2004 8–9 20 Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (IPN) Warsaw dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050224183929/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn8-9_43-44.pdf 24 February 2005 Organisation (1939) Infanterie-Regiment 20. Infanterie-Regiment 41. Infanterie-Regiment 85. Artillerie-Regiment 10. I./Artillerie-Regiment 46. 10th Divisional Support Units Beobachtungs-Abteilung 10. Pionier-Bataillon 10. Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 10. Nachrichten-Abteilung 10. Feldersatz-Bataillon 10. Versorgungseinheiten 10. Commanding officers Generalleutnant Alfred Wäger (October 1933 – March 1938) Generalleutnant Konrad von Cochenhausen (March 1938 – September 1940) Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper (October 1940 – April 1942) Oberst Hans Traut April 1942 – April 1942 Generalleutnant August Schmidt (May 1942 – September 1944) Generalmajor Walter Herold (October 1944 – November 1944) Oberst Alexander Vial (December 1944 – January 1945) Generalmajor Karl-Richard Koßmann (January 1945 – May 1945) Sources References Literature Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende Mittler Frankfurt am Main 1969 285 de Schmidt August Geschichte der 10. Division: 10. Infanterie-Division, 10. Panzer-Grenadier-Division, 1933-1945 1963 Bad Nauheim Podzun de Georg Tessin Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939–1945 III: Die Landstreitkräfte 6–14 Mittler Frankfurt am Main 1967 de External links Pipes Jason https://www.feldgrau.com/ww2-german-10th-infantry-division/ 10. Infanterie-Division Feldgrau.com 10 April 2005 Wendel Marcus https://www.axishistory.com/list-all-categories/150-germany-heer/heer-divisionen/3271-10-infanterie-division 10. Infanterie-Division AxisHistory.com 10 April 2005 http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/10ID-R.htm Kommandant von Regensburg / 10. Infanterie-Division / 10. Infanterie-Division (mot.) Lexikon der Wehrmacht de 10 April 2005 Category:Military units and formations established in 1934 Category:1934 establishments in Germany 0*010 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945