123rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

123rd Infantry Division 123. Infanterie-Division 5 October 1940 – 1 March 1944 Nazi Germany Army Infantry 1 March 1944 123rd Infantry Division (123. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Wehrmacht during World War II. History Commands and operational areas DatumCorpsArmyArmy GroupOperational AreaNovember 1940XX.11. ArmeeC BrandenburgApril 1941X. 18. ArmeeBEast PrussiaMay 1941XXVIII.16. ArmeeCJune 1941NorthSebeschAugust 1941II. DemjanskJanuary 1943Demjansk, CholmSeptember 1943Reserve CholmOctober 1943XVII.1. Panzer-Armee SouthZaporizhiaJanuary 19446. ArmeeFebruary 1944XXX.March 1944LVII. A Kryvyi 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 DateRankName5 October 1940Generalleutnant Walter Lichel6 August 1941 Generalleutnant Erwin Rauch1. Oktober 1943 Generalleutnant Erwin Menny1. November 1943 Generalleutnant Erwin Rauch15. Januar 1944 Generalmajor Louis Tronnier Chiefs of Staff DateRankName10 October 1940Major Ernst Klasing30 November 1942 Oberstleutnant Hans Linemann Bibliography de Werner Haupt: Demjansk – Ein Bollwerk im Osten, Bad Nauheim 1963. de Werner Haupt: Heeresgruppe Nord, Bad Nauheim 1967. de Franz Kurowski: Demjansk – Der Kessel im Eis, Wölfersheim-Berstadt 2001. Tessin Georg Die Landstreitkräfte 71 – 130 Ground forces 71 to 130 Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 6 Biblio Osnabrück 1972 3-7648-0872-1 German Further reading Rutherford Jeff 2008 Life and Death in the Demiansk Pocket: The 123rd Infantry Division in Combat and Occupation https://www.jstor.org/stable/20457366 Central European History 41 3 347–380 0008-9389 Category:Military units and formations established in 1939 Category:Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II Category:German organizations established in 1939 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945