181st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

181st Infantry Division 181. Infanterie-Division 181st Infanterie-Division Logo.svg Nazi Germany Infantry Army December 1939 – 8 May 1945 Division World War II Invasion of Norway Occupation of Yugoslavia Belgrade Offensive Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer The 181st Infantry Division (German: 181. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 1 December 1939. The division participated in anti-partisan operations in World War II in German-occupied Yugoslavia.Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945. Siebenter Band. Die Landstreitkräfte 131–200. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1973, 3-7648-0872-1, S. 207. Orders of Battle 181. Infanterie-Division 1940 Infanterie-Regiment 334 Infanterie-Regiment 349 Infanterie-Regiment 359 Artillerie-Regiment 222 Pionier-Battalion 222 Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222 181. Infanterie-Division 1943 Grenadier-Regiment 359 Grenadier-Regiment 363 Divisions-Füsilier-Battalion 181 Artillerie-Regiment 222 Pionier-Battalion 222 Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222 Commanding officers Generalleutnant Peter Bielfeld, 1 December 1939 – 10 January 1940 Generalleutnant Kurt Woytasch, 10 January 1940 – 1 March 1942 Generalleutnant Friedrich Bayer, 1 March 1942 – 24 March 1942 Generalleutnant Hermann Fischer, 24 March 1942 – 1 October 1944 Generalleutnant Eugen Bleyer, 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 References External links Lexikon der Wehrmacht 181. Infanterie-Division http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/181ID.htm 27 January 2011 June 2017 Category:Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II Category:Military units and formations established in 1939 Category:German organizations established in 1939 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II