137th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 137th Infantry Division was a major fighting formation of the German Army (Wehrmacht). It was created in October 1940, and first saw combat in Operation Barbarossa as p;art of Army Group Center. The division remained on the central sector of the Eastern Front until November 1943, when it was disbanded.
Commanders
- Generalleutnant Friedrich Bergmann 8 October 1940 – 21 December 1941;
- Oberst Siegfried Heine 21 December 1941 – 28 December 1941;
- Oberst Muhl 28 December 1941 – 5 January 1942;
- Generalleutnant Hans. Kamecke 5 January 1942 – 12 February 1942;
- Generalleutnant Dr Karl Rüdiger 12 February 1942 – 25 February 1942;
- Generalleutnant Hans. Kamecke 25 February 1942 – 15 October 1942;
- Generalleutnant Egon von Neindorff 15 October 1942 – 16 December 1943.
Order of battle
1940
- Infantry Regiment 447
- Infantry Regiment 448
- Infantry Regiment 449
- Artillery Regiment 137
- Pionier-Bataillon 137
- Antitank Battalion 137
- Reconnaissance Battalion 137
- Divisions Signals-Battalion 137
- Divisions Services 137
1943
- Grenadier Regiment 447
- Grenadier Regiment 448
- Division Battalion 137
- Artillery Regiment 137
- Pionier-Bataillon 137
- Panzerjäger-Abteilung 137
- Feldersatz-Bataillon 137
- Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 137
- Divisions-Nachschubführer 137
References
- Tessin, Georg (1973). Die Landstreitkräfte 131—200. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945. 7. Frankfurt/Main: E.S. Mittler. pp. 26–27.
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