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List of German divisions in World War II:

Name elements not usually translated

Grenadier
A traditional term for heavy infantry. (Translated "Infantryman")
Jäger
A traditional term for light infantry (Translated "Hunter").
Gebirgsjäger
Traditional term for mountain and ski troops.
Lehr
A demonstration/training unit (Translated "Teach").
Nummer
"Number" (See description in Infantry Series Divisions, below).
Panzer
Armored (Translated "Tank").
Sturm
"Storm" or "Assault" (Translated "Storm").
Volks
"of the People" (Translated "People’s").
zbV
Abbreviation for "zur besonderen Verwendung" Meaning "Special Purpose" (Translated "For Special Employment").
Volks, Sturm, and Grenadier were sometimes used simply as morale-building adjectives, often without any significance to a unit’s organization or capabilities.
[edit]Army "Heer"

[edit]Panzer divisions
see also Panzer Division
[edit]Numbered panzer divisions
1st Panzer Division
2nd Panzer Division
3rd Panzer Division
4th Panzer Division
5th Panzer Division
6th Panzer Division (previously 1st Light Division)
7th Panzer Division (previously 2nd Light Division)
8th Panzer Division (previously 3rd Light Division)
9th Panzer Division (previously 4th Light Division)
10th Panzer Division
11th Panzer Division
12th Panzer Division (previously 2nd Motorized Infantry Division)
13th Panzer Division (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division; later Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2)
14th Panzer Division (previously 4th Infantry Division)
15th Panzer Division (previously 33rd Infantry Division; later 15th Panzergrenadier Division)
16th Panzer Division (previously 16th Infantry Division)
17th Panzer Division (previously 27th Infantry Division)
18th Panzer Division (later 18th Artillery Division)
19th Panzer Division (previously 19th Infantry Division)
20th Panzer Division
21st Panzer Division (previously 5th Light Division)
22nd Panzer Division
23rd Panzer Division
24th Panzer Division (previously 1st Cavalry Division)
25th Panzer Division
26th Panzer Division (formerly 23rd Infantry Division)
27th Panzer Division
116th Panzer Division Windhund (previously 16th Infantry Division, 16th Motorized Infantry Division, and 16th Panzergrenadier Division)
155th Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 155, Division Nr. 155 (mot.), Panzer Division Nr. 155)
Panzer Division Nr. 178 (previously Division Nr. 178)
179th Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 179, Division Nr. 179 (mot.), and Panzer Division Nr. 179)
232nd Panzer Division (previously Panzer Division Tatra, Panzer Training Division Tatra)
233rd Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 233 (mot.), Panzergrenadier Division Nr. 233, and Panzer Division Nr. 233; later Panzer Division Clausewitz)
273rd Reserve Panzer Division
[edit]Named panzer divisions
Panzer Division Clausewitz (previously Division Nr. 233 (mot.), Panzergrenadier Division Nr. 233, and Panzer Division Nr. 233, Reserve Panzer Division 233)
Döberitz, Schlesien, and Holstein are approximately synonymous with Clausewitz.
Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1 (previously 60th Infantry Division, 60th Motorized Infantry Division, and Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle)
Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division, and 13th Panzer Division)
Panzer Division Jüterbog
Panzer Division Kempf (part Heer, part Waffen-SS)
Panzer Division Kurmark
Panzer-Lehr-Division (sometimes identified as 130th Panzer-Lehr-Division)
Panzer Division Müncheberg
Panzer Division Tatra (later Panzer Training Division Tatra, 232nd Panzer Division)
[edit]Light divisions
The designation "Light" (leichte) had various meanings in the German Army of World War II. There was a series of 5 Light divisions; the first four were pre-war mechanized formations organized for use as mechanized cavalry, and the fifth was an ad hoc collection of mechanized elements rushed to Africa to bail the Italians out and organized into a division once there. All five were eventually converted to ordinary Panzer divisions.
1st Light Division (later 6th Panzer Division)
2nd Light Division (later 7th Panzer Division)
3rd Light Division (later 8th Panzer Division)
4th Light Division (later 9th Panzer Division)
5th Light Afrika Division (later 21st Panzer Division)
Various other divisions were dubbed "Light" for other reasons, and are listed among the Infantry Series Divisions.
[edit]Infantry series divisions
[edit]Types of division in the series
The backbone of the Wehrmacht Heer (Germany’s Army) was the infantry division. Of the 154 divisions deployed against Soviet Union in 1941, including reserves, there were 100 infantry, 19 panzer (tank), 11 motorised, 9 security, 5 Waffen-SS, 4 "light", 4 mountain, 1 SS police, and 1 cavalry. A typical infantry division in June 1941 had 17,734 men organized into the following sub-units[1]:
three infantry regiments with staff, communications units
three battalions with:
three light MG companies
one heavy MG company
one PAK company (mot.)
one artillery company
one reconnaissance unit
one Panzerjager battalion with:
three companies (each with twelve 3.7 cm guns)
one artillery regiment
three battalions
three batteries
one pioneer battalion
one communications unit
one field replacement battalion
Supply, medical, veterinary, mail, and police
German infantry divisions had a variety of designations and specializations, though numbered in a single series. The major variations are as follows:
Fortress (Festung)
Divisions of non-standard organization used to garrison critical sites. The smaller ones might consist of only two or three battalions.
Grenadier
A morale-building honorific usually indicative of reduced strength when used alone.
Light, Jäger
Provided with partial horse or motor transport and usually lighter artillery, and reduced in size compared to an ordinary infantry division. Some of these were essentially identical to mountain divisions, and these were referred to as Gebirgsjäger ("Mountain Light Infantry") divisions.
This description does not apply to the Light divisions in Africa (5th, 90th, 164th, 999th), nor to the five Light mechanized divisions listed in their own subsection.
Motorized
Provided with full motor transport for all infantry and weapons systems. Usually reduced in size compared to an ordinary infantry division. Motorized infantry divisions were renamed Panzergrenadier (armored infantry) divisions in 1943.
Division Nummer
A sort of placeholder division, with a number (Nummer) and staff but few if any combat assets. These divisions started out without any type in their name (e.g., Division Nr. 179), though some acquired a type later on (e.g., Panzer Division Nr. 179).
Panzergrenadier
As motorized, but with more self-propelled weapons and an added battalion of tanks or fully armored assault guns. What motorized divisions were referred to from 1943 forward.
Static (bodenständige)
Deficient in transport, even enough to move its own artillery. Many of these were divisions that had been mauled on the Russian Front and were sent west to serve as coastal defense garrisons until sufficient resources were available to rehabilitate them.
Volksgrenadier
A late-war reorganization with reduced size and increased short-range firepower. Many previously destroyed or badly mauled infantry divisions were reconstituted as Volksgrenadier divisions, and new ones were raised as well. Their fighting worth varied widely depending on unit experience and equipment. Not to be confused with Volkssturm a national militia in which units were supposed to be organized by local Nazi party leaders; trained by the SS; and come under Wehrmacht command in combat.
zbV
("zbV" is an abbreviation meaning "for special employment") An ad hoc division created to meet a special requirement. (E.g., Division zbV Afrika)
Most of the size reductions listed above were by about a third, either by the removal of an infantry regiment or the removal of one infantry battalion from each of the three regiments.
Infantry divisions were raised in waves, sets of divisions with a standardized table of organization and equipment. In general the later waves (i.e., the higher-numbered divisions) were of lower quality than the earlier ones.
[edit]Numbered divisions
[edit]1st to 99th
1st Infantry Division
2nd Motorized Infantry Division (later 12th Panzer Division)
3rd Motorized Infantry Division (later 3rd Panzergrenadier Division)
4th Infantry Division (later 14th Panzer Division)
5th Infantry Division (later 5th Light Infantry Division, 5th Jäger Division)
Not related to the 5th Light Division.
6th Infantry Division (later 6th Grenadier Division, 6th Volksgrenadier Division)
7th Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division (later 8th Light Infantry Division, 8th Jäger Division)
9th Infantry Division (later 9th Volksgrenadier Division)
10th Infantry Division (later 10th Motorized Infantry Division, 10th Panzergrenadier Division)
11th Infantry Division
12th Infantry Division (later 12th Volksgrenadier Division)
13th Motorized Infantry Division (later 13th Panzer Division, Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2)
14th Infantry Division (later 14th Motorized Infantry Division, then 14th Infantry Division again)
14th Luftwaffe Infantry Division
This unit was originally in the Luftwaffe as the 14th Luftwaffe Field Division.
15th Infantry Division
15th Panzergrenadier Division (previously 33rd Infantry Division, 15th Panzer Division)
Not related to 15th Infantry Division.
16th Infantry Division (later split into –)
16th Panzer Division, and
16th Motorized Infantry Division (later 16th Panzergrenadier Division, 116th Panzer Division)
16th Luftwaffe Infantry Division (later 16th Volksgrenadier Division)
This unit was originally in the Luftwaffe as the 16th Luftwaffe Field Division.
17th Infantry Division
18th Infantry Division (later 18th Motorised Infantry Division, 18th Panzergrenadier Division)
18th Volksgrenadier Division
Not related to the 18th Infantry Division.
19th Infantry Division (later 19th Panzer Division)
19th Grenadier Division (later 19th Volksgrenadier Division)
This unit was originally in the Luftwaffe as the 19th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 19th Luftwaffe Sturm Division)
20th Motorized Infantry Division (later 20th Panzergrenadier Division)
21st Infantry Division
22nd Infantry Division (later 22nd Air Landing Division, 22nd Volksgrenadier Division)
23rd Infantry Division (later 26th Panzer Division)
After being reorganized as the 26th Panzer Division, some of the 23rd Infantry Division’s original components were used to create a new 23rd Infantry Division.
24th Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division (later 25th Motorized Infantry Division, 25th Panzergrenadier Division)
26th Infantry Division (later 26th Volksgrenadier Division)
27th Infantry Division (later 17th Panzer Division)
28th Light Infantry Division (later 28th Jäger Division)
29th Motorized Infantry Division (later 29th Panzergrenadier Division)
30th Infantry Division
31st Infantry Division (later 31st Grenadier Division, 31st Volksgrenadier Division)
32nd Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division (later 15th Panzer Division, 15th Panzergrenadier Division)
34th Infantry Division
35th Infantry Division (later 35th Volksgrenadier Division)
36th Infantry Division (later 36th Motorized Infantry Division, then 36th Infantry Division again, 36th Grenadier Division, and finally 36th Volksgrenadier Division)
38th Infantry Division
39th Infantry Division (later 41st Fortress Division, 41st Infantry Division)
41st Infantry Division (previously 39th Infantry Division, 41st Fortress Division)
42nd Jäger Division (previously 187th Reserve Division)
44th Infantry Division (later 44th Reichsgrenadier Division Hoch und Deutschmeister)
45th Infantry Division (later 45th Grenadier Division, 45th Volksgrenadier Division)
46th Infantry Division
47th Infantry Division (previously Division Nr. 156, 156th Reserve Division; later 47th Volksgrenadier Division)
48th Infantry Division (later 48th Volksgrenadier Division)
49th Infantry Division
50th Infantry Division
52nd Infantry Division (later 52nd Field Training Division, 52nd Security Division)
56th Infantry Division
57th Infantry Division
58th Infantry Division
59th Infantry Division
60th Infantry Division (later 60th Motorized Infantry Division, Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle, and Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1)
61st Infantry Division (later 61st Volksgrenadier Division)
62nd Infantry Division (later 62nd Volksgrenadier Division)
64th Infantry Division
65th Infantry Division
68th Infantry Division
69th Infantry Division
70th Static Infantry Division
71st Infantry Division
72nd Infantry Division
73rd Infantry Division
75th Infantry Division
76th Infantry Division
77th Infantry Division
78th Infantry Division (later 78th Sturm Division, 78th Grenadier Division, 78th Volksgrenadier Division, and finally 78 Volks-Sturm Division)
79th Infantry Division (later 79th Volksgrenadier Division)
80th Infantry Division
81st Infantry Division
82nd Infantry Division
83rd Infantry Division
84th Infantry Division
85th Infantry Division
86th Infantry Division
87th Infantry Division
88th Infantry Division
89th Infantry Division
90th Light Infantry Division (previously the Division zbV Afrika; later 90th Light Afrika Division, 90th Panzergrenadier Division)
91st Infantry Division (later 91st Air Landing Division)
92nd Infantry Division
93rd Infantry Division
94th Infantry Division
95th Infantry Division (later 95th Volksgrenadier Division)
96th Infantry Division
97th Light Infantry Division (later 97th Jäger Division)
98th Infantry Division
99th Light Infantry Division (later 7th Mountain Division)
[edit]100th to 199th
100th Light Infantry Division (later 100th Jäger Division)
101st Light Infantry Division (later 101st Jäger Division)
102nd Infantry Division
104th Jäger Division
106th Infantry Division
110th Infantry Division
114th Jäger Division
117th Jäger Division
118th Jäger Division
121st Infantry Division
122nd Infantry Division
126nd Infantry Division
133rd Fortress Division
Division zbV 140 (also 9th Mountain Division)
141st Reserve Division
143rd Reserve Division
147th Reserve Division
148th Reserve Division redesignated 148th Infantry Division in September 1944
149th Field Training Division
150th Field Training Division
Division Nr. 151 (later 151st Reserve Division)
Division Nr. 152
Division Nr. 153 (later 153rd Reserve Division, 153rd Field Training Division, 153rd Grenadier Division)
Division Nr. 154 (later 154th Reserve Division, 154th Field Training Division, 154th Infantry Division)
Division Nr. 155 (later Division Nr. 155 (mot.), Panzer Division Nr. 155, 155th Reserve Panzer Division)
155th Field Training Division (later 155th Infantry Division)
Not related to Division Nr. 155.
Division Nr. 156 (later 156th Reserve Division, 47th Infantry Division, 47th Volksgrenadier Division)
156th Field Replacement Division (later 156th Infantry Division)
Division Nr. 157 (later 157th Reserve Division, 157th Mountain Division, 8th Mountain Division)
Division Nr. 158 (later 158th Reserve Division)
158th Infantry Division
Not related to Division Nr. 158.
Division Nr. 159 (later 159th Reserve Division, 159th Infantry Division)
Division Nr. 160 (later 160th Reserve Division, 160th Infantry Division)
162nd Infantry Division (later 162nd Turkoman Division, with foreign troops)
163rd Infantry Division
164th Infantry Division (later Fortress Division Kreta, which split into –)
Fortress Brigade Kreta
164th Light Afrika Division
165th Reserve Division
166th Reserve Division
167th Volksgrenadier Division
169th Infantry Division
170th Infantry Division
171st Reserve Division
172nd Reserve Division
173rd Reserve Division
174th Reserve Division
176th Infantry Division
181st Infantry Division
182nd Reserve Division
183rd Volksgrenadier Division
187th Reserve Division (later 42nd Jäger Division)
Division Nr. 188 (later 188th Reserve Mountain Division, 188th Mountain Division)
189th Reserve Division (later 189th Infantry Division)
191st Reserve Division
196th Infantry Division
197th Infantry Division
198th Infantry Division
199th Infantry Division
[edit]201st to 999th
201st Security Division
203rd Security Division
205th Infantry Division (previously 14th Landwehr Division)
206th Infantry Division
207th Infantry Division (later 207th Security Division)
208th Infantry Division
210th Coastal Defense Division
211th Volksgrenadier Division
212th Infantry Division (later 578th Volksgrenadier Division, then renamed 212th Volksgrenadier Division)
213th Security Division
214th Infantry Division
216th Infantry Division
217th Infantry Division
218th Infantry Division
221st Security Division
227th Infantry Division
228th Infantry Division
230th Coastal Defense Division
232nd Infantry Division
233rd Panzergrenadier Division
237th Infantry Division
242nd Static Infantry Division
243rd Static Infantry Division
246th Volksgrenadier Division
250th Infantry Division (División Azul, the Spanish "Blue" Division in German service)
256th Infantry Division (Later 256th Volksgrenadier Division
257th Volksgrenadier Division
258th Infantry Division
264th Infantry Division
267th Infantry Division
268th Infantry Division
269th Infantry Division
270th Fortress Infantry Division
271st Volksgrenadier Division
272nd Volksgrenadier Division
274th Static Infantry Division
275th Infantry Division
276th Volksgrenadier Division
277th Infantry Division (later 277th Volksgrenadier Division)
278th Infantry Division
280th Fortress Infantry Division
281st Security Division (later 281st Infantry Division)
285th Security Division
286th Security Division
291st Infantry Division
295th Infantry Division (later 295th Fortress Infantry Division)
297th Infantry Division
300th Special Infantry Division
302nd Static Infantry Division (later 302nd Infantry Division)
305th Infantry Division
319th Infantry Division
320th Infantry Division later 320th Volksgrenadier Division
325th Security Division
326th Infantry Division (later 326th Volksgrenadier Division)
331st Infantry Division
332nd Static Infantry Division (later 332nd Infantry Division)
334th Infantry Division
337th Volksgrenadier Division
338th Infantry Division
340th Volksgrenadier Division
344th Static Infantry Division (later 344th Infantry Division)
345th Motorized Infantry Division
346th Infantry Division
347th Volksgrenadier Division
349th Volksgrenadier Division
352nd Infantry Division (later 352nd Volksgrenadier Division)
356th Infantry Division
361st Volksgrenadier Division
362nd Infantry Division
363rd Volksgrenadier Division
367th Infantry Division
369th Infantry Division
371st Infantry Division
373rd Infantry Division
376th Infantry Division
381st Field Training Division
382nd Field Training Division
384th Infantry Division
385th Infantry Division
386th Motorized Infantry Division
388th Field Training Division
389th Static Infantry Division
390th Security Division
390th Field Training Division
391st Security Division
391st Field Training Division
392nd Infantry Division
402nd Training Division
403rd Security Division
416th Infantry Division
444th Security Division
454th Security Division
462nd Volksgrenadier Division
526th Reserve Division
541st Grenadier Division (later 541st Volksgrenadier Division)
542nd Grenadier Division (later 542nd Volksgrenadier Division)
543rd Grenadier Division
544th Grenadier Division (later 544th Volksgrenadier Division)
545th Grenadier Division (later 545th Volksgrenadier Division)
546th Grenadier Division
547th Grenadier Division (later 547th Volksgrenadier Division)
548th Grenadier Division (later 548th Volksgrenadier Division)
549th Grenadier Division (later 549th Volksgrenadier Division)
550th Grenadier Division
551st Grenadier Division (later 551st Volksgrenadier Division)
552nd Grenadier Division
553rd Grenadier Division (later 553rd Volksgrenadier Division)
558th Grenadier Division (later 558th Volksgrenadier Division)
559th Grenadier Division (later 559th Volksgrenadier Division)
560th Grenadier Division (later 560th Volksgrenadier Division)
561st Grenadier Division Ostpreußen 1 (later 561st Volksgrenadier Division)
562nd Grenadier Division Ostpreußen 2 (later 562nd Volksgrenadier Division)
563rd Grenadier Division (later 563rd Volksgrenadier Division)
564th Grenadier Division (later 564th Volksgrenadier Division)
565th Volksgrenadier Division
566th Volksgrenadier Division
567th Volksgrenadier Division
568th Volksgrenadier Division
569th Volksgrenadier Division
570th Volksgrenadier Division
571st Volksgrenadier Division
572nd Volksgrenadier Division
573rd Volksgrenadier Division
574th Volksgrenadier Division
575th Volksgrenadier Division
576th Volksgrenadier Division
577th Volksgrenadier Division
578th Volksgrenadier Division (previously 212th Infantry Division; later 212th Volksgrenadier Division)
579th Volksgrenadier Division
580th Volksgrenadier Division
581st Volksgrenadier Division
582nd Volksgrenadier Division
583rd Volksgrenadier Division
584th Volksgrenadier Division
585th Volksgrenadier Division
586th Volksgrenadier Division
587th Volksgrenadier Division
588th Volksgrenadier Division
702nd Static Infantry Division
707th Security Division
708th Static Infantry Division (later 708th Coastal Defense Division, 708th Volksgrenadier Division)
709th Static Infantry Division
710th Static Infantry Division
715th Infantry Division
716th Static Infantry Division (later 716th Volksgrenadier Division)
719th Infantry Division
Division Nr. 805
999th Light Afrika Division
[edit]Named divisions
Führer Begleit Division Escort Battalion formed to protect Hitler’s Eastern Front Headquarters.
Führer Grenadier Division
Panzergrenadier Division Brandenburg
Panzergrenadier Division Feldherrnhalle (previously 60th Infantry Division, 60th Motorized Infantry Division; later Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1)
Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland
Grenadier Division Lehr
Not related to Panzer Lehr.
Jäger Division Alpen
Division von Broich/von Manteuffel Tunisia November 1942 - May 1943
[edit]Mountain divisions
1st Mountain Division (later 1st Volksgebirgs Division)
2nd Mountain Division
3rd Mountain Division
4th Mountain Division
5th Mountain Division
6th Mountain Division
7th Mountain Division (previously 99th Light Infantry Division)
8th Mountain Division (previously Division Nr. 157, 157th Reserve Division, 157th Mountain Division)
9th Mountain Division (previously Shadow Division Steiermark and Division zbV 140)
188th Mountain Division (previously Division Nr. 188, 188th Reserve Mountain Division)
[edit]Ski division
1st Ski Division
[edit]Cavalry divisions
According to Davies, the Cavalry divisions were mounted infantry and the Cossack divisions were "true cavalry", modelled on the Russian cavalry divisions.
1st Cavalry Division (later 24th Panzer Division)
3rd Cavalry Division
4th Cavalry Division
Cossack Cavalry Division (This unit was transferred to the Waffen-SS, where it was split to form the 1st & 2nd Cossack Cavalry Divisions as part of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps.)
[edit]Landwehr divisions
14th Landwehr Division (later 205th Infantry Division)
97th Landwehr Division
[edit]Artillery divisions
18th Artillery Division (formerly 18th Panzer Division)
309th Artillery Division
310th Artillery Division
311th Artillery Division
312th Artillery Division
[edit]Named fortress divisions
Fortress Division Danzig
Fortress Division Frankfurt/Oder
Fortress Division Gotenhafen
Fortress Division Kreta (previously 164th Infantry Division; later 164th Light Afrika Division)
Fortress Division Stettin
Fortress Division Swinemünde
Fortress Division Warschau
[edit]Named training divisions
Training Division Bayern
Training Division Kurland
Training Division Nord
[edit]Field replacement divisions
Field Replacement Division A
Field Replacement Division B
Field Replacement Division C
Field Replacement Division D
Field Replacement Division E
Field Replacement Division F
[edit]Navy "Kriegsmarine"

[edit]Naval infantry divisions
1st Naval Infantry Division
2nd Naval Infantry Division
3rd Naval Infantry Division
11th Naval Infantry Division
16th Naval Infantry Division
Naval Infantry Division Gotenhafen
[edit]Air Force "Luftwaffe"

[edit]Hermann Göring divisions
The Hermann Göring formations grew from a single police detachment to an entire armored corps over the course of the war. The later epithet Fallschirm ("parachute") was purely honorific.
Hermann Göring Division (later Panzer Division Hermann Göring, Parachute Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring)
Parachute Panzergrenadier Division 2 Hermann Göring
[edit]Airborne divisions
To keep its existence secret, the first German airborne division was named as if a Flieger ("flier") division in the series of Luftwaffe divisions that controlled air assets rather than ground troops-named 7th Flieger Division (often translated 7th Air Division-see 1st Parachute Division (Germany)) The division was later reorganized to start a series of nominally airborne divisions. Though named Fallschirmjäger ("paratrooper") divisions, only some of them participated in airdrops in the early part of the war, and in practice most operated as ordinary infantry throughout their existence. The lower-numbered ones earned and maintained an élite status, but quality generally declined among the higher-numbered divisions.
1st Parachute Division (April 1943 7th Flieger becomes 1st Fallschirmjäger)
2nd Parachute Division
3rd Parachute Division
4th Parachute Division
5th Parachute Division
6th Parachute Division
7th Parachute Division (previously Group Erdmann, an ad hoc collection of Luftwaffe assets on the western front)
8th Parachute Division
9th Parachute Division
10th Parachute Division
11th Parachute Division (started to be formed March 1945. fought as battle groups only)
20th Parachute Division(Formation ordered 20 March 1945 in the Netherlands, from Parachute Training and Replacement Division. However formation was not completed beyond cadre.)
21st Parachute Division(Formation ordered 5 April 1945 in the Netherlands, as a Field-Training Division. However formation was not completed beyond cadre.)
[edit]Field divisions
Luftwaffe Field Divisions were ordinary infantry divisions organized from Luftwaffe personnel made available after mid-war due to the manpower crunch. They were originally Luftwaffe units but were later handed over to the Heer, retaining their numbering but with Luftwaffe attached to distinguish them from similarly numbered divisions already existing in the Heer.
1st Luftwaffe Field Division
2nd Luftwaffe Field Division
3rd Luftwaffe Field Division
4th Luftwaffe Field Division
5th Luftwaffe Field Division
6th Luftwaffe Field Division
7th Luftwaffe Field Division
8th Luftwaffe Field Division
9th Luftwaffe Field Division
10th Luftwaffe Field Division
11th Luftwaffe Field Division
12th Luftwaffe Field Division
13th Luftwaffe Field Division
14th Luftwaffe Field Division
15th Luftwaffe Field Division
16th Luftwaffe Field Division
Eventually transferred to the Heer as 16th Luftwaffe Infantry Division (later 16th Volksgrenadier Division)
17th Luftwaffe Field Division
18th Luftwaffe Field Division
19th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 19th Luftwaffe Sturm Division)
Eventually transferred to the Heer as 19th Grenadier Division (later 19th Volksgrenadier Division)
20th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 20th Luftwaffe Sturm Division)
21st Luftwaffe Field Division (previously the Meindl Division, an ad hoc collection of Luftwaffe resources)
22nd Luftwaffe Field Division Not actually formed, its sub-units were attached to other divisions as needed.
[edit]Training divisions
1st Luftwaffe Training Division
Parachute Training and Replacement Division-see 20th Parachute Division (Germany)
[edit]Anti-Aircraft divisions
These were headquarters for controlling aggregates of flak ("anti-aircraft artillery") assets rather than ordinary combined arms divisions organized for ground combat.
1st Anti-Aircraft Division
2nd Anti-Aircraft Division
3rd Anti-Aircraft Division
4th Anti-Aircraft Division
5th Anti-Aircraft Division
6th Anti-Aircraft Division
7th Anti-Aircraft Division
8th Anti-Aircraft Division
9th Anti-Aircraft Division (lost entirely at the Battle of Stalingrad)
10th Anti-Aircraft Division
11th Anti-Aircraft Division
12th Anti-Aircraft Division
13th Anti-Aircraft Division
14th Anti-Aircraft Division
15th Anti-Aircraft Division
16th Anti-Aircraft Division
17th Anti-Aircraft Division
18th Anti-Aircraft Division
19th Anti-Aircraft Division
20th Anti-Aircraft Division
21st Anti-Aircraft Division
22nd Anti-Aircraft Division
23rd Anti-Aircraft Division
24th Anti-Aircraft Division
25th Anti-Aircraft Division
26th Anti-Aircraft Division
27th Anti-Aircraft Division
28th Anti-Aircraft Division
29th Anti-Aircraft Division
30th Anti-Aircraft Division
31st Anti-Aircraft Division

Foreign volunteer units of the Wehrmacht:

1

162nd Turkoman Division
XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
2

201 Schutzmannschaft Battalion
3

369th Reinforced Infantry Regiment
392nd (Croat) Infantry Division

American Free Corps

Cossacks, Crimean and Caucasian volunteer units in German forces
Croatian Naval Legion

Free Corps Denmark

Hiwi (volunteer)

Indische Legion

Kalmykian Voluntary Cavalry Corps

Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism

Nachtigall Battalion

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Hello again Guys,
Here are the other two Dog Tags I picked up last week. I don’t know anything about them what value (If I have had my pants pulled down)

Any Info I would welcome.

Regards

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I have a belt with a very interesting ink mark on the back. One of my customers did some homework and find out this:

The stamp says: Finkenkuhle magazine (shorted)

This would stand for the Finkenkuhle iron ore mine in Salzgitter/ Lower Saxony ( Grube Finkenkuhle ) The word in brackets on the ink stamping on the belt must be: "Magazin" wich means a store/ depot.

This mine whas a very important iron source for Hitler’s war machine??!!

Does anyone have more info about this belt?

It has a black coating over the leather. It’s not a belt for everyday work in the mines I guess?

What buckle would be attatched on this belt?

Maybe more of those belts in collections out there?

Any help is apreciated!

Best regards Tommy

us1945@hotmail.com

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