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18th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

18th Infantry Division
18th (Motorized) Infantry Division
18th Panzergrenadier Division
18. Infanterie-Division
18. (mot.) Infanterie-Division
18. Panzergrenadier-Division
Active1 October 1934 – 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
RoleMotorized Infantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQLiegnitz
EngagementsWorld War II

The 18th Infantry Division (German: 18. Infanterie-Division) was formed on 1 October 1934 as Infantry Command III (Infanterieführer III) in Liegnitz and renamed the 18th Infantry Division on 15 October 1935. Mobilized in August 1939, it participated in the Invasion of Poland and in 1940 in the Battle of France. After the French campaign, the division was motorized and redesignated 18th Motorized Infantry Division on 1 November 1940 serving on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war. In June 1943, the division was redesignated 18th Panzergrenadier Division.

18th Infantry Division

18th Motorized Infantry Division

Formed 1 November 1940

  • Part of the occupation force in France from November 1940 until June 1941.
  • Fought on the Eastern Front, central sector from June 1941 until January 1942.
  • Fought on the Eastern front, northern sector from January 1942 until June 1943 when it was redesignated 18th Panzergrenadier Division.

18th Panzergrenadier Division

Formed on 23 June 1943.

  • Fought on the Eastern front, northern sector from June 1943 until October 1943.
  • Fought on the Eastern front, central sector from October 1943 until September 1944. It was devastated in the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.
  • The remnants of the division fought in Eastern Prussia and in the Battle of Berlin. The survivors tried to fight their way out of Berlin on 2 May 1945 when Berlin surrendered to the Soviets.

Commanding officers

18. Infanterie-Division

18. Infanterie-Division (mot.)

  • Generalleutnant Friedrich-Carl Cranz, 1 November 1940 – 24 March 1941
  • General der Infanterie Friedrich Herrlein, 24 March – 15 December 1941
  • General der Infanterie Werner von Erdmannsdorff, 15 December 1941 – 23 June 1943

18. Panzergrenadier-Division

  • General der Infanterie Werner von Erdmannsdorff, 23 June 1943 – 9 August 1943
  • Generalleutnant Karl Zutavern, 9 August 1943 – 14 April 1944
  • General der Artillerie Curt Jahn, 14 April 1944 – 24 May 1944
  • Generalleutnant Karl Zutavern, 24 May 1944 – 6 July 1944
  • Generalleutnant Dr. Hans Boelsen, 6 July 1944 – 1 January 1945
  • Generalmajor Josef Rauch, 1 January – 8 May 1945

References

  • Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhard (1969). Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues (in German). Vol. III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende. Frankfurt am Main: Mittler. p. 286.
  • Tessin, Georg (1970). Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939–1945 (in German). Vol. IV: Die Landstreitkräfte 15–30. Frankfurt am Main: Mittler.

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