129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 129th Infantry Division (also Hessian- Thuringian 129th ) was a military major unit of the Wehrmacht.
Division history
Areas of application:
- Germany: October 1940-June 1941
- Eastern Front, Central Section: June 1941 to September 1944
- East Prussia: from September 1944 to May 1945
The 129th participated in Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 with the Army Group Centre in the invasion of the Soviet Union in part. Until July 1941, she was in the room Bialystok in use. In the fall of 1941, she participated in the advance on Moscow to Kaliningrad part, there ended the forward movement, since the sludge restricted the mobility greatly. On 31 October 1941, and there serious house fighting, as the 129th North and South-East section of the city defended against Soviet attacks. The order was: " Keep up the frost comes. " As part of the 9th Army, the 129th fought in the 1942 Battle of Rzhev and moved in 1943 to Bryansk, Mogilev and Vitebsk in Belarus back. In the summer of 1944, the Division suffered the collapse of Army Group Centre in Bobruisk and Baranowitschi heavy losses and had to be reorganized. In the last year of the war remainder of the division fought until the surrender in East Prussia.
People
- Bernhard Hofmann
- Karl Ernst Rahtgens ( born August 27, 1908 in Lübeck, † August 30, 1944 in Berlin- Plotzensee )
Award
A total of 26 members of the 129th were awarded the Knight's Cross and 101 with the German Cross in Gold.
Structure
- Infantry Regiment 427
- Infantry Regiment 428
- Infantry Regiment 430
- Artillery Regiment 129
- Engineer Battalion 129
- Tank Destroyer Division 129
- Reconnaissance Battalion 129
- Division news department 129
- Division supply officer 129
- Grenadier - Regiment 427
- Grenadier - Regiment 428
- Grenadier - Regiment 430
- Fusilier Battalion 129
- Artillery Regiment 129
- Engineer Battalion 129
- Tank Destroyer Division 129
- Field Replacement Battalion 129
- Division news department 129
- Division supply officer 129