137th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 137th Infantry Division was a military major unit of the Wehrmacht.
Division history
Areas of application:
- Austria and Germany: October 1940-June 1941
- Eastern Front, middle section: June 1941 to December 1943
The 137th Infantry Division was set up as a division of the 11th wave formation in October 1940 on the military training area Döllersheim. It was composed of a line-up staff, led by General Moser, together. Your units created from parts of the 44th Infantry Division, the 262nd Infantry Division and 18th Infantry Division ( Motorized ). The 137th Infantry took part in decisive battles of the Eastern Front. In 1941, it fought in the middle section in Bialystok, Minsk, Smolensk, Roslawl, Wjasma and the attack on Moscow in Operation Typhoon in the winter of 1941 / 1942. Throughout the year 1942, the 137th Infantry Division was involved in heavy fighting position and in the winter of 1942/ 1943 Oryol in use. The Austrian division fought at Sevsk, retreated across the Desna and Dnieper and Pripyat had on the ward Soviet advances. It was at this time the XX. Corps of the 9th Army assumed. In 1943, the failures of the Division on the Eastern Front were so high that they only consisted of two infantry regiments. The official resolution of the 137th Infantry through the Army Group Centre in November 1943. For some parts of the division headquarters of the 271 ID was used and others were in different units, such as Divisions Group 137 or Corps Department E divided.