205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 205th Infantry Division was a major unit of the Wehrmacht in the German Reich.
- 3.1 1939
- 3.2 1940
- 3.3 1944
History
The 205th Infantry Division was set up in August 1939, initially under the name 14th Landwehr Division in Freiburg im Breisgau / Military District V Stuttgart and regrouped as a division of the third wave formation in the 205th Infantry Division on 1 January 1940.
After the successful western campaign, the division was suspended on 17 July 1940 to the permanent staff and reconvened in February 1941.
As of 1941, the Division took center as part of Army Group in the war against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1945. It proved to be in the fighting in space Welikije Luki and in the defensive battles at the interface between Army Groups Center and North at Newel, under whose command it was made in late 1943 and the end of 1944, she followed in the cauldron of Courland.
The division was one of the few large organizations which closed competed their way into Russian captivity in the unconditional surrender on May 8.
Insinuation and use spaces
Commanders
Structure
1939
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment 33
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment 40
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment 59
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment 182
- Landwehr Artillery Division 14
- Landwehr news department 14
1940
- Infantry Regiment 353
- Infantry Regiment 335
- Infantry Regiment 358
- Artillery Regiment 205
- Engineer Battalion 205
- Anti-tank department 205 ( erected on January 1, 1940, the renaming of the Landwehr antitank Department 14 Renamed on April 1, 1940 dissolved in Panzerjäger Department 205 1941 to the anti-tank company of 205)
- Infantry Divisions - news department 205 (formed from the Landwehr Divisions News Division 14 on January 1, 1940)
- Infantry division supply officer 205 ( on January 1, 1940 formed by the renaming of the division supply officer 14th Landwehr Division. On 15 October 1942 the commander of the infantry division supplies troops renamed 205 )
In December 1941, the division has three infantry artillery companies were from the east moved into the 88th Infantry Division.
1944
- Grenadier - Regiment 353
- Grenadier - Regiment 335
- Grenadier - Regiment 358
- Fusilier Battalion 205 (1943 formed from the cycling squadron 205 with four companies )
- Artillery Regiment 205
- Engineer Battalion 205
- Field Replacement Battalion 205 ( set up on 15 June 1943, three companies )
- Anti-Tank Division 205 (June 1944)
- Infantry Divisions - news department 205
- Infantry division supply officer 205 (renamed Supply Regiment 205 on September 1, 1944).
Commemoration
The memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Division is located in Schramberg.