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Infantry Division (2nd Wave)
Infanteriedivision (2. Welle)

10 May 1940
 
Infanterie-Division (2. Welle)
 
1939 - 1940 Organizational Symbols
 
2. Welle Infantry Divisions
Division
  (Commander on 10.05.1940)
W.K. Infantry Other
Units
Heavy
Artillery
Battalion
Comments
50.
  Gen.Lt. Karl Adolf Hollidt
III 121 Regiment
122 Regiment
123 Regiment
150 IV./Art Rgt 213 Nachr.Abt. 71. Infantry regiments without bands; no recon battalion - only 1 bicycle company; engineer battalion without band; no bridge column; bakery company not motorized
52.
  Gen.Lt. Lothar Rendulic
IX 163 Regiment
181 Regiment
205 Regiment
152 IV./Art Rgt 152  
56.
  Gen.Maj. Karl Kriebel
IV 171 Regiment
192 Regiment
234 Regiment
156 IV./Art Rgt 156 no recon battalion - only 1 bicycle company: engineer battalion without band
57.
  Gen.Lt. Oskar Blümm
VII 179 Regiment
199 Regiment
217 Regiment
157 IV./Art Rgt 157 engineer battalion without band
58.
  Gen.Lt. Iwan Heunert
X 154 Regiment
209 Regiment
220 Regiment
158 IV./Art Rgt 158  
60.
  Gen.Maj. Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt
II 92 Regiment
243 Regiment
244 Regiment
160 761 s. Art Abt no recon battalion - only 1 bicycle company; bridge column 'B' instead of 'T'
61.
  Gen.Lt. Siegfried Haenicke
I 151 Regiment
162 Regiment
176 Regiment
161 IV./Art Rgt 161 bridge column 'B' instead of 'T'; maintenance platoon instead of a company; supply company not motorized; bakery company not motorized (type 'a'); field hospital not motorized; only 1 ambulance platoon
62.
  Gen.Maj. Walter Keiner
VIII 164 Regiment
183 Regiment
190 Regiment
162 IV./Art Rgt 162 no recon battalion - only 1 bicycle company
68.
  Gen.Maj. Georg Braun
III 169 Regiment
188 Regiment
196 Regiment
168 IV./Art Rgt 168  
69.
  Gen.Lt. Hermann Tittel
VI 159 Regiment
193 Regiment
236 Regiment
169 IV./Art Rgt 169  
71.
  Gen.Lt. Karl Weisenberger
XI 191 Regiment
194 Regiment
211 Regiment
171 IV./Art Rgt 171 engineer battalion without band
72.
  Gen.Lt. Franz Mattenklott
XII 105 Regiment
124 Regiment
266 Regiment
72 760 s. Art Abt Art Rgt 172, Nachschub-Abt 315. No recon battalion - only 1 bicycle company; no bridge column; maintenance platoon instead of a company; only one medical company (mot); field hospital not motorized
73.
  Gen.Lt. Bruno Bieler
XIII 170 Regiment
186 Regiment
213 Regiment
173 IV./Art Rgt 173 no recon battalion - only 1 bicycle company
75.
  Gen.Lt. Ernst Hammer
II 172 Regiment
202 Regiment
222 Regiment
175 IV./Art Rgt 175  
76.
  Gen.Lt. Maximilian Angelis
III 178 Regiment
203 Regiment
230 Regiment
176 IV./Art Rgt 218  
78.
  Gen.Lt. Curt Gallenkamp
V 195 Regiment
215 Regiment
238 Regiment
178 IV./Art Rgt 178  
79.
  Gen.Lt. Karl Strecker
XII 208 Regiment
212 Regiment
226 Regiment
179 IV./Art Rgt 179  
86.
  Gen.Lt. Joachim Witthöft
VI 167 Regiment
184 Regiment
216 Regiment
186 IV./Art Rgt 186  
87.
  Gen.Lt. Bogislav v. Studnitz
IV 173 Regiment
185 Regiment
187 Regiment
187 IV./Art Rgt 187  
Pol
  Gen.Maj. der Polizei
  Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch
  1 Pol Regiment
2 Pol Regiment
3 Pol Regiment
Pol
300
IV./Art Rgt 300 See below
Police Division was regarded as a 2. Welle division.
Division headquarters and its units, infantry regiments, recon company, anti-tank battalion, engineer battalion, and 2 medical companies are Police ('Pol' = Polizei) units.
Artillery regiment, signal battalion, supply battalion, rations units, field post, military police, veterinary, 2 ambulance platoons, field hospital are Army (with number '300') units.
Infantry regiments without bands and have mortar (8x Czech 81mm) companies instead of an infantry gun companies; infantry antitank companies are horse-drawn; infantry bicycle platoons instead of infantry cavalry platoons; artillery has Czech equipment [le  FH 14/19(t) and s FH 25(t)]; no recon battalion - only 1 bicycle company; engineer battalion has only foot engineer companies and no bridge column; supply company is not motorized; medical company is not motorized; field hospital is not motoized.
 
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