by USAF1986 on 04 Nov 2009 04:38 Here are updates for the 50. Infanterie-Division.
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50. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 from the Grenzkommandantur Küstrin. Although initially formed as part of the 2. Welle (wave), it was reorganized on 15 November 1939 as a division of the 1. Welle.
After seeing combat in the invasions of Poland, France and Greece, the division took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, fighting on the southern sector under the 11. Armee. Following the Crimean campaign, during which it helped capture Sevastopol in June 1942, the division fought in the Cacausus and the Kuban. After returning to the Crimea in late 1943, the division was destroyed in May 1944 at Sevastopol. Reformed from the remnants that had been evacuated from the Crimea, the division fought in East Prussia where it was largely destroyed in the Heiligenbeil pocket. The remnants went into Russian captivity at Pillau.
Operations Officers (Ia)
Oberstleutnant Karl Jank (26 Aug 1939 - 5 Nov 1939)
Major Stange (5 Nov 1939 - 1 Nov 1940)
Major Karl Marten (1 Nov 1940 - Jan 1942)
Oberstleutnant Helmuth Strempel (6 Jan 1942 - 4 Mar 1942)
Oberstleutnant Konrad Stephanus (4 Mar 1942 - 5 Jun 1944)
Oberstleutnant Günther Braun (5 Jun 1944 - 5 Oct 1944)
Major Horst Rätsch (5 Oct 1944 - May 1945)
Order of battle (Nov 1939)
Infanterie-Regiment 121
Infanterie-Regiment 122
Infanterie-Regiment 123
Artillerie-Regiment 150 (1)
• leichte Artillerie-Abteilung 742
• leichte Artillerie-Abteilung 743
• leichte Artillerie-Abteilung 748
Pionier-Bataillon 71
Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 150
Nachrichten-Abteilung 71
Versorgungseinheiten 354 (2)
Order of battle (1942)
Grenadier-Regiment 121
Grenadier-Regiment 122
Grenadier-Regiment 123
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 150 (3)
Artillerie-Regiment 150
• I. Abteilung
• II. Abteilung
• III. Abteilung
• IV. Abteilung
Pionier-Bataillon 71
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 150
Nachrichten-Abteilung 71
Feldersatz-Bataillon 150
Versorgungseinheiten 150
Order of battle (1943-1945)
Grenadier-Regiment 121
Grenadier-Regiment 122
Grenadier-Regiment 123
Füsilier-Bataillon 150 (4)
Artillerie-Regiment 150
• I. Abteilung
• II. Abteilung
• III. Abteilung
• IV. Abteilung
Pionier-Bataillon 71 (5)
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 150
Nachrichten-Abteilung 71 (6)
Feldersatz-Bataillon 150
Versorgungseinheiten 150
Footnotes
1. Leichte Artillerie-Abteilungen 742, 743 and 748 reformed as Abteilung I.-III on 1 April 1940; IV. Abteilung added on 5 September 1940.
2. Redesignated Versorgungseinheiten 150 on 1 April 1940.
3. Formed on 1 January 1941; redesignated Radfahr-Abteilung 150 on 7 July 1942; reverted to designation Aufklärungs-Abteilung 150 on 24 March 1943; redesignated Füsilier-Bataillon 150 in October 1943.
4. Reformed in summer 1944 as Füsilier-Bataillon 50.
5. Reformed as Nachrichten-Abteilung 150 on 3 June 1944.
6. Reformed as Pionier-Bataillon 150 on 3 June 1944.
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