122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

122nd Infantry Division
122. Infanterie-Division
Division insignia
Active	5 October 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Nickname(s)	Griffin Division
Engagements	World War II Eastern Front (1941-1943) Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket Continuation War Battle of Tali-Ihantala Battle of Vyborg Bay (1944) Eastern Front (1944-1945) Battle of Narva (1944) Courland Pocket
Commanders
Notable commanders	Siegfried Macholz

The 122nd Infantry Division (German: 122. Infanterie-Division) was a German infantry division in World War II. It was formed on 5 October 1940 as part of the 11th wave (Aufstellungswelle).

It was formed from elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, 258th Infantry Division and non-motorized elements of the 14th Motorized Infantry Division.

Organisation

Commanding officers

• Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz (5 October 1940 – 8 December 1941)
• Generalleutnant Friedrich Bayer (8 December 1941 – 17 February 1942)
• Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz (17 February 1942 – 1 August 1942)
• Generalleutnant Kurt Chill (1 August 1942 – 10 October 1942)
• Generalleutnant Gustav Hundt (10 October 1942 – ? November 1942)
• Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz (? November 1942 – 1 December 1942)
• Generalmajor Adolf Westhoff (1 December 1942 – 8 January 1943)
• Generalmajor Adolf Trowitz (8 January 1943 – 15 May 1943)
• Generalleutnant Alfred Thielmann (15 May 1943 – 27 June 1943)
• Generalleutnant Kurt Chill (27 June 1943 – 1 February 1944)
• Generalmajor Johann-Albrecht von Blücher (1 February 1944 – 4 February 1944)
• Generalmajor Hero Breusing (4 February 1944 – 25 August 1944)
• General der Infanterie Friedrich Fangohr (25 August 1944 – 20 January 1945)
• Generalmajor Bruno Schatz (20 January 1945 – 8 May 1945)

External links

• "122. Infanterie-Division". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

This page was last edited on 25 April 2024, at 08:48