World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

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German Army Organization Infantry Division (2nd Wave) Infanteriedivision (2. Welle) 10 May 1940

     

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.