German Army 1st september 1939

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I am going out on somewhat of a limb here. Following is mostly taken from the 3rd Leichte Division Stellenbesetzung on 3rd Jan 1939. I am assuming that not much changed there until 1st Sept.
I checked whoever i could check and they all were still in command (denoted with a *) except :
- 6./8 KSR where Leischulte was replaced by Fuhrmann.
- 1./Pz Abt 67 where Schmid was replaced by Meisner.

3. Leichte division

Kdr : Generalmajor Adolf Kuntzen *
Ia : Major i.G HaraldFreiherr von Elverfeldt *
Ib : Rittmeister Berendsen
IIa : Major von Heimendahl

Kavallerieschützenregiment 9 (also I. and II./KSR 8, that didn't have its own staff)
Kdr : Oberst Wilhelm Dietrich von Ditfurth (KIA 8th sept) *
Adj. : Oberleutnant Graf von Rittberg *
17. : Rittmeister Hoppe *
I. : Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Crisolli *
Adj. : Leutnant Metelmann
1. : Rittmeister Staeck
2. : Rittmeister Woehl
3. : Rittmeister Freiherr von Mylius
4. : Oberleutnant Jürgensmeyer
II. : Major Sörgel *
Adj. : Leutnant Voigt *
5. : Rittmeister Sander
6. : Rittmeister Köpke *
7. : Rittmeister von Nordenskjöld *
8. : Rittmeister Uebel
I./8 KSR : Major Grassi *
Adj. : Leutnant Meinecke
1. : Oberleutnant Ehrenspeck *
2. : Rittmeister Berger *
3. : Oberleutannt Bleicken *
4. : Oberleutnant Garn *
II./8 KSR : Major Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen *
Adj. : Leutnant Günther
5. : Rittmeister Hans Freiherr von Wolff *
6. : Rittmeister Furhmann
7. : Rittmeister Teetz
8. : Rittmeister Lammers

Aufklärungsregiment 8
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Mortimer von Kessel *
Adj. : Oberleutnant von Pohl
II. : Major von Seidlitz *
Adj. : Leutnant von Scheliha
5. : Oberleutnant Freiher von Thielmann
6. : Rittmeister von Witzleben
7. : Oberleutnant von dem Knesebeck *
8. : Oberleutnant Richter
I. : (detached to 10. Panzerdivision during the Polish Campaign)
Kdr : Major Freiherr von Lützow
Adj. : Leutnant Freiherr von Funck
1. : Oberleutnant Neubeck
2. : Rittmeister von Görne
3. : Oberleutnant von Plehwe
4. : Rittmeister Rudolf

Panzerabwehrabteilung 43
Kdr : Major Luthe *
Adj. : Leutnant Hartwich
1. : Hauptmann Gerlach
2. : Hauptmann Freiherr von Geyso

Panzerabteilung 67
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Paul Goerbig *
Adj. : Leutnant Haupt
1. : Oberleutnant von Bülow
2. : Oberleutnant Alexander von Arentschildt *
3. : Oberleutnant Meisner *
4. : Oberleutnant Kühl

Artillerieregiment 80
Kdr : Oberst Erwin Sander *
Adj. : Oberleutnant Gerhard
I. : Major Wenghoffer *
Adj. : Leutnant Homm
1. : Hauptmann von Below *
2. : Hauptmann Bollmann
3. : Hauptmann Freiherr von Uslar-Gleichen *
II. : Major Schick *
Adj. : Leutnant Eberwein
4. : Major Korte
5. : Hauptmann Allmendinger
6. : Hauptmann Kassubeck

Pionierbataillon 59
Kdr : Major von Bodecker *
Adj. : Leutnant Grosche
1. : Oberleutnant Hallauer
2. : Oberleutnant Horn

Nachrichtenabteilung 82
Kdr :

Sanitätsabteilung 48
Kdr : Oberstarzt Dr. Märkl *
Sanitätsstaffel Cottbus : Oberfeldarzt Dr. Kretschmer
Sanitätsstaffel Lüben : Stabsarzt Dr. Knettenbrech
Sanitätsstaffel Sorau : Oberarzt Dr. Bartels

Source : Haupt - Die 8. Panzerdivision im Zweiten Weltkrieg
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Post by ericv »

and here is the shorter one i have of the 2nd Leichte division.

2. Leichte Division
Kdr : Generalleutnant Georg Stumme
Ia : Major i. G. Otto Heidkämper
IIa : Hauptmann von Trotha
IVb : Oberfeldarzt Dr. Wilhelm Baumeister

Kavallerieschützenregiment 6
Kdr : Oberst Friedrich Fürst
Adj. : Oberleutnant Hoffmann
I. : Oberstleutnant Reim (?)
II. : Oberstleutnant Junck

Kavallerieschützenregiment 7
Kdr : Oberst Georg von Bismarck
Adj. : Oberleutnant Littau
I. : Oberstleutnant Uhle-Wettler (?)
II. : Major Dr. Bittner (?)

Aufklärungsregiment 7
Kdr : Oberst Walter Neumann-Silkow
I.(kradschützen) : Major von Wagner
II.(Panzerspäh) : Major Leonhard

Panzerabteilung 66
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Rudolf Sieckenius
Adj. : Oberleutnant Schroeder

Artillerieregiment 78
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Dr. Kessler
I. : Also Oberstleutnant Dr. Kessler
II. : Major Stoephasius

Panzerabwehrabteilung 42
Kdr : Oberst Johann Mickl

Pionierbataillon 58
Kdr : Major Binkau

3. / Nachrichtenabteilung 29 : Hauptmann Brinkmann

Leichte Flakabteilung 86 (?) : Major Schrader

Source : Textband : Die 7. Panzerdivision im Zweiten Weltkrieg.
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Re: German Army 1st september 1939

Post by Domen123 »

Hi all!,
..11. Infanteriedivision
...
IR 44
Kdr : Oberst Karl Klein
I. : Major Erich Sudau
II. : Major Schipp von Branitz (?)
III. : Oberstleutnant Gustav Wagner
I think that there is a mistake - according to "Lexikon der Wehrmacht" it was Major Krawutschke who was the commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 44. on 1st of September 1939.

It is said that the commander of Infanterie-Regiment 44. commited suicide or was KIA in the Polish Campaign - during the battle of Kałuszyn - which took place on 11th and 12th of September 1939 - mainly during the night.

Wikipedia (both Polish and English) says that his surname was Krawutschke and his rank was Major - Major Krawutschke.

Several sources also say about this:

Tadeusz Jurga, Władysław Karbowski - "Armia Modlin 1939" - page 283 (and also "Wojna Obronna" - page 1040):

"[...] As the result of the German defeat at Kałuszyn, according to general Kowalski - "first ring of encirclement of units which were surrounding the division, was victoriously broken [...] the commander of 44. Infanterie-Regiment [...] shot himself, while seeing the disaster of his units at dawn - as captured regimental aide-de-camp testified."

We can see, that the primary source for this information is the aide-de-camp of the German Infanterie-Regiment 44., who was captured during the battle of Kałuszyn - or - to be more accurate - his testimony in the Polish captivity.

The secondary source is the relation of general Kowalski - the commander of Polish 1. Legionary Infantry Division - soldiers of which captured the German aide-de-camp of Infanterie-Regiment 44. during the battle of Kałuszyn.

But general Kowalski in his relation gives the surname and rank of this commander of 44. IR as: "płk Fisher".

Płk = Polish pułkownik (Polish pułkownik in German army = Oberst).

This is probably because either he didn't remember his surname or he mistook him for some other German officer who was killed during that battle. He also might have not known the exact ranks in the German army and he might have translated his rank mistakenly as "pułkownik".

More over in "PSZ" ("Polskie Siły Zbrojne" = "Polish Armed Forces") - volume I/3, page 126 there is a note:

"[...] There were rumours (false), that commander of the German Infanterie-Regiment 44. commited suicide."

So "PSZ" says, that allegedly some rumour spread among panicked German soldiers of defeated IR.44, which was saying that the regimental commander commited suicide - and this rumour was then handed down to the Poles by the German aide-de-camp of Infanterie-Regiment 44., who was captured during the battle of Kałuszyn.

Also this source (quote Jan-Hendrik 06 Sep 2008 20:10):
NARA T311 R198, there you find all officers losses (KIA, WIA and MIA) for HGr. Nord per 27.9.39
- Does not mention Major Krawutschke.

So according to "PSZ" and source provided by Jan-Hendrik the information was not true. Really... ?

According to this site the commanders of Infanterie-Regiment 44. were:

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... IR44-R.htm

"Regimentskommandeure:

1935 Major Heisig

1939 Major Krawutschke

1939 Major Sudau"


We can see that - according to "Lexikon der Wehrmacht" - there were two commanders of Infanterie-Regiment 44. during the Polish Campaign - Major Krawutschke and Major Sudau (his name was Erich - Domen).

I also found info that Major Sudau took over command over the regiment on 12th of September 1939 - so after the battle of Kałuszyn.

It seems, that something yet really happened, because on 12th of September Major Sudau took over command over the regiment - commanders of regiments are just not relieving one another without reason...

What happened to Major Krawutschke during the Polish Campaign? Was there any Oberst Fisher and what happened to him during the Polish Campaign?

Cheers,

Domen
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Post by Domen123 »

It seems that both Sudau and Krawutschke were not the commanders of the regiment in period 1st of September - 12th of September 1939.

Sudau was most probably the commander of I./IR.44 battalion, and on 12th of September he replaced the previous "mysterious commander" of the regiment.

There was some "mysterious commander" of Infanterie-Regiment 44. between 1st and 12th of September - maybe Oberst Klein or maybe Oberst Fisher or maybe someone else... :

By the way - check it on your own... :

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=146755
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Post by ericv »

Hi Domen,
Thx for the feedback. I appreciate that a lot.

I'ld like to say that for me establishing the commanders of the 11. division was harder than for most of the other divisions that existed in 1939. I use a couple of sources some of which are sadly not 100 % reliable.

What i can say is that according to the 11. divisional history, Oberst Klein was commander of IR 44 until he was wounded at or around 3. september 1939 during fighting around the Mlawa. His succesor was Oberstleutnant Wagner (previous commander of III./44). So I am pretty sure about that.

I must admit that i am not 100 % sure about the name KARL (from Karl Klein, the regimental commander) though. According to Wolf Keilig's "Das Deutsche Heer" Karl Klein commanded I.E.R. 11 at or around sept 1939. So that might be a mistake.


With regards to I./44:
According to Keilig's "Das Deutsche Heer" on 1.9.39 it's commander was Erich Sudau. :)

2 remarks though about I./44 :
Keilig also mentions Alfred Heisig as the commander of I./44 in the prewarperiod until at least janauri 1939. Heisig was then put in command of IR 274 after the war started. So i don;t know what command Heisig had on 1 sept 1939.
I also came across the name Krawutschke when compiling the list: There is a very incomplete and not all too reliable listing of commanders up to bataillon level in the 11. ID history. Krawutschke is listed there is being commander of I./44 somewhere in 1939 or before or later. Might be januari, might be december. It's not listed there.

Best Regards
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Post by Domen123 »

Hi ericv!,

Thanks for info - it is very useful for me :wink: .

By the way - according to:

"Heeres - einteilung 1939" by F.Stahl - on 1st of March 1939:

IR 44 - Oberst Eberhardt

I - Obsltn. Heisig
II - Maj. Schipp von Branitz
III - Obsltn. Wagner
His succesor was Oberstleutnant Wagner (previous commander of III./44). So I am pretty sure about that.
Do you know if he was KIA / WIA / MIA during the Polish Campaign ? - maybe around 11th - 12th of September?

Cheers!,

Domen
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hi Domen,

I only know Klein was wounded and Wagner succeeded him and kept commanding the regiment until 1942 when he was wounded.
There is some more info here on Wagner:

http://www.bischofsburg.de/personen/wagner.htm

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So, let's continue the list. :)

Here is the 8. Infanteriedivision:

Kdr : Generalleutnant Rudolf Koch-Erpach
Ia : Oberstleutnant Edmund Blaurock
O1 : Rittmeister von Eichborn
Ib: Rittmeister Wagner (+ 20-9-1939)
O2 : Oberleutnant Österreich
Ic: Hauptmann Degenkolb
IIa : Major Bergener
IIb : Hauptmann (E) Peters (+ 20-9-1939)
III : Kriegsgerichtsrat Wallis
IVa : Int-Rat Dr Thoß
IVb : Oberfeldarzt Dr. Richter, Stabsarzt Dr. Hinkel
IVc : Oberfeldveterinär Dr. Moritz, Oberveterinär Bawanietz
IVd : katholische Pfarrer Gaida
evangelische Pfarrer Gleditsch
Waffen und Gerät : Hauptmann Grundmann
Kommandant Stabsquartier : Hauptmann Snetlage
Div. Kartenstelle: Leutnant d. Res Pyttel
Krad.Meldezug : Leutnant d. Res. Wilczek
Feldgendarmerietrupp : Leutnant d. Res. Wiesach
part of div staff: Oberzahlmeister Allan

28. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Gustav Höhne
Adj : Oberleutnant Plewig
Reg.Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Drescher,
Reg.Veterinär : Stabsveterinär Dr. Brandt
13. : Oberleutnant von Bock und Pollach
14. : Hautpmann Schuster
I. : Major Pancke
Adj: Oberleutnant Opitz
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Schneider
1. : Major Ihne
2. : Oberleutnant Kroesch (+ 16-9-1939)\
3. : Hauptmann Ring
4. : Hauptmann Graf von Saurma-Jeltsch
II. : Oberstleutnant Ernst Mattern
Adj : Oberleutnant Cornelissen
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Flessing
5. : Leutnant Säger
6. : Hauptmann Claus
7. : Oberleutnant Rungius
8. : Hauptmann Francke
III. : Major Hartwig von Ludwiger
Adj : Leutnant Ziegler
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Grimm
9. : Hauptmann Böhme
10. : Major Machnig
11. : Major Kitschler
12. : Major Grunert


38. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Arnold Szelinski
Adj : Hauptmann Seegmüller
Reg.Arzt : Oberstabsarzt Dr. Köstlin,
Reg.Veterinär : Stabsveterinär Dr. Meyer
13. : Oberleutnant Urbas
14. : Oberleutnant Zwirner
I.: Major Grunert
Adj: Leutnant Hennig
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Siegert
1. : Hauptmann Jüttner
2. : Hauptmann Dr. Roßkopf
3. : Leutnant Reichert
4. : Hauptmann Müller
II. : Oberstleutnant Johann- Heinrich Eckardt
Adj : Leutnant Jeschek
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Hesse (+ 18-9-1939)
5. : Hauptmann Bösenberg
6. : Hauptmann d. Res Barth
7. : Hauptmann d. Res. Sehring
8. : Oberleutnant Borck (+ 2-9-1939)
III. : Oberstleutnant Georg Koßmala
Adj : Oberleutnant von Watzdorf
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Jobke
9. : Oberleutnant d. Res Güttler
10. : Hauptmann Nowack
11. : Hauptmann Müller
12. : Major Retzlaff

84. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Paul Stoewer
Adj : Leutnant Drexler
Reg.Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Olbrich
Reg.Veterinär : Stabsveterinär Dr. Frey
13. : Hauptmann Otto
14. : Oberleutnant von Chappuis ( +22-9-1939)
I. : Major d. Res Heinrici
Adj: Leutnant Schroecker (+ 20-9-1939)
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Jüttner
1. : Oberleutnant Schlabitz
2. : Oberleutnant Fiedler ( + 2-9-1939)
3. : Hauptmann Freiherr von Pfungen
4. : Hauptmann von Debschitz
II. : Major Braumann
Adj : Oberleutnant Braun
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Lipka
5. : Oberleutnant Schirmer
6. : Oberleutnant d. Res. Lubos
7. : Oberleutnant Klehr
8. : Oberleutnant Recht
III. : Major Voigtel
Adj : Oberleutnant Böttcher
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Olbrich
9. : Oberleutnant Erasmus
10. : Hauptmann d. Res. Dr Prier
11. : Hauptmann Koboldt
12. : Hauptmann Gumprich


8. Artillerieregiment
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Harry von Webern
Adj : Leutnant Riegner
Reg. Veterinär : Stabsveterinär Dr. Pfeiffer
I. : Major Sucker
Adj: Leutnant Riegner
1. : Hauptmann Woscildo
2. : Leutnant Schierz
3. : Oberleutnant Graf von Strachwitz
II. : Oberstleutnant Graf
Adj : Oberleutnant Hoffmann
4. : Oberleutnant Meller
5. : Oberleutnant Franzisket
6. : Hauptmann Lehmann
III. : Major Filzinger:
Abt.Veterinär : Oberstabsveterinär Dr. Nüßler
7. : Oberleutnant Finck
8. : Hauptmann Prüsse
9.. : Hauptmann d. Res. Reinking
I. /AR 44 : Major Konrad Barde
Adj : Leutnant Breitner
Abt.Veterinär : Oberstabsveterinär Dr. Barwanietz
1. : Oberleutnant Geerdts
2. : Hauptmann Raupach
3. : Hauptmann Eppendorf

Aufklärungsabteilung 8
Kdr : Major d. Res. Hans-Herbert Müller
Adj: Oberleutnant von Köckritz
Ord.Offz : Leutnant Rautenstrach
1.(reiter) : Rittmeister Haaseerfeld
2. (radfahr): Rittmeister Preuß (+15-9-1939)
3. (schwere) : Rittmeister Horenburg

Panzerjägerabteilung 8
Kdr : Oberstleutnant August-Heinrich Waßmuth
Adj : Oberleutnant Wolf
1. : Hauptmann Frenzel
2. : Oberleutnant Brychny
3. : Hauptmann Treichel

Pionierbataillon 8
Kdr : Major Grothe
Adj : Oberleutnant Esche
1. : Hauptmann Bartels
2. : Oberleutnant Possekel
3. : Oberleutnant Geisler
Brückenkolonne B(mot.) : Hauptmann d. Res Marzodko
leichte Pionierkolonne (mot.) : Oberleutnant d. Res. Jüttner

Nachrichtenabteilung 8
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Grell
Adj : Leutnant Jeglinski
1 (Fernsprech). : Oberleutnant Buck
2. (Funk): Oberleutnant Wild

Source : Die Geschichte der 8.(oberschlesisch-sudetendeutschen) Infanterie/Jägerdivision 1935-1945
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Here is the incomplete 28. Infanteriedivision


Kdr : Generalleutnant Hans von Obstfelder
Ia : Major i.G. Helmuth von Grolman

7. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Wolf Boysen
Adj : Oberleutnant von Prittwitz und Gaffron
Reg Arzt. :
Reg. Vet. :
13. :
14. : Hauptmann Prahl
I. : Hauptmann Muris (+16-9-1939)
Adj:
Bat. Arzt :
1. : Hautpmann Eulich
2. : Oberleutnant Hiemenz
3. : Hauptmann Schmidt
4. : Hauptmann Graf von Westarp
II. : Major Prahl
Adj : Oberleutnant d. Res von Moltke
Bat. Arzt :
5. : Oberleutnant Klose
6. : Hauptmann d. Res Hanke
7. : Hauptmann Führling
8. : Hauptmann Schaeder
III. : Major Heinz Kattner
Adj :
Bat. Arzt :
9. : Hauptmann Wanke
10. :
11. :
12. :

49. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Generalmajor Friedrich Wilhelm von Rothkirch und Panthen
I. : Oberstleutnant Schubert
II. : Bieneck
III. : Major Hoffmeyer


83. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Wilhelmvon Altrock
Adj : Hauptmann Starke
Reg Arzt. : Stabsarzt Dr. Bittner
Reg. Vet. : Stabsveterinär : Dr. Schulz
13. : Hauptmann Schmidt-Hardeleben
14. : Hauptmann von Selle
I. : Oberstleutnant Daemm
Adj: Oberleutnant Freyer
Bat. Arzt : Oberarzt Dr. Zimmermann
1. : Hauptmann von Schenkendorff
2. : Hauptmann Albrecht
3. : Hauptmann Heyer
4. : Hauptmann Westermann
II. : Major Grimm
Adj : Oberleutnant Görnandt
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Bittner
5. : Oberleutnant Rädisch
6. : Hauptmann Weisbrodt
7. : Oberleutnant Lejeune-Jung
8. : Hauptmann Graf von Westarp
III. : Oberstleutnant Mattiash
Adj : Oberleutnant Dobring
Bat. Arzt : Stabsarzt Dr. Zieher
9. : Hauptmann Prawitt
10. : Hauptmann Augustin
11. : Hauptmann Vogler
12. : Hauptmann Hinerasky

28. Artillerieregiment
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Werner Haack
Adj :
I. : Oberstleutnant Erich Gießen
II. :
III. : Major von Rossdeutscher
IV. :

Aufklärungsabteilung 28
Kdr :

Panzerabwehrabteilung 28
Kdr :

Pionierbataillon 28
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Alfred Thielmann
1. : Oberleutnant Baetke
2. : Oberleutnant Langenstrass

Nachrichtenabteilung 28
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Detlef Bock von Wülfingen

Sources:
Schlesische Infanterie Romuald Bergner
Geschichte der Hirschberger Jäger 1920-145, Bernhard Kranz
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Here is the 3. Panzerdivision

Kdr : Generalleutnant Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
Ia : Major Kreuzwendedich von dem Borne
O1 : Oberleutnant von Levetzow
Ib: Hauptmann i.G. Krasà
Ic: Hauptmann Barth
IIa : Major Wend von Wietersheim

Schützenbrigade :
Kdr : Oberst Günther Angern
Adj. :

Schützenregiment 3
Kdr : Oberst Ulrich Kleemann
Adj :
I. : Hauptmann von Bosse (i.V. vor Meese?)
Adj:
Bat. Arzt :
1. : Hauptmann Boehm
2. :
3. : Hauptmann von Lany (+ at or around 3-9-1939)
4. :
II. : Oberstleutnant Dr. Ehlermann
Adj :
Bat. Arzt :
5. :
6. : Hauptmann Wellmann
7. :
8. : Major Zimmermann

Panzerbrigade
Kdr : Generalmajor Horst Stumpff
Adj. : Hauptmann Ziegler (später Kommandeur SS-PzgrDiv 'Nordland' in Berlin)

Panzerregiment 5
Kdr : i.V. Oberstleutnant WIlhelm Conze
Adj :
I. : Major Wendenburg
Adj:
1. :
2. : Hauptmann Schmidt
3. :
4. :
II. : Major von Wilcke(?)
Adj :
5. :
6. :
7. :
8. :
Hauptmann Edler von Planitz Kompaniechef in PR 5.

Panzerregiment 6
Kdr : Oberst Karl Rothenburg
Adj :
I. : Major von Boltenstern
Adj:
1. : Hauptmann Nedtwig
2. : Hauptmann Schneider-Kostalski
3. :
4. : Hauptmann Weiß
II. : Major Arnold Burmeister
Adj :
5. :
6. : Hauptmann von Winterfeld
7. : Hauptmann Friedrichs
8. : Hauptmann Bernewitz

75. Artillerieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Kurt Forster
I. : Hauptmann Lorenz
1. : Leutnant Hoffmann
2. : Hauptmann Hinniger
3. : Hauptmann Reinke
II. : Oberstleutnant Wimmer
Adj : Leutnant Lange
4. : Hauptmann Nebel
5. : Hauptmann Hasselbach
6. : Leutnant Jaschke

Kradschützenbatallion 3
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Günther von Manteuffel
1. : Oberleutnant von Cochenhausen
2. : Hauptmann Günther Pape
3. : Oberleutnant Adler

Aufklärungsabteilung 3
Kdr : Major Irmfried Freiherr von Wechmar
1. :
2. : Rittmeister von Prittwitz und Gaffron
3. :

Panzerabwehrabteilung 39
Kdr : Major von Bernuth

Pionierbataillon 39
Kdr : Major von Mertens
1. : Hauptmann Beigel
2. :
3. :

Nachrichtenabteilung 39
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Hans Negendanck

Division unterstellt :
Panzerlehrabteilung
Kdr. : Major von Lewinski

Source : Geschichte der 3. Panzerdivision , Traditionsverband
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Re: German Army 1st september 1939

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7. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Wolf Boysen
Adj : Oberleutnant von Prittwitz und Gaffron
Reg Arzt. :
Reg. Vet. :
13. :
14. : Hauptmann Prahl
I. : Hauptmann Muris (+16-9-1939)
Hi !,

Thanks for info!

I just want to add that - according to "Geschichte der Hirschberger Jäger" by Bernhard Kranz, page 107 - 28. Infanterie-Division suffered the following casualties during the Polish campaign:

KIA - 410:

15 officers
60 NCOs
335 soldiers

MIA - 169:

1 officer
11 NCOs
157 soldiers

WIA - 863:

30 officers
137 NCOs
696 soldiers

Cheers,

Domen
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Re: German Army 1st september 1939

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Hi domen,

Well,thx for the info, i've got the Kranz book, but i didn't add the info mainly because this topic isn;t about german losses, but more about the stellenbesetzung of the german army at 1 september 1939. ;)

You might want to start another topic about that.

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That is impressive ericv! :up:

By any chance do you have O de B for Grenzschutz-Abschnitts-Kommando 1 (CO General der Flieger Leonhard von Kaupisch)?!
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Re: German Army 1st september 1939

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Hi Crolick,

Thx!

On the first page of this topic Benout Douville posted the following oob:

Grenzschutzabschnitts-Kdo.-1:

Stab Art.Regt.z.b.V.-609

s.Art.Abt.-611 (gem.)

Grenzschutz-Regt.-32

Grenzschutz-Regt.-42


I know some of the Art.Reg commanders in the 600's and some of the Grenzschützregiment kommandeure, but none of the above. :|

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Re: German Army 1st september 1939

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Here is the 30. Infanteriedivision

Kdr : Generalmajor Kurt von Briesen
Ia : Oberstleutnant i.G. Karl von Le Suire
Ib: Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold
Ic: Cetto
IIa : Major Carl August von Schönfeld

6. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Josef Reichert
14. : Hauptmann Christian Pagels
I. : Oberstleutnant de Rainville
II. : Major von Limburg
III. : Dr. Neese

26. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : General Moritz Basler
I. : Major von Borries
4. : Hauptmann Freiherr von Rosen
II. : Kögel
III. : Major Heinrich Nickel

46. Infanterieregiment
Kdr : Generlmajor Walter Wittke
I. : Major/Oberstleutnant Coep
II. : Nolte
III. : Oberstleutnant Günther Weichardt
9. : Oberleutnant Borgmann ?

30. Artillerieregiment
Kdr : Oberst Wilhelm Richter
Adj :
I. : Major Paul
II. : Major Albrecht Wüstenhagen
III. : Faber
I./66 : Major Gustav Hundt


Aufklärungsabteilung 30
Kdr : ?

Panzerjägerabteilung 30
Kdr : Oberstleutnant Helmut Michalik

Pionierbataillon 30
Kdr : Major Ziebe

Nachrichtenabteilung 30
Kdr : Major Lindheim

DiNaFü 30 : Köhnke

Source : Die Geschichte der 30. Infanteriedivision 1939-1945, Hans Breithaupt
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