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Organization.
The 31 Infanterie Division was organized at Braunschweig on October 1 1936. It comprised two active regiments, the IR 12 and the IR 17, as well one newly raised regiment, the IR 82. The Division was mobilized on Aug 26 1939 and by that time it had the following organization:
Division Staff: at Braunschweig. Its Commanding Officers were:
26. August 1939 Generalleutnant Rudolf Kaempfe.
22. Mai 1941 Generalmajor Kurt Kalmukoff.
13. August 1941 Generalmajor Gerhard Berthold.
IR 12: Staff and III. Battalion, at Halberstadt.; I. Battalion, at Blankenburg; II. Battalion, at Quedlinburg. Its Commanding Officers were: Oberst Stephan Rittau (1. Februar 1939 - 30. September 1940) and
Oberst Erich Hassenstein (20. September 1940 - Januar 1942).
IR 17: at Braunschweig; III. Battalion (Jager) at Goslar. Its Commanding Officers were: Oberst Friedrich Wilhelm Neumann (1 April 1938 – November 1939); Oberst von Traekow (November 1939); Oberst Gerhard Berthold (1 December 1939 – 13 August 1941) and Oberst Hans-Joachim von Stolzmann (since 15 August 1941).
IR 82: Staff and II. Battalion, at Gottingen; III. Battalion at Northeim and I. Battalion at Osterode. Its Commanding Officers were: Oberst Gerhard Berthold (since 26. August 1939)) and Oberst Friedrich Hoßbach (since 25. October 1939).
AR 31: Staff, I and II. Abteilung, at Halberstadt; III. Abteilung at Gottingen. I/ AR 67 at Braunschweig.
Pz Abwehr Abt. 31, at Braunschweig.
Pi. Btl 31 at Hoxter. Its Commanding Officers were: Oberstleutnant Fritz Bingmann and Major Theodor Hürten.
Na. Abt. 31 at Braunschweig.
San. Abt. 31 at Braunschweig, Halberstadt, Blankenburg, Quedlinburg, Goslar, Gottingen, Northeim, Altengrabow and Ludwigslust.
Beobachtungsabt. 31 at Braunschweig.
Source: “Zur Geschichte der Garnison Halberstadt und irher Truppenteile. 1623 – 1994. Werner Hartmann. 4. Band.
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