218. pěší divize [1939-1945]

218th Infantry Division
218. Infanterie-Division
     
Název:
Name:
218. pěší divize 218th Infantry Division
Originální název:
Original Name:
218. Infanterie-Division
Datum vzniku:
Raised/Formed:
26.08.1939
Předchůdce:
Predecessor:
- -
Datum zániku:
Disbanded:
08.05.1945
Nástupce:
Successor:
- -
Nadřízené velitelství:
Higher Command:
26.08.1939-DD.09.1939 Vojenský okruh III
DD.09.1939-DD.10.1939 4. armáda
DD.11.1939-DD.05.1940 Vyšší velitelství ke zvláštnímu použití XXXVI
DD.06.1940-DD.06.1940 7. armáda
DD.07.1940-DD.12.1941 Velitelství záložního vojska
DD.01.1942-DD.01.1942 Velitelství německých jednotek v Dánsku
DD.02.1942-DD.07.1942 XXXIX. armádní sbor (motorizovaný)
DD.08.1942-DD.11.1942 Brandenberger
DD.12.1942-DD.02.1943 Tiemann
DD.03.1943-DD.03.1944 II. armádní sbor
DD.04.1944-DD.07.1944 L. armádní sbor
DD.08.1944-DD.09.1944 VI. dobrovolnický armádní sbor SS (lotyšský)
DD.10.1944-DD.12.1944 XXXXIII. armádní sbor
DD.01.1945-DD.03.1945 I. armádní sbor
DD.04.1945-DD.04.1945 XVI. armádní sbor
26.08.1939-DD.09.1939 3rd Military District
DD.09.1939-DD.10.1939 4th Army
DD.11.1939-DD.05.1940 XXXVI Special Purpose Higher Command
DD.06.1940-DD.06.1940 7th Army
DD.07.1940-DD.12.1941 Replacement Army Command
DD.01.1942-DD.01.1942 Command of German Troops in Denmark
DD.02.1942-DD.07.1942 XXXIX Army Corps (motorized)
DD.08.1942-DD.11.1942 Brandenberger
DD.12.1942-DD.02.1943 Tiemann
DD.03.1943-DD.03.1944 II Army Corps
DD.04.1944-DD.07.1944 L Army Corps
DD.08.1944-DD.09.1944 VI SS Volunteers Army Corps (Latvian)
DD.10.1944-DD.12.1944 XXXXIII Army Corps
DD.01.1945-DD.03.1945 I Army Corps
DD.04.1945-DD.04.1945 XVI Army Corps
Dislokace:
Deployed:
26.08.1939-DD.MM.RRRR Berlín, ? /

Velitel:
Commander:
26.08.1939-01.01.1942 Grote, Woldemar (Generalleutnant)
01.01.1942-20.03.1942 Uckermann, Horst von (Generalmajor)
20.03.1942-25.12.1944 Lang, Viktor (Generalleutnant)
25.12.1944-01.05.1945 Collani, Ingo von (Generalmajor)
01.05.1945-08.05.1945 Ranck, Werner (Generalleutnant)
Náčelník štábu:
Chief of Staff:
DD.MM.1939-DD.MM.1939 Kremling, Ludwig (Oberstleutnant)
12.11.1939-20.04.1940 Zeltmann, Otto (Major)
20.04.1940-20.01.1942 Bodenhausen, von (Major)
20.01.1942-16.03.1942 Hepp, Leo (Major)
22.03.1942-25.08.1943 Leutheußer, Hans-Günther (Oberst)
25.08.1943-25.08.1944 Picot, Helmut (Oberstleutnant)
25.08.1944-DD.MM.1945 Ahollinger, Siegfried (Major)
Podřízené jednotky:
Subordinated Units:
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Čestný název:
Honorary Name:
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Vyznamenání:
Decorations:
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Poznámka:
Note:
- -
Zdroje:
Sources:
Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945
Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II
www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
en.wikipedia.org
www.axishistory.com
www.balsi.de
www.tracesofwar.nl

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The 218th Infantry Division joined the invasion of Poland and France before being sent to occupy Denmark in 1941.


In 12/1941 she was sent to the Eastern Front, fought in the northern sector as part of the Heeresgruppe Nord.


She retreated from the Balkan states during the Soviet offensive and ended the war in Kusrký promontory.



Commander:
Lieutenant General Woldemar Freiherr Grote (September 1, 1939 - January 1, 1942)
Lieutenant General Horst Freiherr von Uckermann (1.1. 1942 - 20.3. 1942)
Lieutenant General Viktor Lang (March 20, 1942 - December 25, 1944)
Major General Ingo von Collani (December 25, 1944 - May 1, 1945)
Lieutenant General Werner Ranck (May 1, 1945 - May 8, 1945)


Operation:
Poland (09/1939 - 05/1940)
France (05/1940 - 05/1941)
Gum (05/1941 - 12/1941)
Eastern Front, Northern Sector (12/1941 - 10/1944)
Kurland (10/1944 - 05/1945)
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Organizace:


323. Infantry Regiment - 323.pěší pluk


386. Infantry Regiment - 386.pěší pluk


397. Infantry Regiment - 397.pěší pluk


218. Artillery Regiment - 218.dělostřelecký pluk


1. Battalion - 1.prapor


2. Battalion - 2.prapor


3. Battalion - 3.prapor


4. Battalion - 4.prapor


218. Panzerjäger Battalion - 218.protitankový prapor


218. Reconnaissance Battalion - 218.průzkumný prapor


218. Pioneer Battalion - 218.ženijní prapor


218. Signals Battalion - 218.spojovací prapor
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Holders of the Knight's Cross who were members of the 218th Infantry Division:


Albert Biecker 3/18/1942
Johannes Boewe 12/11/1943
Heinrich Brodowski 12/18/1944
Rudolf Flebbe 11/29/1944
Gerhard Horn 8/23/1944
Egon Knoerrchen 3/28/1945
Johannes Manitius 4/3/1942
Alfred Nuckelt 9/10/1944
Joachim Reuter 8/27/1944
Hans-Joachim Schmidt-Falbe 5/14/1944
Otto Schulze 6/19/1942
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DATE
SBOR
ARMY
ARMY GROUP
DEPLOYMENT AREA


9.-10. 1939
backup
4. Army
Nord
Poland


11 1939 - May 1940
XXXVI Geb.
Crew units in barracks
Mitte
Poland


6. 1940
backup
7. Army
C
Upper Rhine


7. 1940 - March 3, 1941
WK III
BdE
(advance headquarters)


Berlin


4.-12. 1941

BdE
(advance headquarters)


Denmark


1. 1942


Befehshaber Dänemark
Denmark


2.-7. 1942
XXXIX mot.
16. Army
Nord
Chełm (Poland)


8.-11. 1942
Brandenberger
16. Army
Nord
Chełm


12. 1942 - February 1943
Tiemann
16. Army
Nord
Chełm


3.-12. 1943
II
16. Army
Nord
Chełm


1.-3. 1944
II
16. Army
Nord
Opočka
(Pskovskaya oblast, Russia)


4.-6. 1944
L
16. Army
Nord
Opočka


7. 1944
L
18. Army
Nord
Region of Livonia
(Latvia/Estonia)


8.-9. 1944
VI. SS
18. Army
Nord
Valka (Latvia)


10. 1944
XXXXIII
16. Army
Nord
Saaremaa Island
(Estonia)


11.-12. 1944
(battle group)
XXXXIII
16.Army
Nord
Saaremaa Island


1. 1945
I
18. Army
Nord
Kurland Peninsula
(Latvia)


2.-3. 1945
I
18. Army
Kurland
Kurland Peninsula


4. 1945
XVI
18. Army
Kurland
Kurland Peninsula
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