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110th Infantry Division
German: 110. Infanterie-Division
ActiveApril 1940 – 1944
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
Military unit

The 110th Infantry Division (German: 110. Infanterie-Division) of the German army (Wehrmacht) was formed in April 1940 in Lüneburg under the 11. Armee and was commanded by Generalleutnant Ernst Seifert. Until June 1941 and the commencement of Operation Barbarossa on the 22nd day of that month, it was stationed in Poland. It fought on the Eastern Front as part of Army Group Centre, VI Corps and had, by the end of the war, nine Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross holders, four of whom received their awards in November 1943. The division was destroyed by Soviet forces in July 1944. The division itself consisted of three infantry regiments and an artillery regiment.

Commanding officers

  • Generalleutnant Ernst Seifert, 10 December 1940 – 24 January 1942
  • Generalleutnant Martin Gilbert, 1 February 1942 – 1 June 1943
  • Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski, 1 June 1943 – 25 September 1943
  • Generalleutnant Albrecht Wüstenhagen, 25 September 1943 – 1 December 1943
  • Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski, 1 December 1943 – 11 May 1944
  • Generalmajor Gustav Gihr, 11 May 1944 – 15 May 1944
  • Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski, 15 May 1944 – July 1944

References

  1. Axis History Factbook
Numbered infantry divisions of the German Army (1935–1945)
1st – 99th
1st – 9th
10th – 19th
20th – 29th
30th – 39th
40th – 49th
50th – 59th
60th – 69th
70th – 79th
80th – 89th
90th – 99th
100th – 199th
100th – 119th
121st – 129th
130th – 149th
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160th – 169th
170th – 189th
190th – 199th
200th – 299th
200th – 209th
210th – 219th
220th – 229th
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240th – 249th
250th – 259th
260th – 269th
270th – 279th
280th – 289th
290th – 299th
300th – 399th
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310th – 329th
330th – 339th
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350th – 359th
360th – 369th
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380th – 389th
390th – 399th
400th – 719th
400th – 499th
500th – 599th
600th – 699th
700th – 709th
710th – 719th
See also: List of German divisions in World War II, Aufstellungswelle


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