137th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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The 137th Infantry Division was a major fighting formation of the German Army (Wehrmacht). It was created in October 1940, and first saw combat in Operation Barbarossa as p;art of Army Group Center. The division remained on the central sector of the Eastern Front until November 1943, when it was disbanded.

Commanders

• Generalleutnant Friedrich Bergmann 8 10 1940 – 21 12 1941;
• Oberst Siegfried Heine 21 12 1941 – 28 12 1941;
• Oberst Muhl 28 12 1941 – 5 1 1942;
• Generalleutnant Hans. Kamecke 5 1 1942 – 12 2 1942;
• Generalleutnant Dr Karl Rüdiger 12 2 1942 – 25 2 1942;
• Generalleutnant Hans. Kamecke 25 2 1942 – 15 10 1942;
• Generalleutnant Egon von Neindorff 15 10 1942 – 16 12 1943.

Order of battle

1940

• Infantry Regiment 447
• Infantry Regiment 448
• Infantry Regiment 449
• Artillery Regiment 137
• Pionier-Bataillon 137
• Antitank Battalion 137
• Reconnaissance Battalion 137
• Divisions Signals-Battalion 137
• Divisions Services 137

1943

• Grenadier Regiment 447
• Grenadier Regiment 448
• Division Battalion 137
• Artillery Regiment 137
• Pionier-Bataillon 137
• Panzerjäger-Abteilung 137
• Feldersatz-Bataillon 137
• Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 137
• Divisions-Nachschubführer 137