189th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 189th Infantry Division was a reserve division of the German Army in World War II.

189th Infantry Division
189. Infanterie-Division
ActiveSeptember 1942 – March 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II

Operational history

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  • September 26, 1942: Formation of the 189. Reserve-Division
  • December 6, 1942: The 189. Reserve-Division is renamed 189. Infanterie-Division (B)
  • May 15, 1943: The 189. Reserve-Division is reformed in France from Division Nr. 189. In 1944, it fought against the Allied landings in Operation Dragoon in the South of France and suffered heavy losses.
  • October 8, 1944: The 189. Infanterie-Division was reformed in France from the 189. Reserve-Division and the 242. Infanterie-Division.
  • February 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division is destroyed in the Colmar Pocket.
  • March 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division was reformed again and fought in southern Germany until the end of the war.

Order of battle

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1944
  • 15th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (two battalions)
  • 28th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (three battalions)
  • 28th Reserve Artillery Battalion
  • 9th Reserve Pioneer Battalion
  • 1089th Administrative Service Unit[1]
1945
  • 1007th Security Battalion
  • 1021st Security Battalion
  • 1181st Artillery Battalion
  • 806th SS-Machinegun Battalion

Commanders

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  • Major General Paul Bauer (October 1939 - June 1942)
  • Major General Egon von Neindorff (June 1942 - October 1943)
  • Lieutenant General Richard von Schwerin (October 1943 - September 1944)
  • Major General Ernst von Bauer (September - October 1944)
  • Major General Joachim Degener (October - November 1944)
  • Colonel Eduard Zorn (November 1944 - February 1945), KIA
  • Colonel Mellwig (February - April 1945)

References

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  1. ^ "German Forces in the West" (PDF). cgsc.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 24 October 2011.