The 98th Infantry Division (German: 98. Infanterie-Division) was created on 18 September 1939 in Grafenwöhr. It was destroyed on the Crimea in May 1944 and reformed on 5 June 1944.[1]
98th Infantry Division | |
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98. Infanterie-Division | |
Active | 18 September 1939 – 8 May 1945 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
Engagements | World War II |
![Vehicle insignia in the shape of a badge, depicting a red bird flying over grey hills.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/98._Infanterie_Division.png/220px-98._Infanterie_Division.png)
Commanding officers
edit- Generalleutnant Erich Schröck, 1 September 1939 – 11 April 1940
- Generalleutnant Herbert Stimmel, 11 April 1940 – 10 June 1940
- Generalleutnant Erich Schröck, 10 June 1940 – 31 December 1941
- General der Infanterie Martin Gareis, 31 December 1941 – 1 February 1944
- Generalleutnant Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt, 1 February 1944 – 11 April 1945
- Generalmajor Otto Schiel, 11 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
References
edit- ^ Tessin, pp. 152–153
Bibliography
edit- Tessin, Georg (1972). Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945] (in German). Vol. 6: Die Landstreitkräfte 71–130 (Units 71–130). Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN 3-7648-0872-1.