1st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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{{short description|1934–1945 German Army combat formation}}{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 1st Infantry Division
| native_name = {{langx|de|1. Infanterie-Division}}
| image = German Wehrmacht 1st Infanterie Division Logo.svg
| image_size = 100px
| caption = Unit insignia
| country = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
| type = [[Infantry]]
| branch = [[File:Heer - decal for helmet 1942.svg|16px]] [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Heer]] ([[File:Balkenkreuz.svg|16px]] [[Wehrmacht]])
| dates = October 1934 – 8 May 1945
| command_structure =
| size = [[Division (military)|Division]]
| garrison = [[Königsberg]]
| battles = {{tree list}}
* [[1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania|Memelland occupation]]
* '''[[World War II]]'''
** [[Invasion of Poland]]
*** [[Battle of Mława]]
*** [[Siege of Warsaw (1939)|Siege of Warsaw]]
** [[Battle of France]]
** [[German-Soviet War]]
*** [[Operation Barbarossa]]
*** {{tree list/final branch}} [[Siege of Leningrad]]
*** [[Kamenets–Podolsky pocket|Kamenets-Podolsky pocket]]
{{tree list/end}}
| notable_commanders = [[Georg von Küchler]] [[Walther Schroth]] [[Joachim von Kortzfleisch]] [[Philipp Kleffel]] [[Friedrich Altrichter]] [[Martin Grase]] [[Ernst-Anton von Krosigk]] [[Henning von Thadden]]
}}

The '''1st Infantry Division''' ({{langx|de|1. Infanterie-Division}}) was an infantry division that notably served in [[World War II]] as part of the ''[[German Army (1935–1945)|Heer]]'' of [[Nazi Germany|Nazi Germany's]] ''[[Wehrmacht]]''. It had been one of the original [[infantry division]]s of the [[Reichswehr]].

==Operational history==

=== Before World War II ===
The staff of the 1st Infantry Division was initially assembled under the cover name of Artillery Leader 1 ({{langx|de|Artillerieführer I|links=no}}) in October 1934. Its initial headquarters were at [[Königsberg]]. On 15 October 1935, the formation was redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division. It was redeployed to [[Chernyakhovsk|Insterburg]] on 3 February 1936. The division initially contained the Infantry Regiments 1 (Königsberg), 22 ([[Gumbinnen]]), and 43 (Insterburg), as well as Artillery Regiment 1 (Königsberg).<ref name="Tessin 1966">{{Cite book |last=Tessin |first=Georg |title=Die Landstreitkräfte 001–005 |publisher=Verlag E. S. Mittler & Sohn GmbH |year=1966 |isbn=3764808713 |series=Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 |volume=2}}</ref>{{Rp|page=20f.}} The division was built from the [[Reichswehr]]-era 1st Infantry Regiment, assembled largely from East Prussian personnel and adopted a strongly Prussian internal culture, as underlined by the black-and-white divisional insignia.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitcham |first=Samuel W. |title=Hitler's Legions: The German Army Order of Battle, World War II |publisher=Stein and Days Publishing |year=1985 |isbn=0812829921}}</ref>{{Rp|page=41f.}}

The divisional commander from 1 October 1934 until 1 October 1935 was [[Georg von Küchler]], who later went on to be the army-level commanding general that the 1st Infantry Division served under starting in September 1939. Küchler was replaced as divisional commander by [[Walther Schroth]] on 1 October 1935, who was in turn replaced by [[Joachim von Kortzfleisch]] on 1 January 1938.<ref name=":2" />

On 23 March 1939, after a [[1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania|German ultimatum of three days prior]] regarding the status of the [[Memelland]], occupied since 1923 by [[Lithuania]], had been accepted by the [[Government of Lithuania|Lithuanian government]] and a treaty signed by [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] and [[Juozas Urbšys]], soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division moved from their East Prussian barracks into the city of [[Klaipėda|Memel]] ({{Langx|lt|Klaipėda|links=no}}), thus participating in the reintegration of that city and its region into Germany.<ref name="Buttar 2013 Giants">{{Cite book |last=Buttar, Prit |title=Between Giants: The Battle for the Baltics in World War II |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=9781472802880}}</ref>{{Rp|page=254}}

On 17 August 1939, the 1st Infantry Division initiated mobilization procedures as part of the German preparations for the [[Invasion of Poland]].<ref name="Tessin 1966"/>{{Rp|page=20f.}}{{OSM Location map|coord={{coord|48|14}}|zoom=3|float=left|nolabels=1|width=300|height=240|title=Campaigns of 1st Infantry Division|auto-caption=1|shapeD=n-circle|shape-colorD=dark blue|label-colorD=dark blue|shape-outlineD=white|label-sizeD=12|label-posD=left|mark-sizeD=16|mark-coord1={{coord|51.52|20.41}}|mark-title1=[[Invasion of Poland]], 1939|mark-coord2={{coord|48.86|2.35}}|mark-title2=[[Battle of France]], 1940|mark-coord3={{coord|55.75|37.63}}|mark-title3=[[German-Soviet War]], 1941–45}}

=== World War II ===

==== Invasion of Poland ====
{{Command structure
|name=1st Infantry Division
|date=September 1939<ref name="Tessin 1966"/>{{Rp|page=20}}
|parent=[[Wodrig Corps]], [[3rd Army (Wehrmacht)|3rd Army]], [[Army Group North|North]]
|subordinate=Infantry Regiment 1 Infantry Regiment 22 Infantry Regiment 43 Artillery Regiment 1 Division Units 1
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With the German Invasion of Poland in September 1939, the 1st Infantry Division fought in the northern sector.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Mitcham |first=Samuel W. |title=1st–290th Infantry Divisions in WWII |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2007 |isbn=9780811746540 |series=German Order of Battle |volume=1 |chapter=1st Infantry Division}}</ref> The division advanced toward [[Warsaw]] as a component of the [[XXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|XXVI Army Corps]] (until 1 October 1939: "Army Corps Wodrig",<ref>{{Cite book |last=McCroden |first=William T. |title=German Ground Forces of World War II: Complete Orders of Battle for Army Groups, Armies, Army Corps, and Other Commands of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, September 1, 1939 to May 8, 1945 |last2=Nutter |first2=Thomas E. |publisher=Savas Beatie |year=2019 |isbn=9781611211092}}</ref>{{Rp|page=181}} commanded by [[Albert Wodrig]]), subordinate to the [[3rd Army (Wehrmacht)|3rd Army]] (Georg von Küchler). The division's commanding general was Joachim von Kortzfleisch, while the chief of staff and head of logistics were Major Johannes Steffler and Captain Christian Müller.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=216}}

On 1 September 1939, it captured [[Kuklin]] on the left flank of the 3rd Army.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=1. September 1939 – 30. April 1940 |publisher=Biblio |year=1995 |isbn=3764824107 |editor-last=Mehner |editor-first=Kurt |series=Die Geheimen Tagesberichte der Deutschen Wehrmachtführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 |volume=1 |language=de}}</ref>{{Rp|page=3}} It engaged Polish forces near the heavily defended town of [[Mława]] ([[Battle of Mława]]) for several days, then crossed over the [[Bug River|Bug]] and [[Narew]] rivers. On 8 September 1939, 1st and 12th Infantry Divisions captured the [[Ostrów Mazowiecka]] region.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=25}} On September 10, the 1st and 12th Infantry Divisions formed a bridgehead south of [[Brok, Masovian Voivodeship|Brok]] and [[Małkinia Górna]].<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=31}} On the 12th, the 1st Infantry Division reached the road between [[Kałuszyn]] and [[Siedlce]], where it was engaged by Polish counterattacks on its left flank.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=36}} On 16 September, Wodrig Corps met heavy resistance from scattered Polish formations; the nearby 12th Infantry Division secured the Kałuszyn-[[Latowicz]] area, whereas 1st Infantry Division itself was assigned to the area east of [[Garwolin]].<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=46}}

The strategic balance of the German campaign in Poland was decisively altered by the [[Soviet invasion of Poland]] that started on 17 September 1939; the 1st Infantry Division was subsequently deployed to the [[Stanisławów, Mińsk County|Stanisławów]] area, with 12th Infantry Division assigned further south in [[Mińsk Mazowiecki]], with both division participating in the [[Siege of Warsaw (1939)|Siege of Warsaw]].<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=67}} It advanced to [[Łochów]] two days later;<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=69}} on 25 September it was northwest of Ostrów Mazowiecka as its army corps was preparing to withdraw behind the Narew river.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=72}} By the evening of the 26th, the 1st Infantry Division was northwest of [[Różan]], whereas its partner, the 12th Infantry Division, stood south of [[Maków Mazowiecki]].<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=75}}

==== Phony War ====
On 2 November, a supply train of 1st Infantry Division suffered a major accident near [[Bytów|Bütow (Pommern)]]. Due to the involvement of a staff car carrying divisional officers in the accidents, three officers of the division were killed and twelve more critically injured. 18 other men, including officers, NCOs and enlisted men, suffered light injuries.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|page=122}}

As the [[Phoney War|Phony War]] period (Oct. 1939 – Apr. 1940) ended, 1st Infantry Division stood by in the reserves of the [[6th Army Corps (Ukraine)|6th Army]].<ref name="Tessin 1966" />{{Rp|page=20f.}}

On 15 April 1940, [[Philipp Kleffel]] assumed command of the 1st Infantry Division.<ref name=":2" />

==== Battle of France ====
The division played only a minor role in the [[Battle of France]], then as part of [[I Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|I Army Corps]].<ref name="Tessin 1966" />{{Rp|page=20f.}} On 3 July 1940, with the invasion concluded, the division was in the vicinity of [[Biarritz]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Mehner |first=Kurt |title=1. Mai 1940 – 28. Februar 1941 |publisher=Biblio |year=1993 |isbn=3764812842 |series=Geheimen Tagesberichte der Deutschen Wehrmachtführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 |volume=2 |language=de}}</ref>{{Rp|page=99}} On 28 August, as part of a reorganization of the army corps' occupation duties, 1st Infantry Division was placed on the sea shore, with its partner division, the [[11th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|11th Infantry Division]], on the demarcation line between [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German-occupied northern France]] and the [[Vichy France|Vichy French]] territory.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=181}}

==== Preparations for the Eastern Front ====
In September 1940, the 1st Infantry Division was shuffled out of German-occupied France and sent back to its home region, East Prussia.<ref name="Tessin 1966" />{{Rp|page=20f.}} The train transport from France to East Prussia began on 8 September.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=197}} By 2 October, the divisional headquarters were established in the Hindenburgstraße in Königsberg.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=235}} It began taking quarters for the eventual invasion, northwest of [[Gvardeysk|Tapiau]], on 10 March.<ref name="Mehner Vol3">{{Cite book |last=Mehner |first=Kurt |title=1. März 1941 – 31. Oktober 1941 |publisher=Biblio |year=1992 |isbn=3764824085 |series=Geheimen Tagesberichte der Deutschen Wehrmachtführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 |volume=3 |language=de}}</ref>{{Rp|page=12}} Divisional headquarters were moved there as well, by 18 April.<ref name="Mehner Vol3" />{{Rp|page=70}}

==== Eastern Front ====
With the launch of [[Operation Barbarossa]], the 1st Infantry Division participated in the [[Baltic Operation]] as part of the [[18th Army (Wehrmacht)|18th Army]] with [[Army Group North]], advancing on [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]].<ref name=":2" /> It stood in the [[Pskov]]–[[Tartu]] sector in July; it provided cover to [[58th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|58th Infantry Division]] as it entered the city of Pskov from the west.<ref name="Mehner Vol3" />{{Rp|page=183}} On 17 July, it stood in heavy fighting east of [[Lake Peipus]], making only slow stepwise progress towards [[Gdov]].<ref name="Mehner Vol3" />{{Rp|page=191}} That city was captured by the 58th Infantry Division around 07:30 hours on 18 July, while vanguards of the 1st Infantry Division reached Kortno by the evening.<ref name="Mehner Vol3" />{{Rp|page=193}}

Kleffel's tenure as divisional commander was briefly interrupted on 12 July 1941 by [[Friedrich Altrichter]], but Kleffel resumed command on 4 September.<ref name=":2" />

On 24 July, parts of the 1st Infantry Division were inserted into a bridgehead that had previously been forced by the [[6th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)|6th Panzer Division]].<ref name="Mehner Vol3" />{{Rp|page=209}} By 13 August, it met Soviet infantry in well-entrenched positions around one kilometer south of [[Manuilovo]].<ref name="Mehner Vol3" />{{Rp|page=264}}

Following a directive by OKH on 15 October 1942, every single infantry regiment in the German army was redesignated as a "Grenadier Regiment", although regiments who claimed the tradition of specific [[Imperial German Army]] or [[Reichswehr]] units could also petition for their redesignation as "Fusilier Regiment" or "Rifle Regiment".<ref name=":522">{{Cite book |last=Tessin |first=Georg |title=Die Waffengattungen - Gesamtübersicht |publisher=Biblio Verlag |year=1977 |isbn=3764810971 |series=Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 |volume=1 |location=Osnabrück |language=German}}</ref>{{Rp|page=62f.}} In the case of the 1st Infantry Division, this resulted in the Grenadier Regiments 1 and 43 as well as the Fusilier Regiment 22.<ref name="Tessin 1966" />{{Rp|page=20f.}}

The 1st Infantry Division remained and fought in the area of Leningrad and [[Lake Ladoga]] through December 1943, as part of the German operations during the [[Siege of Leningrad]]. Transferred to the [[1st Panzer Army]], the division fought at [[Kryvyi Rih|Krivoy Rog]] and broke out of an encirclement in March 1944.

==== Defence of East Prussia ====
{{Command structure
|name=1st Infantry Division
|date=September 1944<ref name="Tessin 1966"/>{{Rp|page=20f.}}
|parent=[[XXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|XXVI Corps]], [[3rd Panzer Army|3rd Pz. Army]], [[Army Group Center|Center]]
|subordinate=Grenadier Regiment 1 Fusilier Regiment 22 Grenadier Regiment 43 Division Fusilier Battalion 1 Artillery Regiment 1 Division Units 1
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The 1st Infantry Division returned to its native East Prussia in the summer 1944. In September 1944, the division received reinforcements to restore its regiments' third battalions, bringing the division up to a strength of ten battalions.<ref name="Tessin 1966" />{{Rp|page=20}} Except for participating in the urgent and temporary link-up with the now-isolated Army Group North in Lithuania ([[Operation Doppelkopf]]), the unit remained to defend the easternmost German province from the advancing [[Red Army]].

On 1 October 1944, [[Hans Schittnig]] assumed divisional command.<ref name=":2" />

Alternating between [[3rd Panzer Army|3rd Panzer]] and [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|4th Armies]], the division was trapped in the Königsberg/[[Sambia Peninsula|Samland]] area after it was cut off from the rest of Germany by end January 1945.

At 0400 hours on 19 February 1945, elements of the 1st Infantry, led by a captured Soviet [[T-34|T-34 tank]], spearheaded a westward offensive from Königsberg intended to link with General [[Hans Gollnick|Hans Gollnick's]] [[German XXVIII Corps|XXVIII Corps]], which held parts of the Samland peninsula, including the vital port of [[Pillau]]. Capturing the town of [[Metgethen]], the unit opened the way for the [[German 5th Panzer Division|5th Panzer Division]] to join with Gollnick's forces near the town of [[Vzmorye|Gross Heydekrug]] the next day. This action re-opened the land route from Königsberg to Pillau, allowing for the evacuation of civilian refugees via the port and solidifying the German defense of the area until April.

[[Henning von Thadden]] assumed divisional command on 28 February 1945.<ref name=":2" />

With the capitulation of Königsberg on 9 April 1945, the surviving elements of the division retreated to Pillau where most later surrendered to the Soviets and parts of the division were evacuated by sea and surrendered to the British in Schleswig-Holstein at the end of the war.

The final divisional commander was a colonel-ranked officer named Egon Overbeck, who assumed the post on 26 April 1945, after Henning von Thadden had been wounded in action.<ref name=":2" />

==Organization==

=== Subordinate formations ===
Initially, the 1st Infantry Division consisted of the Infantry Regiments 1 (Königsberg), 22 (Gumbinnen) and 43 (Insterburg), as well as Artillery Regiment 1 (Königsberg) and the Division Units 1 for support. Each of the infantry regiment was equipped with three battalions and the artillery regiment with three detachments. By November 1944, this scheme had been only superficially changed; the Infantry Regiments 1 and 43 were now called "Grenadier Regiments", whereas Infantry Regiment 22 was now called "Fusilier Regiment". Additionally, the division had received the Division Fusilier Battalion 1 and Artillery Regiment 1 had been strengthened with the addition of I./37 detachment.<ref name="Tessin 1966" />{{Rp|page=20}}

=== Superior formations ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+Superior formations of the 1st Infantry Division, Sep. 1939 – Apr. 1945<ref name="Tessin 1966" />{{Rp|page=20f.}}
!Month
!Army Corps
!Army
!Army Group
!Area of operations
|-
|Sep. – Nov. 1939
|[[XXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|Corps Wodrig]]
|[[3rd Army (Wehrmacht)|3rd Army]]
|[[Army Group North]]
|[[East Prussia]], northern [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]]
|-
|Dec. 1939 – Apr. 1940
| rowspan="2" |''Army reserves''
| rowspan="2" |[[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Army Group B]]
|[[Lower Rhine]]
|-
|May 1940
|[[German invasion of Belgium (1940)|Belgium]]
|-
|June 1940
| rowspan="5" |[[I Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|I Corps]]
|[[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|4th Army]]
|[[Somme (river)|Somme]]—[[Loire]] region
|-
|Jul. – Aug. 1940
|[[7th Army (Wehrmacht)|7th Army]]
|Atlantic coast
|-
|Sep. 1940 – Apr. 1941
| rowspan="4" |[[18th Army (Wehrmacht)|18th Army]]
| rowspan="2" |East Prussia
|-
|May 1941
|[[Army Group C]]
|-
|June 1941
| rowspan="12" |Army Group North
| rowspan="3" |Riga — Narva — Leningrad
|-
|July 1941
|[[XXVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|XXVI Corps]]
|-
|August 1941
|[[XXXXI Panzer Corps|XXXXI Corps]]
|[[4th Panzer Army|Panzer Group 4]]
|-
|Sep. – Oct. 1941
|[[XXXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|XXXVIII Corps]]
| rowspan="9" |18th Army
|[[Petergof]]
|-
|November 1941
|''Army reserves''
| rowspan="2" |Leningrad
|-
|Dec. 1941 – Apr. 1942
|[[XXVIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|XXVIII Corps]]
|-
|May 1942
|XXVI Corps
| rowspan="2" |Volkhov
|-
|Jun. – Dec. 1942
|I Corps
|-
|January 1943
|XXVI Corps
| rowspan="3" |[[Lake Ladoga]]
|-
|Feb. – Mar. 1943
|[[LIV Army Corps|LIV Corps]]
|-
|Apr. – Aug. 1943
|XXVI Corps
|-
|Sep. – Dec. 1943
|XXVIII Corps
|[[Tigoda]]
|-
|January 1944
|Army reserves
| rowspan="5" |[[1st Panzer Army]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Army Group South]]
|[[Vinnytsia]]
|-
|Feb. – Mar. 1944
|[[XXXXVI Panzer Corps]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kamenets–Podolsky pocket|"Hube Pocket"]]
|-
|April 1944
|[[III Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|III Army Corps]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Army Group North Ukraine]]
|-
|May – Jun. 1944
|XXXXVI Panzer Corps
|Stanislav
|-
|July 1944
|[[LIX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|LIX Army Corps]]
|Brody
|-
|August 1944
| rowspan="3" |XXVI Army Corps
|[[3rd Panzer Army]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Army Group Centre|Army Group Center]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Dobrovolsk]]
|-
|Sep. – Oct. 1944
|4th Army
|-
|Nov. 1944 – Jan. 1945
|3rd Panzer Army
|-
|February 1945
|XXXXI Panzer Corps
|4th Army
| rowspan="2" |Army Group North
|[[Battle of Königsberg|Königsberg]]
|-
|March 1945
|''Army reserves''
|[[Army Detachment Samland]]
|[[Sambia Peninsula|Samland peninsula]]
|-
|April 1945
|XXVI Army Corps
|[[Army East Prussia (Wehrmacht)|Army East Prussia]]
|''None''
|[[Baltiysk|Pillau]]
|}

===Commanders===
The following officers commanded the 1st Infantry Division:<ref name=":2" />
* 1 October 1934 – 1 April 1935: Generalmajor [[Georg von Küchler]]
* 1 April 1935 – 31 December 1937: Generalmajor / Generalleutnant [[Walther Schroth]]
* 1 January 1938 – 14 April 1940: Generalmajor / Generalleutnant [[Joachim von Kortzfleisch]]
* 14 April 1940 – 12 July 1941: Generalmajor / Generalleutnant [[Philipp Kleffel]]
* 12 July – 4 September 1941: Generalmajor [[Friedrich Altrichter]]
* 4 September 1941 – 16 January 1942: Generalleutnant Philipp Kleffel
* 16 January 1942 – 30 June 1943: Generalmajor / Generalleutnant [[Martin Grase]]
* 1 July 1943 – 10 May 1944: Oberst / Generalmajor / Generalleutnant [[Ernst-Anton von Krosigk]]
* 10 May 1944 – 8 June 1944: Oberst [[Hans-Joachim Baurmeister]]
* 8 June 1944 – 30 September 1944: Generalleutnant Ernst-Anton von Krosigk
* 1 October 1944 – 28 February 1945: Generalmajor / Generalleutnant [[Hans Schittnig]]
* 28 February 1945 – 26 April 1945: Generalleutnant [[Henning von Thadden]]
* after 26 April 1945: Oberst Egon Overbeck

== Insignia ==
Inspired by its strong geographic and cultural ties with Prussia, the 1st Infantry Division adopted the coat of arms of the [[House of Hohenzollern]], a black-and-white quartered shield, as its divisional insignia.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hartmann |first=Theodor |title=Wehrmacht Divisional Signs, 1938–1945 |publisher=Almark Publications |year=1970 |isbn=0855240067}}</ref>{{Rp|page=9}}

==Sources==

===References===
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===Literature===
* Christopher Duffy. ''Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany, 1945''. New York: Atheneum, 1991. pp 164,165,207 {{ISBN|0-689-12092-3}}
* [[Samuel W. Mitcham]]: ''Crumbling Empire: The German Defeat in the East, 1944''. Westport: Praeger, 2001. pp 66,141 {{ISBN|0-275-96856-1}}
* Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand: ''Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues.'' Vol.III: ''Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende''. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1969, p. 285.
* Georg Tessin: ''Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945''. Vol. II: ''Die Landstreitkräfte 1 – 5''. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1966.

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