Military unit
The 50th Infantry Division (German : 50. Infanterie-Division ) was a German army division in World War II . It was formed on 26 August 1939 from the Grenzkommandantur Küstrin.
It was initially a 2nd wave division but it was later reorganized as a 1st wave division on 15 November 1939.
The Division fought many campaigns including the invasion of Poland , Fall Gelb and the invasion of Greece . it later took part in Operation Barbarossa , fighting on the southern sector under the 11th Army . It was later destroyed in the Heiligenbeil pocket .
Order of battle
1939
Infantry Regiment 121
Infantry Regiment 122
Infantry Regiment 123
Artillery Regiment 150 (2)
Engineer Battalion 71
Anti-Tank Detachment 150
Signal Detachment 71
Supply Units 354 (3) 1940
Infantry Regiment 121
Infantry Regiment 122
Infantry Regiment 123
Artillery Regiment 150
Engineer Battalion 71
Anti-Tank Detachment 150
Cycling Squadron 150
Signal Detachment 71
Supply Leader 150 1944
Grenadier Regiment 121
Grenadier Regiment 122
Grenadier Regiment 123
Fusilier Battalion 50
Artillery Regiment 150
Panzerjäger Detachment 150
Field Replacement Battalion 150
Supply Regiment 150
Signal Detachment 150 Commanding officers
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Insignia of the 50th Infantry Division
Nazi Germany