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95th Infantry Division
German: 95. Infanterie-Division
95. Infanterie-Division Vehicle Insignia 1
Active19 September 1939 –1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
Military unit

The 95th Infantry Division (German: 95. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 19 September 1939 in Wildflecken and Hammelburg.

On 22 June 1944, the day of the Red Army's Operation Bagration, the 95th Infantry Division was in the reserves of 3rd Panzer Army.

The division was destroyed in June 1944 near Vitebsk. On 10 September 1944, a newly formed 95th Division was placed under command of the defeated army group Mitte in East Prussia. In the winter of 1944 it fought at Tauroggen and the Memel, until it surrendered in April 1945 at Pillau and the Hel Peninsula.

Commanding officers

  • Generalleutnant Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin, 25 September 1939 – 10 May 1942
  • Generalleutnant Friedrich Zickwolff, 10 May 1942 – 6 September 1942
  • Generalleutnant Friedrich Karst, 6 September 1942 – 1 October 1942
  • Generalleutnant Eduard Aldrian, 1 October 1942 – 3 October 1942
  • General der Infanterie Edgar Röhricht, 3 October 1942 – September 1943
  • Generalmajor Gustav Gihr, September 1943 – 27 February 1944
  • Generalmajor Herbert Michaelis, 27 February 1944 – 28 June 1944 (POW)
  • Generalmajor Joachim-Friedrich Lang, 10 September 1944 -16 April 1945 (KIA)

War Crimes

The 95th division participated in the Massacre at Babi Yar

Second formation

References

  1. Frieser, Karl-Heinz (2007). "Der Zusammenbruch der Heeresgruppe Mitte im Herbst 1944". In Frieser, Karl-Heinz; et al. (eds.). Die Ostfront 1943/44: Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Vol. 8. Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 526–603, here: 530. ISBN 9783421062352.
  2. "Babi Yar | Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance - Research Network". 31 May 2016.

External links

Numbered infantry divisions of the German Army (1935–1945)
1st – 99th
1st – 9th
10th – 19th
20th – 29th
30th – 39th
40th – 49th
50th – 59th
60th – 69th
70th – 79th
80th – 89th
90th – 99th
100th – 199th
100th – 119th
121st – 129th
130th – 149th
150th – 159th
160th – 169th
170th – 189th
190th – 199th
200th – 299th
200th – 209th
210th – 219th
220th – 229th
230th – 239th
240th – 249th
250th – 259th
260th – 269th
270th – 279th
280th – 289th
290th – 299th
300th – 399th
300th – 309th
310th – 329th
330th – 339th
340th – 349th
350th – 359th
360th – 369th
370th – 379th
380th – 389th
390th – 399th
400th – 719th
400th – 499th
500th – 599th
600th – 699th
700th – 709th
710th – 719th
See also: List of German divisions in World War II, Aufstellungswelle


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