96th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 96th Infantry Division (German: 96. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 25 September 1939 in Bergen near Celle.
Commanding officers
- General der Infanterie Erwin Vierow, 15 September 1939 – 5 August 1940
- Generalleutnant Wolf Schede, 7 August 1940 – 10 April 1942
- Generalleutnant Joachim Freiherr von Schleinitz, 10 April 1942 – 6 October 1942
- Generalleutnant Ferdinand Noeldechen, 9 October 1942 – 28 June 1943
- Oberst Noack, June 1943 (deputize)
- Oberst Weber, July 1943 (deputize)
- Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz, 28 July 1943 – 30 November 1943
- Generalmajor von Blücher, 1 December 1943 – January 1944 (deputize)
- Oberst Fischer, January 1944 – August 1944 (deputize)
- Generalleutnant Werner Dürking, 1 September 1944 – 11 September 1944
- Oberst Kobolt, 12 September 1944 – 2 October 1944 (deputize)
- Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz, 3 October 1944 – 10 November 1944
- Generalmajor Hermann Harrendorf, 1 December 1944 – 8 May 1945
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| Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 283 |
- Günter Dumke
- Georg Kaletsch
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- Hans Dobberkau
- Willi Lublow
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- Wilhelm Gerstenberg
- Erich Lorenz (Oak Leaves)
- Christoph Magawly
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- Willi Lüke
- Heinrich Niemann
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- Paul Feiertag
- Ernst Knaul
- Wilhelm Krenz
- Kurt Kruck
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