30th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

30. Infanterie-Division
German 30th Infantry Division
Active 1 October 1936 — 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany Nazy Germany
Branch Heer
Type Division
Role Infantry
Nickname(s) Briesen-Division
Engagements

World War II

Decorations 1 reference in the Wehrmachtbericht
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Notable
commanders		 Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
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30th Infantry units march through Paris before Kurt von Briesen (on horse), 1940

The 30th Infantry Division of the German Army was created on 1 October 1936 in Lübeck and mobilized on 26 August 1939 for the upcoming invasion of Poland. At that time, it consisted of the usual German infantry division elements: three infantry regiments of three battalions each, one three-battalion regiment of light artillery, one battalion of heavy artillery (from a separate artillery regiment, but attached to the particular division), a panzerjager (anti-tank) battalion, an aufklärungs (reconnaissance) battalion, a signals battalion, a pioneer (engineer) battalion, and divisional supply, medical, and administrative units.

Offensive of the Red Army south of Lake Ilmen 7 January–21 February 1942.

In the winter of 1941 the division was trapped in the Demyansk Pocket along with the 12th, 32nd, 123rd and 290th infantry divisions, and the SS-Division Totenkopf, as well as RAD, Police, Todt organization and other auxiliary units, for a total of about 90,000 German troops and around 10,000 auxiliaries. Their commander was General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, commander of the II. Armeekorps (2nd Army Corps).

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