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183rd Infantry Division
183rd Infantry Division
183. Infanterie-Division
Active	November 1939 - November 1943
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II

The 183rd Infantry Division was a German infantry division in World War II.

History

The division was formed during the 7th Aufstellungswelle on 28 November 1939 in Gutsbezirk Münsingen (Wurttemberg).
It participated in the French campaign in 1940 and was then relocated to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia after which it participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia.^[1].
In June 1941, it participated in the attack on the USSR, as part of the XX Army Corps under the command of Friedrich Materna. The Division fought near Smolensk and Moscow. By 22 October 1943, the 183rd Infantry Division had suffered numerous losses and was merged with two other, badly battered Infantry Divisions (217th and 339th) into a "Corps Detachment C" (Korps-Abteilung C). The division itself was disbanded.

Corps Detachment C became part of Army Group North Ukraine. In July 1944, it was destroyed in the Brody Pocket.
On 15 September 1944, a new 183rd Volksgrenadier Division was created.

Organization

Structure of the division:^[2]

Headquarters
219th Reconnaissance Battalion
330th Infantry Regiment
343rd Infantry Regiment
351st Infantry Regiment
219th Engineer Battalion
219th Artillery Regiment
219th Tank Destroyer Battalion
219th Signal Battalion
219th Divisional Supply Group

Commanders

Generalleutnant Benignus Dippold (1 November 1939 - 4 October 1941)
Generalleutnant Richard Stempel (4 October 1941 - 20 January 1942)
Generalleutnant August Dettling (20 January 1942 - 15 November 1943)
Generalleutnant Wolfgang Lange (Korps-Abteilung C) (15 November 1943 - April 1944)
Oberst Gerhard Lindemann (Korps-Abteilung C) (April 1944 - 1 June 1944)
Generalleutnant Wolfgang Lange (Korps-Abteilung C) (1 June 1944 - 27 July 1944)
Generalleutnant Wolfgang Lange (183rd Volksgrenadier Division) (15 September 1944 - 25 February 1945)
Generalmajor Hinrich Warrelmann (183rd Volksgrenadier Division) (25 February 1945 - 8 May 1945).^[3]

Notes

^ U.S. Army 1986, pp. 39–41.
^ German Order of Battle, 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. p. 151.
^ Lexikon der Wehrmacht

References

U.S. Army (1986) [1953]. The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 16940402. CMH Pub 104-4. Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2014-03-21.