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11th Infantry Division (Germany)
The 11th Infantry Division (''11. Infanterie-Division'') was a formation of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. Formed 1 October 1934 as Infanterieführer I in Allenstein it was renamed ''11. Infanterie-Division'' on 15. October 1935 with the disclosure of German rearmament. About two-thirds of the division could be evacuated to Schleswig-Holstein from the Courland pocket on 30 April 1945. Commander Feyerabend and the rest of the division went into Russian captivity. Commanders *Generalleutnant Günther von Niebelschütz: 1 October 1934 – 1 April 1937 *Generalleutnant Max Bock (general), Max Bock: 1 April 1937 – 23 October 1939 *Generalleutnant Herbert von Böckmann: 23 October 1939 – 26 January 1942 *Generalleutnant Siegfried Thomaschki: 26 January 1942 – 7 September 1943 *Generalleutnant Karl Burdach: 7 September 1943 – 1 April 1944 *Generalleutnant Hellmuth Reymann: 1 April 1944 – 18 November 1944 *Generalmajor Gerhard Feyerabend: 18 November 1944 – 8 Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Army (Wehrmacht)
The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Federal Republic of Germany, Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the German Navy, ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the German Air Force, ''Luftwaffe'' (German Air Force). , the German Army had a strength of 62,766 soldiers. History Overview A German army equipped, organized, and trained following a single doctrine and permanently unified under one command in 1871 during the unification of Germany under the leadership of Prussia. From 1871 to 1919, the title ''German Army (German Empire), Deutsches Heer'' (German Army) was the official name of the German land forces. Following the German defeat in World War I and the end of the German Empire, the main army was dissolved. From 1921 to 1935 the name of the German land forces was the ''Reichswehr, Reichsheer'' (Army of the Empire) and from 1935 to 1945 the name ''German Army (We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
