The 181st Infantry Division (German: ''181. Infanterie-Division'') was a
German
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division
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Military
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in
World War II
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. It was formed on 1 December 1939.
Orders of Battle
181. Infanterie-Division 1940
*Infanterie-Regiment 334
*Infanterie-Regiment 349
*Infanterie-Regiment 359
*Artillerie-Regiment 222
*Pionier-Battalion 222
*Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222
*Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222
*Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222
181. Infanterie-Division 1943
*Grenadier-Regiment 359
*Grenadier-Regiment 363
*Divisions-Füsilier-Battalion 181
*Artillerie-Regiment 222
*Pionier-Battalion 222
*Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222
*Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222
*Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222
Commanding officers
*Generalleutnant Peter Bielfeld, 1 December 1939 – 10 January 1940
*Generalleutnant
Kurt Woytasch, 10 January 1940 – 1 March 1942
*Generalleutnant
Friedrich Bayer
Friedrich Bayer (born Friedrich Beyer, 6 June 1825 in Barmen now Wuppertal – 6 May 1880 in Würzburg) was the founder of what would become Bayer, a German chemical and pharmaceutical company. He founded the dyestuff factory ''Friedrich Bayer'' ...
, 1 March 1942 – 24 March 1942
*Generalleutnant
Hermann Fischer, 24 March 1942 – 1 October 1944
*Generalleutnant
Eugen Bleyer, 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
External links
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Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II
Military units and formations established in 1939
1939 establishments in Germany
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II