50th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

50. Infanterie-Division; German 50th Infantry Division
Active	26 August 1939 – May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Battle of Greece; Operation Barbarossa; Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942); Battle of the Caucasus; Crimean Offensive; East Prussian Offensive; Heiligenbeil Pocket;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Karl-Adolf Hollidt

The 50th Infantry Division (German: 50. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 26 August 1939 from the Grenzkommandantur Küstrin.

Orders of Battle

50. Infanterie-Division 1939

Infanterie-Regiment 121
Infanterie-Regiment 122
Infanterie-Regiment 123
Artillerie-Abteilung 150
Pionier-Battalion 71
Nachrichten-Abteilung 71
Versorgungseinheiten 354

50. Infanterie-Division 1940

Infanterie-Regiment 121
Infanterie-Regiment 122
Infanterie-Regiment 123
Artillerie-Regiment 150
Pionier-Battalion 71
Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 150
Radfahr-Schwadron 150
Nachrichten-Abteilung 71
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 150

50. Infanterie-Division 1944

Grenadier-Regiment 121
Grenadier-Regiment 122
Grenadier-Regiment 123
Füsilier-Battalion 50
Artillerie-Regiment 150
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 150
Feldersatz-Battalion 150
Versorgungsregiment 150
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 150

50. Infanterie-Division 1945

The unit was destroyed in the Heiligenbeil Pocket.

Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Konrad Sorsche, 1 September 1939 – 25 October 1940
Generaloberst Karl-Adolf Hollidt, 25 October 1940 – 23 January 1942
Generalleutnant August Schmidt, 31 January 1942 – 1 March 1942
Generalleutnant Friedrich Schmidt, 1 Mar 1942 – 26 June 1943
Generalleutnant Friedrich Sixt, 26 June 1943 – 30 April 1944
Generalleutnant Paul Betz, 30 Apr 1944 – 9 May 1944
Generalmajor Georg Haus, 5 June 1944 – 18 April 1945
Generalmajor Kurt Domansky, 18 April 1945 – 28 April 1945
Oberst Ribbert, 28 April 1945 – May 1945

External links

"50. Infanterie-Division". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Archived from the original on 4 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2011.

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