106th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)

106th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

106th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Military unit

The 106th Infantry Division (German: 106. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed in 1940[1] in Wahn.
The division was destroyed by the end of August 1944 during the Soviet Jassy–Kishinev Offensive.

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Commanding officers

  • General der Infanterie Ernst Dehner, 28 November 1940 – 3 May 1942
  • Generalleutnant Alfons Hitter, 3 Mai 1942 – 1 November 1942
  • Generalleutnant Arthur Kullmer, 1 November 1942 – 1 January 1943
  • Generalleutnant Werner Forst, 1 January 1943 – 20 February 1944
  • Generalleutnant Siegfried von Rekowski, 20 February 1944 – August 1944
  • Oberst Rintenberg,

References

  1. [1]
    https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/106ID.htm
  • "106. Infanterie-Division". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  • "106. Infanterie-Division". Axis History Factbook. Retrieved 16 February 2011.


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