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The 21st Infantry Division (Germany) was formed in 1934 in Elbing, East Prussia, by expanding the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the old Reichswehr. As this was a direct breach of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles , its existence was initially concealed; it was formally designated as the 21st Infantry Division in ...
21st Infantry Division; 22nd Infantry Division (later 22nd Air Landing Division, 22nd Volksgrenadier Division) 23rd Infantry Division (later 26th Panzer Division) After being reorganized as the 26th Panzer Division, some of the 23rd Infantry Division's original components were used to create a new 23rd Infantry Division. 24th Infantry Division
During the Franco-Prussian War, the 21st Infantry Division fought in the opening Battle of Woerth and the major Battle of Sedan. It subsequently participated in the Siege of Paris. [4] In World War I in 1914, the 21st Infantry Division fought in the Allied Great Retreat, including the First Battle of the Marne, and in the Race to the Sea.
21st Division (German Empire) 21st Reserve Division (German Empire) 21st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany; 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg, Germany; 21st Infantry Division (India) 21st Infantry Division (Iran) 21st Infantry Division Granatieri di Sardegna, Kingdom of Italy; 21st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 21st ...
Division Name (in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower — Kempf [a] Germans: General der Panzertruppe Werner Kempf: 1939: 164–180 tanks — Böhmen-Mähren [b] Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 1944–1945: 1st: Kosaken Nr. 1: Cossacks: 1943–1945: 17,500 [citation needed] — RONA (Russische Nr ...
The divisions of the first Aufstellungswelle were those that consisted of the 104 Infantry Regiments raised prior to 1 September 1939 (Infantry Regiment 97 was added to 46th Infantry Division upon mobilization, bringing the regimental count of the first wave to 105). 35 divisions are counted among those of the first wave, including most of the 36 lowest-numbered divisions.
Further to the east, the German 16th Army had launched its attack towards Novgorod on 10 August. Preceded by intense aerial attacks by the VIII Air Corps under General Von Richthofen, the German 1st Army Corps (General of the Infantry Kuno-Hans von Both) attacked Novgorod directly with the 11th and 21st Infantry Divisions. The defensive ...
The XXI Army Corps had to overcome severe Polish counterattacks on 2 September. The XXI Army Corps was supported in its advances on the Polish 16th Infantry Division in Grudziądz, which was protected on its right by the Polish 4th, by heavy Luftwaffe aerial attacks against 4th Infantry Divisions, taking pressure off the left flank of XXI Army ...