9th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

German 9th Infantry Division 9. Infanterie-Division 9th Volksgrenadier Division 9. Volksgrenadier-Division
Active	1 October 1934 – 9 October 1944 13 October 1944 – April 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division

The German 9th Infantry Division (9. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht. The division was formed on 1 October 1934 in Gießen as Infanterieführer V. With the uncovering of German rearmament on 15 October 1935 the division was renamed 9. Infanterie-Division.

In August 1944 the division was destroyed in southern Ukraine and formally dissolved on 9 October 1944. The remnants of the division together with the Shadow division Dennewitz, originally earmarked for the 584th Volksgrenadier Division, formed in the 9. Volksgrenadier-Division (9th VGD). The 9th VGD fought in the Eifel where it surrendered to U.S. forces.

Commanders

• Generalmajor Erich Lüdke 15 June 1935 – 7 March 1936
• Generalleutnant Erwin Oßwald 7 March 1936 – 1 December 1938
• Generalleutnant Georg von Apell 1 December 1938 – 31 July 1940
• Generalleutnant Erwin Vierow 1 August 1940 – 31 December 1940
• Generalleutnant Siegmund Freiherr von Schleinitz 1 January 1941 – 19 August 1943
• Generalleutnant Friedrich Hofmann 20 August 1943 – May 1944
• Oberst Otto-Hermann Brücker May 1944
• Generalleutnant Friedrich Hofmann May 1944 – 16 June 1944
• Generalmajor Werner Gebb 16 June 1944 – 1 November 1944
• Generalmajor Werner Kolb 1 November 1944 – May 1945

References

• Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand: Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Vol.III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1969, p. 285.
• Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945. Vol. III: Die Landstreitkräfte 6 -14. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1967.