96th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 96th Infantry Division was a German division deployed during World War II. It was formed on 25 September 1939 in Bergen as part of the 5th wave.
The division was equipped with captured Czech weapons and In 1942, 40-45% of the division's soldiers were Polish. It later surrendered to the US forces at the end of the war, but some elements of the division were handed over to the Red Army
Commanding officers
- General der Infanterie Erwin Vierow
- Generalleutnant Wolf Schede
- Generalleutnant Joachim Freiherr von Schleinitz
- Generalleutnant Ferdinand Nöldechen
- Oberst Rudolf Noack
- Generalleutnant Ferdinand Nöldechen
- Oberst Gottfried Weber
- Generalleutnant Ferdinand Nöldechen
- Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz
- Generalmajor Johann Albrecht von Blücher
- Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz
- Oberst Adolf Fischer
- Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz
- Generalleutnant Werner Dürking
- Oberst Kobolt
- Generalleutnant Richard Wirtz
- Generalmajor Hermann Harrendorf