87th Infantry Division (Germany)
- 87th Infantry Division (Germany)
The 87th Infantry Division was created on 26 August 1939 in Altenburg. The division went into captivity in the Courland pocket.
Commanding officers
*Generalleutnant Bogislav von Studnitz, 26 August 1939
*General der Artillerie Walther Lucht, 17 February 1942
*Generalleutnant Bogislav von Studnitz, 1 March 1942
*Generalleutnant Werner Richter, 22 August 1942
*General der Artillerie Walter Hartmann, 1 February 1943
*Generalleutnant Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz, 22 November 1943
*Generalleutnant Gerhard Feyerabend, August 1944
*Generalmajor Helmuth Walter, September 1944
*Generalleutnant Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz, 16 January 1945
See also
* Division (military), Military unit, List of German divisions in WWII
* Heer, Wehrmacht
References
* Wendel, Marcus (2004). " [http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1627 87. Infanterie-Division] ".
* " [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/87ID.htm 87. Infanterie-Division] ". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
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