189th Infantry Division
189. Infanterie-Division
Active	September 1942 – March 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Operation Dragoon

The 189th Infantry Division was a reserve division of the German Army in World War II.

Operational history

• September 26, 1942: Formation of the 189. Reserve-Division
• December 6, 1942: The 189. Reserve-Division is renamed 189. Infanterie-Division (B)
• May 15, 1943: The 189. Reserve-Division is reformed in France from Division Nr. 189. In 1944, it fought against the Allied landings in Operation Dragoon in the South of France and suffered heavy losses.
• October 8, 1944: The 189. Infanterie-Division was reformed in France from the 189. Reserve-Division and the 242. Infanterie-Division.
• February 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division is destroyed in the Colmar Pocket.
• March 1945: The 189. Infantry-Division was reformed again and fought in southern Germany until the end of the war.

Order of battle

1944

• 15th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (two battalions)
• 28th Reserve Grenadier Regiment (three battalions)
• 28th Reserve Artillery Battalion
• 9th Reserve Pioneer Battalion
• 1089th Administrative Service Unit^[1]

1945

• 1007th Security Battalion
• 1021st Security Battalion
• 1181st Artillery Battalion
• 806th SS-Machinegun Battalion

Commanders

• Major General Paul Bauer (October 1939 - June 1942)
• Major General Egon von Neindorff (June 1942 - October 1943)
• Lieutenant General Richard von Schwerin (October 1943 - September 1944)
• Major General Ernst von Bauer (September - October 1944)
• Major General Joachim Degener (October - November 1944)
• Colonel Eduard Zorn (November 1944 - February 1945), KIA
• Colonel Mellwig (February - April 1945)

References