: 234  Wehrkreis XI was the home district of the XI Army Corps, which was formed on 1 October 1936 with headquarters at Hanover.: 194f.  Wehrkreis XII was...

commanded the 3rd Mountain Division, 5th Mountain Division, LXIX Corps, Wehrkreis XI and the Army Corps Ringel. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of...

1944 in Wehrkreis V; initially equipped with Panzer Detachment 2112, Panzergrenadier Regiment 2112 and Brigade Units 2112. Redeployed from Wehrkreis V to...

Hanover was the headquarters (Hauptquartier) of Military District XI (Wehrkreis XI), which was responsible for Braunschweig, Anhalt, and part of Hanover...

Panzer Role Armoured warfare Size Division Part of Wehrmacht Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XI: Magdeburg Engagements World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of the...

existed only in Germany and Austria and generally conformed to the existing Wehrkreis (Military Districts) of the Wehrmacht. During the Second World War, additional...

Branch Army Type Panzer Role Armoured warfare Size Division Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XI: Hanover Engagements World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Moscow...

August 1939, the 71st Infantry Division was set up in Military District XI (Wehrkreis XI) and was mainly recruited from soldiers from what is now Lower Saxony:...

Landesschützen and infantry units in Ulm and Rinteln across Wehrkreis IX and Wehrkreis XI, drawing personnel from parts of the 214th Infantry Division...

Dessau area in Wehrkreis XI as part of the 35th (and last) draft wave. It was formed from high school students throughout Wehrkreis XI, as well as remnants...

During the Second World War, Braunschweig was a sub-area headquarters of Wehrkreis XI (one of Germany's military districts), and was the garrison city of the...

the Bundesheer into the Wehrmacht. Muff was General of Infantry for Wehrkreis XI in Hanover from 1 September 1939 until 28 February 1943 when he retired...

leader of a Kampfgruppe in der Division Deneke ("Gneisenau-Einheit" of Wehrkreis XI). According to Scherzer as leader of the 2./SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon...

as part of the eighth Aufstellungswelle in the Magdeburg are within Wehrkreis XI. It initially consisted of Infantry Regiments 516, 517 and 518, as well...

World War II. It was created on 24 September 1942, in Military Region (Wehrkreis) VIII as the LXIV Reserve Corps with the mission of supervising reserve...

13th SS Police Regiment Country  Nazi Germany Branch Schutzstaffel Type Security Size Regiment Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis XI...

approximately 17,200 men. The division was based at Hameln and was part of Wehrkreis XI. The 216th Infantry Division did not participate in the Invasion of Poland...

the authority of Oberbefehlshaber West (Army Group D) in Hanover in Wehrkreis XI. It was subordinate to the 7th Army from July 1943 to June 1944 and subsequently...

recruited from the Braunschweig region of north-central Germany within Wehrkreis XI. The division was established with three infantry regiments of three...

static division of the 13th Aufstellungswelle in the Braunschweig area in Wehrkreis XI. Its initial recruits were drawn, among others, from parts of the 267th...

district. e.g. Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II). Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main...

during World War II. The 129th Infantry Division was formed in Hanau, in Wehrkreis XI on 20 October 1940 as Division 11 and incorporated personnel from Hessen...

commander, Wehrkreis IV (Dresden) Nebe, Arthur, chief of Criminal Police Olbricht, Lieutenant General Friedrich, chief of staff to General List, Wehrkreis IV...

SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien Panzer Division Holstein HQ, Wehrkreis II as corps-level field command (stellv. II): Swinemünde Defensive Region...

Telschow served as a member of the Defense Committee for Wehrkreis (Military District) XI from 22 September 1939. On 15 November 1940, he was made the...

areas formerly covered by the corps each became the responsibility of a Wehrkreis (military district, sometimes translated as corps area). The military...

President) of a Prussian province. (The Commissioners of the two Austrian Wehrkreis would be elevated to the rank of Reichstatthalter in April 1940.) One...

areas formerly covered by the corps each became the responsibility of a Wehrkreis (military district, sometimes translated as corps area). The military...

Luftwaffe was organized into Luftgaue (Air Districts), based on the army's Wehrkreis ("military districts"). A Luftgau was responsible for all administrative...

 German Army Type Panzer Role Armoured warfare Size Division Garrison/HQ Wehrkreis IV: Dresden Engagements World War II Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation...