189th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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


 * 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)