The 141st Reserve Division (Kommandeur der Ersatztruppen I and temporarily the 151st Division and Division Nr. 141) was a German

Germany

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 infantry

Infantry

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 division

Division (military)

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 during World War II .

History

The Division was formed on August 26, 1939 as Kommandeur der Ersatztruppen I (Commander of Replacement Troops I) in Insterburg. On November 13, 1939, it was temporarily renamed as the 151st Division and then Division Nr. 141, on December 8, 1939. In September 1940 it was relocated to Prague

Prague

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, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was the majority ethnic-Czech protectorate which Nazi Germany established in the central parts of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia in what is today the Czech Republic...

. When the German campaign in the East began, on July 15, 1941, the division was returned to Insterburg, Germany and the Wehrkreis I (Corps Area I). In 1942, Division Nr. 141 was redesigned as the 141st Reserve Division and it kept that name until February 20, 1944 when it was disbanded. Some of its men were transferred to reinforce the 68th Infantry Division.

Commanders

• Generalleutnant Ulrich von Waldow (December 1, 1939 - April 1, 1942)
• Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich
  Heinz Hellmich
  Heinz Hellmich was a German Generalleutnant during World War II. Awarded with a posthumous Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 September 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 243. Infanterie-Division....
  
   (April 1, 1942 - December 10, 1942)
• Generalleutnant Otto Schönherr (December 10, 1942 - February 20, 1944)

Area of operations

• East Prussia
  East Prussia
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   (December 1939 - September 1940)
• Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
  
   (Protectorate of Bohemia
  Bohemia
  Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
  
   and Moravia
  Moravia
  Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
  
  ) (September 1940 - July 1941)
• Germany (July 1941 - April 1942)
• Germany (April 1942 - September 1942)
• Eastern Front
  Eastern Front (World War II)
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  , central sector (September 1942 - February 1944)