The 181st Infantry Division (German: 181. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 1 December 1939. The division participated in anti-partisan operations in World War II in German-occupied Yugoslavia.Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945. Siebenter Band. Die Landstreitkräfte 131–200. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1973, , S. 207.
Orders of Battle
181. Infanterie-Division 1940
Infanterie-Regiment 334 Infanterie-Regiment 349 Infanterie-Regiment 359 Artillerie-Regiment 222 Pionier-Battalion 222 Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222
181. Infanterie-Division 1943
Grenadier-Regiment 359 Grenadier-Regiment 363 Divisions-Füsilier-Battalion 181 Artillerie-Regiment 222 Pionier-Battalion 222 Panzerjäger-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 222 Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 222
Commanding officers
Generalleutnant Peter Bielfeld, 1 December 1939 – 10 January 1940 Generalleutnant Kurt Woytasch, 10 January 1940 – 1 March 1942 Generalleutnant Friedrich Bayer, 1 March 1942 – 24 March 1942 Generalleutnant Hermann Fischer, 24 March 1942 – 1 October 1944 Generalleutnant Eugen Bleyer, 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
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