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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = 10th Infantry Division<br />10th Motorized Infantry Division<br />10th Panzergrenadier Division
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| image = 10th Infanterie-Division Logo.svg
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| subordinate = Infantry Regiment 20<br />Infantry Regiment 41<br />Infantry Regiment 85<br />Divisional units 10
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{{command structure
| name = 10th Panzergrenadier Division
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| subordinate = Panzergrenadier Regiment 20<br />Panzergrenadier Regiment 41<br />Panzer Battalion 7<br />Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 110<br /> Divisional units 10
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The division participated in the [[Anschluss|annexation of Austria]] in March 1938, the [[invasion of Poland]] in September 1939, and the [[Battle of France|invasion of France]] in May 1940. Thereafter it was upgraded to the 10th Motorized Infantry Division. It was later redesignated '''10th Panzergrenadier Division''' in June 1943.
In August 1944 the division was destroyed in the [[Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive|Jassy–Kishinev Offensive]] and ensuing defensive actions. It was partially reconstituted in Germany in October, and sent back to the front as an understrength ''[[Kampfgruppe]]'' ("battlegroup")
On 1 January 1945, the 10th Panzergrenadier Division, then under command of the [[4th Panzer Army]] of [[Army Group A]], had a strength of 5,932 men (and was thus the numerically weakest division of its entire army group).<ref name="Lakowski 20082">{{Cite book |last=Lakowski, Richard |title=Die Militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht |publisher=Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt |year=2008 |isbn=9783421062376 |editor-last=Müller, Rolf-Dieter |series=Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg |volume=10/1 |location=München |pages=491–681 |language=de |chapter=Der Zusammenbruch der deutschen Verteidigung zwischen Ostsee und Karpaten}}</ref>{{Rp|page=504}}
It was destroyed again in Poland in January 1945 and again partially reconstituted in February. The division finally surrendered to the Soviets in Czechoslovakia at the end of the war.
==Involvement in war crimes==
Elements of the division took part in atrocities against the civilian population during the invasion of Poland. Together with elements of the [[17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|17th Infantry Division]], they took part in the murder of at least 14 civilians during the division's advance towards [[Sieradz]] and [[Łask]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn8-9_43-44.pdf |first=Witold |last=Kulesza |title=Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu w Polsce – Wrzesień 1939 |trans-title=Wehrmacht crimes in Poland - September 1939 |journal=Biuletyn Instytut Pamięci Narodowej |date=
==Organisation (1939)==
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* ''Generalleutnant'' [[Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper]] (October 1940 – April 1942)
* ''Oberst'' [[Hans Traut]] April 1942 – April 1942
* ''Generalleutnant'' [[August Schmidt (Wehrmacht)|August Schmidt]] (May 1942 – September 1944)
* ''Generalmajor'' [[Walter Herold]] (October 1944 – November 1944)
* ''Oberst'' Alexander Vial (December 1944 – January 1945)
* ''Generalmajor'' [[Karl-Richard Koßmann]] (January 1945 – May 1945)
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* {{Cite web |last=Pipes |first=Jason |url=https://www.feldgrau.com/ww2-german-10th-infantry-division/ |title=10. Infanterie-Division |website=Feldgrau.com |access-date=10 April 2005}}▼
* {{Cite web |last=Wendel |first=Marcus |url=https://www.axishistory.com/list-all-categories/150-germany-heer/heer-divisionen/3271-10-infanterie-division |title=10. Infanterie-Division |website=AxisHistory.com |access-date=10 April 2005}}▼
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/10ID-R.htm |title=Kommandant von Regensburg / 10. Infanterie-Division / 10. Infanterie-Division (mot.) |website=Lexikon der Wehrmacht |language=de |access-date=10 April 2005}}▼
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=== Literature ===
* {{cite book |first=Burkhard |last=Müller-Hillebrand |title=Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues |volume= III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende |publisher=Mittler |location=Frankfurt am Main |year=1969 |page=285 |language=de}}
* {{Cite book |last=Schmidt |first=August |title=Geschichte der 10. Division: 10. Infanterie-Division, 10. Panzer-Grenadier-Division, 1933-1945 |date=1963 |location=Bad Nauheim |publisher=Podzun |language=de}}
* {{cite book |first=Georg |last=Tessin |title=Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939–1945 |volume=III: Die Landstreitkräfte 6–14 |publisher=Mittler |location= Frankfurt am Main |year=1967 |language=de}}
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