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| unit_name = German10th Infantry Division<br />10th Motorized Infantry Division<br />''10.10th Panzergrenadier Infanterie-Division''
| native_name = {{lang-de|10. Infanterie-Division<br />10. Infanterie-Division (mot.)<br />10. Panzergrenadier-Division}}
| image = 10th Infanterie-Division Logo.svg
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| dates = 1 October 1934 – 8 May 1945
| country = {{flagFlag|Nazi Germany}}
| branch = [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|''Heer'']]
| branch = {{Army|Nazi Germany}}
| type = [[Infantry]]
| type = [[Infantry]]<br />[[Panzergrenadier]]
| role = Motorized Infantry
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| name = German 10th Infantry Division<br>
| date = 1939 – 1943
''10. Infanterie-Division''
| date = October 1934 – 15 November 1940
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| subordinate = Infantry Regiment 20<br />Infantry Regiment 41<br />Infantry Regiment 85<br />Divisional units 10
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| name = 10th Panzergrenadier Division<br />
| date = 23 June 1943 – 8 May 1945▼
''10. 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 '''German 10th Infantry Division''' was created in October 1934 under the cover name ''Wehrgauleitung Regensburg'' (later ''Kommandant von Regensburg'') to hide its violation of the [[Treaty of Versailles]]. It was renamed the 10th Infantry Division when the establishment of the [[Wehrmacht]] was announced publicly in October 1935.
 
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 ''[[Glossary of World War II German military terms#K|Kampfgruppe]]'' ("battlegroup"). 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.
 
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=August–September 2004 |number=8–9 |page=20 |publisher=[[Instytut Pamięci Narodowej]] (IPN) |location=Warsaw |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050224183929/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn8-9_43-44.pdf] |archive-date=24 February 2005}}</ref>
 
==Organisation (1939)==
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* ''I./Artillerie-Regiment 46.''
* 10th Divisional Support Units
** ''Beobachtungs-Abteilung 10.''
** ''Pionier-Bataillon 10.''
** ''Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 10.''
** ''Nachrichten-Abteilung 10.''
** ''Feldersatz-Bataillon 10.''
** ''Versorgungseinheiten 10.''
 
==Commanding officers==
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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)
 
== ReferencesSources ==
'''Note:''' The Web references may require you to follow links to cover the unit's entire history.
* German Book – History of the 10. Division from August Schmidt 1963 (Geschichte der 10. Division von August Schmidt 1963)
* Pipes, Jason. "[http://www.feldgrau.com/InfDiv.php?ID=10 10.Infanterie-Division]". Retrieved 10 April 2005
* Wendel, Marcus (2004). "[http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1370 10. Infanterie-Division]". Retrieved 10 April 2005
* "''[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/10ID-R.htm 10. Infanterie-Division (mot)]''". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de, with photos. Retrieved 10 April 2005▼
* Witold Kulesza "[https://web.archive.org/web/20050224183929/http://www.ipn.gov.pl/biuletyn8-9_43-44.pdf ''Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu w Polsce wrzesień 1939'' IPN Bulletin 43–44]
*Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand: ''Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues.'' Vol.III: ''Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende''. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1969, p.&nbsp;285.▼
* Georg Tessin: ''Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945''. Vol. III: ''Die Landstreitkräfte 6 -14''. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1967.▼
 
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▲* {{cite book |first=Burkhard |last=Müller-Hillebrand: ''|title=Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues.'' |volume= Vol.III: ''Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende''. |publisher=Mittler: |location=Frankfurt am Main |year=1969, p.&nbsp;|page=285. |language=de}}
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* {{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''. Vol.1939–1945 |volume=III: ''Die Landstreitkräfte 66–14 -14''.|publisher=Mittler Mittler:|location= Frankfurt am Main |year=1967. |language=de}}
 
== External links ==
 
*{{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)]''".) German|website=Lexikon languageder articleWehrmacht at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.|language=de, with photos. Retrieved |access-date=10 April 2005}}
 
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