20th MOTORISED INFANTRY DIVISION
Nick Name:
Hamburger Division (Hamburg Division)
Formed:
20th August 1939
Disbanded:
23rd July 1943 and renamed 20th Panzergrenadier Division
Headquarters:
Hamburg
Linage:
20. Infanterie Division
20. Infanterie Division (Mot)
Commanders:
General der Infanterie Mauritz Von Wiktorin 10th November 1938 to 10th November 1940
General der Infanterie Hans Zorn 10th November 1940 to 12th January 1942
Generalleutnant Erich Jaschke 12th January 1942 to 3rd January 1943
Generalmajor Georg Jauer 3rd January 1943 to 23rd July 1943
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Weib
Operation Fall Gelb
Operation Barbarossa
Brest-Litovsk
Bialystok
Minsk
Vitebsk
Smolensk
Leningrad Front
Tikhvin
Served:
Poland
France
Russia
Unit Structure Early-1940:
Divisional Staff
76th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
90th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
20th Artillery Regiment (Motorised)
20th Panzerjäger Battalion
20th Reconnaissance Battalion
20th Pioneer Battalion (Motorised)
20th Signals Battalion (Motorised)
20th Feld Ersatz Battalion
20th Supply Troop (Motorised)
