29th MOTORISED INFANTRY DIVISION
Nick Name:
Falke Division (Falcon Division)
Formed:
24th August 1939
Disbanded:
23rd June 1943 and renamed 13th Panzergrenadier Division
Headquarters:
Erfurt
Linage:
29. Infanterie Division
29. Infanterie Division (Mot)
Commanders:
General der Panzertruppen Joachim Lemelsen 1st September 1939 to 7th May 1940
General der Panzertruppen Willibald Freiherr Von Langermann und Erlencamp 7th May to 7th September 1940
Generalleutnant Walter von Boltenstern 7th September 1940 to 20th September 1941
Generalleutnant Max Fremerey 20th September 1941 to 28th September 1942
Generalmajor Hans-Georg Leyser 28th September 1942 to 31st January 1943
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Weib
Radom
Operation Fall Gelb
Dunkirk
Operation Barbarossa
Bialystok
Minsk
Smolensk
Vyazma
Bryansk
Moscow
Operation Fall Blau
Stalingrad
Served:
Poland
Luxembourg
France
Russia
Unit Structure 1st September 1939:
Divisional Staff
15th Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
71st Infantry Regiment (Motorised)
29th Artillery Regiment (Motorised)
29th Panzer Abwehr Battalion (Motorised)
29th Reconnaissance Battalion
29th Pioneer Battalion (Motorised)
29th Signals Battalion (Motorised)
29th Feld Ersatz Battalion
29th Supply Troop (Motorised)
Administration and Medical Companies
