34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

34th Infantry Division
Active	April 1936 – April 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Infantry
Size	Division

The 34th Infantry Division, (German: 34. Infanterie-Division), was a German military unit that fought in the Battle of France and on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Commanding officers

• Generalleutnant Erich Lüdke, 1 April 1936 – 1 October 1937
• Generalmajor Max von Viebahn, 1 October 1937 – 1 March 1938
• Generalleutnant Friedrich Bremer, 1 March 1938 – 1 April 1939
• General der Artillerie Hans Behlendorff, 19 July 1939 – 10 May 1940
• Generalleutnant Werner Sanne, 11 May 1940 – 1 November 1940
• General der Artillerie Hans Behlendorff, 1 November 1940 – 18 October 1941
• Generalleutnant Friedrich Fürst, 18 October 1941 – 5 September 1942
• Generalleutnant Theodor Scherer, 5 September 1942 – 2 November 1942
• General der Infanterie Friedrich Hochbaum, 2 November 1942 – 31 May 1944
• Generalleutnant Theobald Lieb, 31 May 1944 – 1945
• Oberst Ferdinand Hippel, 1945

References

• Mitcham, S. German Order of Battle, Volume 1, Stackpole, 2007, ISBN 0-8117-3416-1
• Gassend, Jean-Loup. Autopsy of a Battle, the Allied Liberation of the French Riviera, August September 1944, Schiffer, 2014, ISBN 9780764345807