61st Infantry Division (Germany) - Commanders

Commanders

The following officers commanded the 61st Infantry Division:

  • August 1939 - March 1942: General of Infantry Siegfried Haenicke
  • March 1942 - April 1942: Major General Franz Scheidies
  • April 1942 - February 1943: Lieutenant General Werner Hühner
  • February 1943 - April 1943: Lieutenant General Günther Krappe
  • April 1943 - May 1943: Lieutenant General Gottfried Weber
  • May 1943 - December 1943: Lieutenant General Günther Krappe (2nd time)
  • December 1943 - February 1944: Major General Joachim Albrecht von Blücher
  • from February 1944: Lieutenant General Günther Krappe (3rd time)

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