125th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
| 125th Infantry Division | |
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Division insignia
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| Active | October 1940 – March 1944 |
| Country |
 Nazi Germany
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| Branch | Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Münsingen |
| Nickname(s) | "Weasel Division" |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| 5 Oct 1940 – 24 Dec 1942 | General der Infanterie Wilhelm Schneckenburger |
| 24 Dec 1942 – 31 Mar 1944 | Generalleutnant Helmut Friebe |
The 125th Infantry Division (German: 125. Infanteriedivision) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.
The 125th Infantry Division was raised on October 5, 1940, independent of wave, in October 1940, where it remained in Münsingen until April 1941, when it was moved to the Balkans as part of the 2nd Army's 52nd Corps in preparation for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. The following June, the Army attacked through the Ukrainian SSR.
Moving to the front from Austria, where the division was registered with Höheres Kommando XXXIV, it was now organized into the 17th Army, part of Army Group South. For the remainder of the year the 125th Division stayed with Army Group South in Ukraine, assisting in both the battles at Uman and Kiev.
In July 1942 the division returned to the 17th Army from the 1st Panzer Army, now as Army Group A's 5th Corps, as it began an assault on the Black Sea city of Novorossiysk. Moving into the Caucasus, the division, along with the 3rd Romanian Army, served under Colonel-General Richard Ruoff in "Army Group Ruoff". Outside Rostov, Ruoff's forces were joined by the 5th SS-Panzer Regiment. Quickly eliminating the Soviets in Rostov, the division made its way into the outskirts of Krasnodar, some 300 kilometers away, in just over two weeks. Pushed back in the winter again, the division retreated to the Ukraine.
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