German Army (Heer) Infantry Mobiization Waves (Welle) from 1934-1944.

**BlackCat1982** · 02-01-2021, 04:02 PM

Hopefully a useful addition in understanding the mobilization waves (Welle) of German Infantry Divisions from 1934-44. Source: Hitlers Legions by Samuel W. Mitcham.

Welle . Formed Number of Divisions. Division Series Designation/notes.
1. 1934-38. 39 1-46 Peacetime Heer Units
2. August 39. 15 52-79 From reservists.
3. August 39. 22 199-246 Landwehr (older personnel).
4. August 39. 14 251-269 From reserve units.
5. September 39. 11 81-98 Reservists.
6. October 39. 6 307-341 All disbanded 1940.
7. December 39. 13 164-198 From reserve units.
8. March 40. 10+ 351-399 Mostly older personnel.
9. April 40. 10 290-299 Mostly the 1940 draft class.
10. June 40. 8 271-280 Disbanded 1940.
11. September 40. 10 121-137 For Operation Barbarossa.
12. October 40. 10 97-113 For Operation Barbarossa.
13. December 40. 9 302-327 For deployment in Occupied
Europe.
14. January 41. 8 332-342 For deployment in Occupied
Europe.
15. April 41. 15 702-719 Static units for West & Balkans.
16. July 41. Security (Sicherungs)
Regiments
17. 1941-42 9 370-389 For use in Russia.
18. Autumn 42. 8 326-348 Static units for Western Front.
19. February 43. 10+ Bore numbers of Divisions destroyed in
Stalingrad.
20. July 43. 7 242-266 Static units for Western Front.
21. November 43. 10 349-367 Deployed in various capacities.
22. December 43. 6 271-278 From remnants of disbanded
units/used in West.

23. January 44. Grenadier Regiments: later
absorbed into 25th Welle.
24. February 44. 4 42-49 From Reserve Divisions.
25. February 44. 6 72-92 For use in the West.
26. May 44. 4 Named Absorbed by reformed Divisions.
27. June 44. 5 16-189 Formed from Reserve Divisons.
28. July 44. 13 541-559 Formed from Personnel on
leave.
29. July 44. 10+ 500 Series Grenadier, later Volksgrenadier
Brigades.
30. July 44. Grenadier Brigades.
31. August 44. 12 560-572 Grenadier Divisions absorbed
later by 32 Welle.

32+ October 44. Onwards. Divisions of any previous Welle reformed as VG units; several new numbered &
named Divisions.