18th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

18th Infantry Division
18th (Motorized) Infantry Division
18th Panzergrenadier Division
18. Infanterie-Division
18. (mot.) Infanterie-Division
18. Panzergrenadier-Division
Active1 October 1934 – 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
RoleMotorized Infantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQLiegnitz
EngagementsWorld War II

The 18th Infantry Division (German: 18. Infanterie-Division) was formed on 1 October 1934 as Infantry Command III (Infanterieführer III) in Liegnitz and renamed the 18th Infantry Division on 15 October 1935. Mobilized in August 1939, it participated in the Invasion of Poland and in 1940 in the Battle of France. After the French campaign, the division was motorized and redesignated 18th Motorized Infantry Division on 1 November 1940 serving on the Eastern Front for the remainder of the war. In June 1943, the division was redesignated 18th Panzergrenadier Division.