The Transition from Reichswehr to Wehrmacht - 1934 to 1935

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In October 1934 the German armed forces expanded from 7 divisions to 21. In order to hide the expansion for as long as possible, all new divisions were given cover names. The cover names given to each of the 21 new divisions corresponded to the title of the commander placed in charge of the unit in most cases. As there was an Infantry and Artillery commander in each of the 7 divisions of the Reichswehr (known as Infanteriefüher I-VII and Artilleriefüher I-VII, depending on the number of the division in question) they took command of 14 of the newly formed divisions. The remaining 7 new divisions not commanded by one of the previous Infantry or Artillery commanders were taken over by newly appointed commanders and given cover names....

Kommandant von Frankfurt -> 3rd Infanterie-Division.
Kommandant von Ulm -> 5th Infanterie-Division.
Kommandant von Regensburg -> 10th Infanterie-Division.
Kommandant von Leipzig -> 14th Infanterie-Division.
Kommandant von Munster -> 16th Infanterie-Division.
Reichswehrdienstelle Hamburg -> 20th Infanterie-Division.
Kommandant von Elbing -> 21st Infanterie-Division.

Source: Wikipedia - see the individual divisions, e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)

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The other 14 Divisions were created as follows....

Infanterieführer I -> 11th Infanterie-Division.
Infanterieführer II -> 12th Infantere-Division.
Infanterieführer III -> 18th Infanterie-Division.
Infanterieführer IV -> 13th Infanterie-Division.
Infanterieführer V -> 9th Infanterie-Division.
Infanterieführer VI -> 6th Infanterie-Division.
Infanterieführer VII -> 17th Infanterie-Division.

Artillerieführer I -> 1st Infanterie-Division.
Artillerieführer II -> 2nd Infanterie-Division.
Artillerieführer III -> 8th Infanterie-Division.
Artillerieführer IV -> 4th Infanterie-Division.
Artillerieführer V -> 15th Infanterie-Division.
Artillerieführer VI -> 19th Infanterie-Division.
Artillerieführer VII -> 7th Infanterie-Division.

Source: Wikipedia - see the individual divisions, e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)