Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II.
The division was destroyed in the Caen area in early August 1944, then deployed in Slovakia in November of the same year.
A second command staff for Wehrkreis XII (Wiesbaden), designated Kommandeur der Ersatztruppen XII/II, was formed on 20 October 1939.
[2] The division consisted of the following elements in March 1940:[1] On 24 April 1940, Bayer was replaced as divisional commander by Hans von Basse.
The divisional structure remained largely the same, with only one additional unit in the form of Marchine Gun Replacement Battalion 14 at Bitburg.
[2] On 15 July 1941, the division was moved from the Koblenz area to the vicinity Nancy in occupied France.
[2] On 13 June 1942, the division was joined by Infantry Replacement Regiment 112 (Battalions: 110, 256, 437, 438), which had been redeployed from Darmstadt to Chalons.
[1] On 23 January 1944, the 182nd Reserve Division was moved to the Pas-de-Calais area, with new headquarters set up at Helfaut.
[1] On 25 March 1944, Richard Baltzer took command of the division, a post he would hold until the end of the war.
[2] The 182nd Reserve Division consisted of the following elements on 1 March 1944:[1] Following an order from 30 July 1944 (in response to Operation Overlord), the 182nd Reserve Division was mobilized into the field army and subsequently destroyed by Allied forces in the Caen area.
A reorganization into a Shadow Division of the 24th Aufstellungswelle that was ordered by Oberbefehlshaber West did not come to pass.
Another planned reorganization into a 182nd Field Training Division, ordered by OKH on 20 August 1944, also failed to materialize.