campaign, the exact numbers cannot be substantiated, being estimated at around 5,000 dead and 15,000 wounded. Organization The personnel in 1939 consisted of the following divisions of the General Command XI: 19th Division Hanover, 31st Division Braunschweig and 13th Infantry Division (motorized) Magdeburg. The personnel consisted of 6% active personnel, 83% reservists I, 8% reservists II and 3% conscripts of the Landwehr. Divided into ranks, the 71st Infantry Division had a total war strength of 15,273 people, including 491 officers, 98 civil servants, 2,273 NCOs and 12,411 men. Transportation consisted in 4,854 horses, 823 horse drawn vehicles, 393 cars, 509 trucks, 3 armored vehicles, 497 Wehrmacht motorcycles and 190 sidecars. Each of the three battalions of an infantry regiment consisted of three rifle companies with nine light machine guns each and one heavy machine gun company with twelve heavy machine guns. From April 1941 the rifle companies were upgraded to twelve light machine guns and three grenade launchers, the machine guns to twelve heavy machine guns and six medium grenade launchers. Structure of the division: Headquarters. 191st Infantry Regiment (renamed Grenadier-Regiment 191 from October 15, 1942), stationed in Hanover-Bothfeld. 1st battalion from IR 59, Hildesheim. 2nd battalion from IR 73, Celle. 3rd Battalion from IR 74, Hameln. 194th Infantry Regiment (renamed to Grenadier-Rgmt. 194 from October 15, 1942), stationed in Halberstadt. 1st battalion from IR 12, Quedlinburg. 2nd Battalion (III. Jäger-Bataillon) from IR 17, Goslar and Blankenburg. 3rd Battalion from IR 82, Northeim. 211th Infantry Regiment (renamed to Grenadier-Rgmt. 211 from October 15, 1942), Burg bei Magdeburg. 1st battalion from IR 33, Dessau. 2nd battalion from IR 66, Burg bei Magdeburg. 3rd Battalion from IR 93, Stendal and Salzwedel. 171st Artillery Regiment, stationed at the II. Abteilung AR 31 in Halberstadt. four battalions from regular contingents AR 19, AR 31, AR 55 and AR 67. 171st Reconnaissance Battalion (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 171) from General Command XI, Cavalry Regiment from Ludwigslust and Parchim. 171st Anti-Tank Battalion (Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 171) from Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 19, stationed in Engelbostel, near Hanover. 171st Engineer Battalion (Pionier-Bataillon 171), from PiBtl. 19, stationed in Holzminden. personnel from PiBtl. 4 in Magdeburg and PiBtl. 51 (mot.) from Dessau-Roßlau. 171st Signal Battalion Infantry Division News Department 171 (Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 171) 171st Divisional Supply Group (Kommandeur der Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubtruppen 171) Commanders The following officers commanded the 71st Infantry Division: (26 August 1939 - 15 October 1939) Generalmajor Wolfgang Ziegler (15 October 1939 - 15 February 1941)