16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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16th Infantry Division 16th Motorized Infantry Division 16th Panzergrenadier-Division
116th Panzer Division, 1944–45
Active	October 1934 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Stalingrad Allied invasion of Sicily Allied invasion of Italy Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive Battle of Normandy Falaise Gap Battle of Aachen Battle of Hurtgen Forest Battle of the Bulge Ruhr Pocket
Commanders
Notable commanders	Gotthard Heinrici Gerhard von Schwerin
Insignia
16th Panzer Division

The 16th Infantry Division of the German Army was formed in 1934. On 26 August 1939 the division was mobilized for the invasion of Poland (1939). It participated in the Battle of France in August 1940. The division was then split, resulting in two independent units: The 16th Panzer Division and the 16th Motorized Infantry Division. Then later, from 1944 onward, combined with other non 16th elements, was known as the 116th Panzer Division.