Commanding Officers
- Generalleutnant Horst Stumpff, 13 November 1940 – 10 September 1941
- Oberst Georg von Bismarck, 10 September 1941 – 13 October 1941 (acting)
- Generalmajor Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, 14 October 1941 – 30 June 1942
- Generalmajor Walter Düvert, 1 July 1942 – 10 October 1942
- Oberst Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz, 10 October 1942 – 30 November 1942 (acting)
- Generalmajor Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz, 1 December 1942 – 11 May 1943
- Generalleutnant Mortimer von Kessel, 12 May 1943 – 1 January 1944
- Oberst Werner Marcks, 1 January 1944 – 1 February 1944 (acting)
- Generalleutnant Mortimer von Kessel, 2 February 1944 – 5 November 1944
- Oberst Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, 6 November 1944 – 31 December 1944 (acting)
- Generalmajor Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, 1 January 1945 – 8 May 1945
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