Commanders
The following officers commanded the 61st Infantry Division:
- August 1939 - March 1942: General of Infantry Siegfried Haenicke
- March 1942 - April 1942: Major General Franz Scheidies
- April 1942 - February 1943: Lieutenant General Werner Hühner
- February 1943 - April 1943: Lieutenant General Günther Krappe
- April 1943 - May 1943: Lieutenant General Gottfried Weber
- May 1943 - December 1943: Lieutenant General Günther Krappe (2nd time)
- December 1943 - February 1944: Major General Joachim Albrecht von Blücher
- from February 1944: Lieutenant General Günther Krappe (3rd time)
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