5.Infanterie-Division

The 5. Infanterie-Division was formed in Ulm on 15 October 1935 the cover name Kommandant von Ulm.
The infantry regiments were formed from the 14.(Badisches) Infanterie-Regiment of the 5.Division of the Reichswehr.

The 5.Infanterie-Division was stationed along the German border in the west in the region of Oberrhein during the 1939 Campaign in Poland, and was lightly engaged during the Campaign in the West in 1940. In 1941, the 5.Infanterie took part in the Invasion of the Soviet Union, seeing heavy action in the Vyasma region. After being heavily engaged in Russia the 5th was transfered to the West in November/October, 1941 to refit as the 5.leichte-Infanterie-Division.


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