113. Infanterie-Division

The 113. Infanterie-Division was formed in December 1940 as part of the 12. Welle (wave) from elements of 15. Infanterie-Division, 24. Infanterie-Division and Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment B. It was destroyed at Stalingrad in January 1943.

It was reformed in March 1943. The division was disbanded in November 1943 after suffering heavy losses on the Eastern Front. The remnants formed Divisions-Gruppe 113 which was assigned to the 337. Infanterie-Division.

Area of operations

Germany (Dec 1940 - Nov 1941) 
Balkans (Nov 1941 - Apr 1942) 
Eastern Front, southern sector (Apr 1942 - Oct 1942) 
Stalingrad (Oct 1942 - Jan 1943) 
Eastern Front, central sector (Mar 1943 - Nov 1943) 

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112. Infanterie-Division

The 112. Infanterie-Division was formed in December 1940 at Truppenübungsplatz Baumholder from elements of 34. Infanterie-Division and 33. Infanterie-Division as part of the 12. Welle (wave). It was disbanded on 2 November 1943 after suffering heavy losses on the Eastern Front. The division staff formed the staff of Korps-Abteilung B, which also included Divisions-Gruppe 112 formed from the division’s surviving elements.

Area of operations

Germany (Dec 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern front, central sector (June 1941 - Nov 1943)  


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111. Infanterie-Division

The 111. Infanterie-Division was formed in November 1940 as part of the 12. Welle (wave) from elements of 3. Infanterie-Division, 36. Infanterie-Division and Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment D. It was destroyed at Sevastopol, Crimea, on 12 May 1944. The division staff formed the staff of the 226. Infanterie-Division.

Area of operations

Germany (Nov 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern Front, southern sector (June 1941 - May 1944) 


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110. Infanterie-Division

The 110. Infanterie-Division was formed in December 1940 from elements of 12. Infanterie-Division, 30. Infanterie-Division and 228. Infanterie-Division. It was stationed in Poland until June 1941, when it took part in the invasion of the USSR. In 1943 is was strengthened by remnants from the destroyed 321. Infanterie-Division as Divisionsgruppe 321.
It was destroyed on the Eastern Front near Minsk in July 1944.


Area of operations

Germany & Poland (Dec 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern Front, central sector (June 1941 - July 1944) 


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106. Infanterie-Division

The division was formed on 12th November 1940 as part of the 12th Wave in Wehrkreis VI (Westphalia and Rhineland). It was raised from 1/3 of  the 6. Infanterie Division, 1/3 of the 26. Infanterie Division and two Heimat-Wach Battalions from the 250th Infantry Regiment. Originally part of 11th Army on home duties within the Reich the 106. Infanterie Division didn’t see any action untill the invasion of Russia in June 1941. Prior to this it lost its III/241.Infantry Regiment which was sent to Africa where it became I/155. Schutzen Regiment in the September of 1941.
For the opening of the Russian campaign it formed part of the XXXXII Korps under Panzergruppe 2 within Heeresgruppe Mitte. Between June 1941 and April 1942 the 106th would stay within Heeresgruppe Mitte. Moving between the  Panzergruppe 2 to 9th Army as part of V Korps (Ruoff)-(along with 5th, 35th and 129th Infantry Divisions) in the July / October period as it advanced towards Smolensk.
By July 27th the 106th was north of Smolensk advancing from Demidov to support Panzergruppe 3, which was east of Smolensk, along with the rest of V Korps. After serving under Panzergruppe 3 for the battle of Wjasma it finally ended up with Panzergruppe 4 in the struggles around Klin. On December 5th the 106th found itself near Krasnaja Poljana with 2. Panzer Division on it’s left flank and the 35. Infanterie Division on it’s right flank. Facing it were the elements of 7th Guards Division, Gruppe Remisov and the 28th Infantry Brigade.
During the opening phase of operationTyphoon, the 106th reached the area south of Kuseeva by November 16th 1941. On November 17th the 106th along with the rest of V Korps attacked towards Moscow, this was some 24hrs earlier than it's neighbouring Korps (XLVI Panzerkorps), thus enabling the 106th to maintain contact with this Korp the following day.
The Russian counter offensive before Moscow forced the Germans westward and by the 11th of December the 106. Infanterie Division along with 2nd Panzer Division had been forced out of Solnechnogorsk by the Russian 20th Army under Vlasov. By December 12th the division was in a salient, with it's head arrowed at Krasnaja Poljana. After tough fighting until March 1942 under V Korps & IX Korps the division was transferred to north France for reffiting. 
After it returned to the Eastern front in April 1943 it served under XXXXVIII Korps. After beeing in reserve in May it returned to active service in June and saw action in the Kursk offensive as part of the Armeeabteilung Kempf (along with 320th Infantry Divisions & 198th Infantry Divisions) in July. The division’s starting point for the operation was the Donets river, which the 106th crossed on the second day of the offensive with the 240. Infantry Regiment advancing on the left, 241. Infantry Regiment in the center and the 239. Infantry Regiment on the right wing of it’s advance. The divisional strength on July 4th was 9 infantry battalions, 1 reconnaissance battalion and 1 anti-tank battalion, with combat strenght of 6577 men, 36 light artillery, 12 heavy artillery pieces and 60 anti-tank guns. During the offensive the division sustained a total of 3,277 casualties (566 KIA,  2.667 WIA, 44 MIA), while the total casualties to August 25th were 147 officers and 5933 men (while receiving 60 officers and 2722 men replacements in the same period). It received additional forces when the 39.Infanterie Division was disbanded on 2nd November 1943 and it’s Divisionsgruppe 39 and Grenadier Regiments 113. & 114. were integrated into the 106. Infanterie Division. At that time the division was forced to retreat across the river Dnepr. After beeing on the defensive throughout the 1944 the division was destroyed near Kishinev (Ukraine) in August and disbanded as such on October 9th 1944, with the remains being used to reform the 15th Infantry Divisions & 76th Infantry Divisions.

On March 24th 1945 the 106. Infanterie Division was reformed and adjusted to a Kampfgruppe 106. Infanteriedivision on 8th April 1945.

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102. Infanterie-Division

12 December 1940 - formed as part of the 12th Wave in the Wehrkreis VIII from 1/3 of the 8. Infanterie Division & 1/3 of the 28.Infanterie Division. The Division was subordinated to the XX Korps/ 11th Army until March 1941, went to the Army reserve in April and joined the II Korps/ 11th Army in May until the start of the Russian campaign.

June 1941 - 102nd with 129th Infantry Division was on the far right (Southern) wing under XLII Korps/ 9th Army within Army Group Centre.
27th June 1941 - in Army reserve along with 900th (Mot) Brigade & 403rd Security Division.
28th June 1941 - the division was attached to the XX Korps with 129th & 162nd & 256th Infantry divisions as the Korps formed part of the pocket front near Bialystok.
August 1941 - attached to XXXX (Mot) Korps with 256th Infantry Division in the 3rd Panzergruppe where it remained until the start of September. During the operation Typhoon the 102nd was under XXIII Korps (Gen der Infanterie Schubert) along with 206th, 251st & 256th Infantry Divisions in the 9th Army. The Korps main responsibility was to defend the armies’ northern flank as it advanced. By November 7th the Korps was 3km west of Drygoma-3km Northwest of Beresuk-Selisharovo. By December 5th the XXIII Korps front was anchored on it’s left flank by the Sseliger-See, whilst it’s right flank abutted that of VI Korps near Kalinin.

January 1942 - encircled south of Lake Volga with XXIII Korps (206th, 253rd & SS Cavalry Brigade with the 189th Stug Abt.) as some nine divisions of the Russian 29th & 39th Armies pushed southward towards Rzhev. On January 22nd elements of the 1st Panzer Division, Das Reich & 256th Infantry Division struck eastward towards the XXIII Korps, whilst from the pocket the 206th Infantry Division reinforced with men from the other infantry divisions, the 102nd inc. plus the SS and assault guns pushed westward. By midday on the 23rd both German forces met, thus cutting the Russian forces to the south.
1st June 1942 - the 84th Infantry Regiment from the 8th Jäger Regiment arrived after originally being assigned to the division back in December 1941 (held in Army & Army Group reserve). The Division had 4 infantry regiments until the 235th Regiment of the division was disbanded on July 20th 1942.
July 1942 - under 9th Army, the Division took part in Operation “Seydlitz”, the clearance of the rear area of Russian troops belonging mainly to the 39th Army and various Airborne units flown in to support it, after it had been trapped by German counter attacks the previous month. The 102nd formed part of the Western Group along with 1st Panzer Division (Krueger) & 110th Infantry Division (Gilbert). The Eastern group consisted of 5th Panzer Division (Fehn) and a mixed Cavalry group under Meden. The opening day of the operation saw the newly arrived 84th Infantry Regiment make the most progress with a drive into the Luchessa sector. On July 7th the attack by XLVI Panzer Korps added momentum to the western groups assault and they broke the front of the 39th Army. By the end of July 7th the 39th Army was cut in two and starting to disintegrate. The 102nd along with 1st Panzer & 86th Infantry attacked again on July 11th, compressing the 39th Army even further. Two days later the 39th Army surrendered. The Russian high command began offensive operations against the 9th Army. Its plan was for the Russian 20th Army to advance in the direction of Sychevka thus cutting off the defenders at Rzhev in their rear. 
4th August 1942 - the Russians attacked with 7 Rifle Divisions, quickly pushing aside the German XLVI Panzer Korps. During the night the Russians added to its attack force by committing 2 Tank Brigades and a Cavalry Corps. The German 9th Army responded by ordering 3 Panzer (1st, 2nd, & 5th) Divisions plus 102nd/ VI Korps from their sectors to support the XLVI Panzer Korps. The operations ceased in October 1942 and the division became a part of the XXXIX Korps until January 1943.

March 1943 – the division came from army reserve and continued operations under XX Korps/ 2. Panzer Army from April to July. Participating in heavy defensive battles after the German retreat from Kursk the division saw action in the areas around Orel and Desna as part of XLVI Korps/ 9. Army  and LVI  Korps/ 2. Army. By late autumn the unit was reduced to Kampfgruppe strenght.

Early 1944 - the division (XX Korps) absorbed the remains of the 216th Infantry Division (destroyed during Kursk and autumn battles of 1943).
June 1944 - part of LV Korps/ 9th Army. The Korps, which included the 292nd Infantry Division, defended a 114 km long section of the front. The 102nd had a “Foxhole strength” of 1180 (The highest within 9th Army on the eve of Operation Bagration) and an “Infantry Strength” of 4703, with a further 1130 acting as Korps/Army reserve. The 102nd itself managed to evade the worst of the Russian  Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944, but as with most German formations of the time it’s divisional strength was only fictional. Operating at Kampfgruppe strength for the remainder of the war, the 102. Infanterie Division ended up with the East Prussian pocket.

April 1945 – small parts of the division broke through to Vorpommern and fought on as a Divisionsgruppe 102. The remains of the division were disbanded and absorbed into the 28th Jager Division.
5th May 1945 – The Divisionsgruppe surrendered to the American forces.

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98. Infanterie-Division

The 98. Infanterie-Division was formed in September 1939 at training ground Grafenwöhr, WK XIII, as part of the 5. Welle (wave). Personnel with combat experience gained in the Polish Campaign was sent by Heeresgruppe Süd (1 regimental cdr., 12 company chiefs, 120 NCOs). From August 1940 until February 1941 the division was granted leave. After its reformation in February 1941 and the following frontline service on the Eastern Front since July 1941 the division had to suffer a permanent down-sizing of its infantry strength. Consequently in 1942 three battalions were dissolved (II./282, III./289, III./290) and the division kept six infantry battalions only in its rows. This organisation was formalized when the division established a two regiments structure (organisational term of the time : "zweigleisig") in summer 1943. Gren.Rgt. 289 had been disbanded and the personnel was used to build again third battalions each for Gren.Rgt. 282 and Gren.Rgt. 290 ; additionally the Divisions-Bataillon 98 was newly formed from the remnants.
During its assignment to Heeresgruppe Mitte from October/November 1941 - May/June 1943 this division was equipped with a number of captured Russian light tanks - models T-26 and T-70 - also ("Beutepanzer"). During the last and heavy fightings on the Crimea Gren.(Feldausbildungs-)Rgt. 615 was incorporated per 1 March 1944 to strengthen the infantry component again (renamed Gren.Rgt. 289 shortly thereafter).

After being destroyed in the Crimea May 1944, the division was reformed 5 June 1944 in Croatia from its surviving elements and the staff of the 387. Infanterie-Division. The new theatre which did see the unit in frontline service was Italy. It was planned to assign the Grenadier-Lehr-Brigade, which was on the spot already, and to name it Gren.-Lehr-Rgt 290. A short-lived change of this plan, that was to give this Lehr brigade to the Reichsgrenadier-Division "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" instead, was cancelled, and the assignment was carried out on 28 Oct 1944 finally. The new regiment was given the designation Gren-Lehr-Rgt 117 and replaced the former Gren.Rgt 117, which was dissolved therefore. The division surrendered to US troops in Italy May 1945.

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96. Infanterie-Division

The 96. Infanterie-Division was formed in September 1939 at Truppenübungsplatz Bergen as part of the 5th Welle (Wave) and was equipped with captured Czech weapons. It surrendered to the US forces in Austria at the end of the war but elements of it were handed over to the Red Army.

Area of operations

Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern Front, northern sector (June 1941 - Jan 1944) 
Eastern Front, southern sector (Jan 1944 - Dec 1944) 
Slovakia, Hungary & Austria (Dec 1944 - May 1945) 


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95. Infanterie-Division

The 95. Infanterie-Division was formed in September 1939 as part of the 5. Welle (wave) and equipped with captured Czech equipment.
Oberst Hans-Heinrich Freiherr von Seidlitz und Gohlau was the artillery commander of the division and was killed on 20 September 1941 in Kiev together with the rest of the artillery staff in an explosion caused by either delayed-action or remote-detonated charge.
It was disbanded in July 1944 after suffering heavy losses on the Eastern Front. The remnants formed Divisions-Gruppe 95 which was assigned to Korps-Abteilung H.

The division was reformed on 10 September 1944 from Korps-Abteilung H and surrendered in May 1945 to the Red Army along with the rest of Armee Ostpreußen.


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94. Infanterie-Division

The 94. Infanterie-Division was formed in September 1939 as part of the 5. Welle (wave) and was equipped with captured Czech equipment. It was destroyed at Stalingrad in 29 January 1943

It was reformed March 1943. After suffering heavy losses at Cassino, the division provided reinforcements for the 305. Infanterie-Division. Reduced to a cadre and supply elements, the division was refitted in August 1944 as part of the 24. Welle from Schatten-Division Schlesien. It surrendered to US forces in Italy on 22 April 1945.


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93. Infanterie-Division

The 93. Infanterie-Division was formed at Truppenübungsplatz Jüterborg in September 1939 as part of the 5th welle (wave) and was equipped with captured Czech equipment. The Infanterie-Regiment 271 was formed largely of men from the SA-Standarte Feldherrnhalle.
The Grenadier-Regiment 271 "Feldherrnhalle" was detached in February 1943 to reform 60. Infanterie-Division (mot) into Panzergrenadier-Division Feldherrnhalle.
It was destroyed in East Prussia in March 1945.



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92. Infanterie-Division

The 92. Infanterie-Division was formed in January 1944 at Nikolsburg (Mikulov). It saw some action in the Alban Hills but only as smaller kampfgruppen. Most of the division was absorbed into 362. Infanterie-Division in June 1944 and the rest was disbanded.


Area of operations

Italy (Jan 1944 - June 1944) 



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91. Infanterie-Division

The 91. Infanterie-Division was formed in January 1944 and in March 1944 is was redesignated Infanterie-Division (Luftlande). Although earmarked and equipped for air landing operations, the division was transferred to Normandy in May 1944 where it formed part of the static defenses of the Cotentin Peninsula. The division was strengthened by the attachment of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 and Panzer-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 100. The division was destroyed near Cherbourg on 22 June 1944 and disbanded on 10 August 1944.

A planned reformation of the 91. Infanterie-Division from a Kampfgruppe was cancelled on 5 November 1944. The 344. Infanterie-Division was formed in its place.


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89. Infanterie-Division

The 89. Infanterie-Division was formed in January 1944 at the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen. It was destroyed in the Falaise pocket and was rebuilt with Grenadier-Regiment 163 added as a third regiment.
In March 1945 it was again destroyed in the Eifel mountains. 
It was again reformed in April from Brigade 1005 and Brigade Baur, this time as a Kampfgruppe.


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88. Infanterie-Division

The 88. Infanterie-Division was formed in December 1939 at Truppenübungsplatz Grafenwöhr as part of the 6th welle (wave) and was equipped with captured Czech equipment. It was strengthened by absorbing the Divisionsgruppe 323 formed by elements of the disbanded 323. Infanterie-Division on 2 November 1943.
It was refitted with Divisionsgruppe 112 from Korps-Abteilung B in March 1944 and was destroyed in January 1945.


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87. Infanterie-Division

The 87. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939. It surrendered to the Soviet forces in Courland at the end of the war.

Area of operations

Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern front, central sector (June 1941 - May 1944) 
Eastern front, northern sector (May 1944 - Oct 1944) 
Kurland pocket (Oct 1944 - May 1945) 


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86. Infanterie-Division

The 86. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the 3. Welle (wave). It was disbanded in November 1943 after suffering heavy losses on the Eastern Front. The divisional staff, signals and supply units were used to form the 361. Infanterie-Division while other surviving elements formed Divisions-Gruppe 86 which was assigned to Korps-Abteilung E.

Area of operations

West Wall (Sep 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern Front, central sector (June 1941 - Nov 1943) 

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85. Infanterie-Division

The 85. Infanterie-Division was formed in February 1944 and was destroyed near Aacen in March 1945. In September 1944 it was strengthened by the addition of manpower from the disbanded 6. Schiffsstammregiment.

It was planned to be reformed but it instead was used to form Infanterie-Division Potsdam.


Area of operations

France (Feb 1944 - Sep 1944) 
Netherlands & western Germany (Sep 1944 - Mar 1945) 

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84. Infanterie-Division

The 84. Infanterie-Division was formed February 1944 as part of the 25th welle (wave). It was captured at the Falaise gap, France, in August 1944.

It was reformed in September 1944 and was disbanded in May 1945 after suffering heavy losses.


Area of operations

Poland (Feb 1944 - May 1944) 
France (May 1944 - Aug 1944) 
[Reformed]
Netherlands & western Germany (Sep 1944 - May 1945) 

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83. Infanterie-Division

The 83. Infanterie-Division was formed in December 1939 at Truppenübungsplatz Bergen and was equipped with captured Czech equipment. It surrendered to the Soviet forces at Hela on 26 April 1945.

Area of operations

Poland (Dec 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - Dec 1940)
Germany (Dec 1940 - Jan 1941)
France (Jan 1941 - Dec 1941)
Eastern Front, central sector (Dec 1941 - Oct 1943)
Eastern Front, northern sector (Oct 1943 - Oct 1944)
Kurland pocket & West Prussia (Oct 1944 - Apr 1945)

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82. Infanterie-Division

The 82. Infanterie-Division was formed in December 1939 as part of the 6. Welle (wave) at Truppenübungsplatz Hammelburg and Truppenübungsplatz  Wildflecken. It was disbanded in May 1944 after suffering heavy losses on the Eastern Front. The remnants formed Divisions-Gruppe 82 which was assigned to the 254. Infanterie-Divison.


Area of operations

Germany (Dec 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - Dec 1940)
Germany (Dec 1940 - Jan 1941)
Netherlands (Jan 1941 - Dec 1942)
Eastern front, southern sector (May 1942 - July 1943)
Eastern front, central sector (July 1943 - Oct 1943)
Eastern front, southern sector (Oct 1943 - May 1944)

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81. Infanterie-Division

The 81. Infanterie-Division was formed December 1939 at Truppenübungsplatz Neuhammer as part of the 6th welle (wave) and saw action at Staraja Russa, Demjansk, Newel and ended the war in Kurland (Courland).

Area of operations

Germany (Dec 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - Dec 1941) 
Eastern front, central sector (Dec 1941 - Feb 1944) 
Eastern front, northern sector (Feb 1944 - Oct 1944) 
Kurland pocket (Oct 1944 - May 1945) 


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80. Infanterie-Division

The 80. Infanterie-Division was formed on 5 May 1943 but was used to form the staff of 334. Infanterie-Division in June.

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79. Infanterie-Division

The 79. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939 from elements of 33. Infanterie-Division, 34. Infanterie-Division and 36. Infanterie-Division. It was destroyed at Stalingrad in January 1943.

It was reformed in March 1943 and was destroyed near Iași (Jassy) in August 1944.


Area of operations

Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern front, southern sector (June 1941 - Oct 1942) 
Stalingrad (Oct 1942 - Jan 1943) 
Eastern front, southern sector (Mar 1943 - Aug 1944) 
Romania (Aug 1944) 


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78. Infanterie-Division

The 78. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939 from elements of 5. Infanterie-Division, 25. Infanterie-Division and 35. Infanterie-Division. It was redesignated 78. Sturm-Division on 30 December 1942.

Area of operations

Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern front, central sector (June 1941 - Dec 1942) 

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77. Infanterie-Division

The 77. Infanterie-Division was formed on 15 January 1944 in France as part of the 25. Welle (wave) from the division staff of the disbanded 355. Infanterie-Division and personnel of the disbanded 364. Infanterie-Division. It was destroyed at St. Malo, France on 15 August 1944.

Area of operations

France (Feb 1944 - Aug 1944) 


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76. Infanterie-Division

The 76. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave). It was destroyed at Stalingrad in January 1943.

It was reformed Feb 1943. The division absorbed the remnants of Jäger-Regiment 9 (L) of the disbanded 5. Feld-Division (L) in May 1944. It suffered heavy losses at Iaşi, Romania and was withdrawn from the front for refitting in September 1944. The division surrendered May 1945 to the Red Army at Deutsch Brod.


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75. Infanterie-Division

The 75. Infanterie-Division was formed 26 August 1939 as part of the 2nd welle (wave). It was destroyed in April 1945 near Ostrau (Ostrava).

Area of operations

West Wall (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - June 1941)
Eastern front, southern sector (June 1941 - Dec 1944)
Eastern front, central sector (Dec 1944 - Jan 1945)
Poland & Czechoslovakia (Jan 1945 - May 1945)

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73. Infanterie-Division

The 73. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave). It took part in the invasions of Poland, the Low Countries, France and Greece before invading the Soviet Union from its jump off point at Iaşi, Romania.
It fought in the southern sector of the Eastern Front, taking part in actions at Nikolaev, Cherson, Sevastopol and the Kuban bridgehead among others. It was withdrawn from the fighting near Melitopol after suffering heavy losses. Moved to the Crimea, the division surrendered to the Red Army in Sevastopol in May 1944.

The division was reformed on 16 June 1944 in Hungary and took part in the fighting on the Vistula at Warsaw/Praga where it was destroyed in September. (Heeresgruppe Mitte requested the division be disbanded because of its failure to hold the Praga bridgehead on the east bank of the Vistula, a proposal that was ultimately rejected.) After reforming, the division fought at Danzig where it was destroyed again.
The division staff was evacuated from Danzig but was lost with the steamer Goya when it was sunk by the Soviet submarine L 3 on 16 Apr 1945.

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72. Infanterie-Division

The 72. Infanterie-Division was formed on 19 September 1939 from Grenz-Division Trier. After breaking out of the Cherkassy pocket in February 1944, it was withdrawn to Poland. It was refitted there in March 1944 as part of the 24. Welle from Schatten-Division Generalgouvernement. Reformed again after suffering heavy losses at the Baronow bridgehead on the Vistula, the division surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945 in the Erzgebirge region of Czechoslovakia.


Area of operations

West wall (Sep 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - Apr 1941) 
Balkans (Apr 1941 - July 1941) 
Eastern front, southern sector (July 1941 - Sep 1942) 
Eastern front, central sector (Sep 1942 - Dec 1943) 
Eastern front, southern sector (Dec 1943 - Mar 1944) 
Poland (June 1944 - Mar 1945) 
Czechoslovakia (Mar 1945 - May 1945) 

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71. Infanterie-Division

The 71. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave). It was destroyed at Stalingrad in Janury 1943.

It was reformed 17 Februry 1943 in Denmark. Transferred to Italy in September 1943, the division was virtually destroyed at Monte Cassino in May 1944. The remnants of the division surrendered to the British at St. Veit, Austria in May 1945.


Area of operations

West wall (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - June 1941)
Eastern front, southern sector (June 1941 - Oct 1941)
France (Oct 1941 - Apr 1942)
Eastern front, southern sector (Apr 1942 - Oct 1942)
Stalingrad (Oct 1942 - Jan 1943)
Denmark (Mar 1943 - Aug 1943)
Slovenia (Aug 1943 - Sep 1943)
Italy (Sep 1943 - Dec 1944)
Hungary & Austria (Dec 1944 - May 1945)

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70. Infanterie-Division

The 70. Infanterie-Division was largely made up of soldiers with stomach problems who required a special diet, hence the nickname "White Bread Division", around a cadre from 165. Reserve Division.
It was stationed on Walcheren Island, the Netherlands, and was attacked by the 1st Canadian Army in November 1944. The soldiers of the division fought surprisingly well in the Battle of the Scheldt but after nine days of fighting they were forced to surrender.

Area of operations

Netherlands (May 1944 - Nov 1944)

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69. Infanterie-Division

The 69. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave) from elements of 16. Infanterie-Division and 26. Infanterie-Division. During the invasion of Norway elements of it took part in the Airborne assault on Sola Airfield in 1940. It formed two kampfgruppen during the advance from eastern Norway towards Bergen in western Norway, Gruppe Adlhoch (under Xaver Adlhoch) and Gruppe Daubert (under Major Daubert). It saw heavy fighting against the Norwegian Valdresgruppen (consisting of 4. Brigade and parts of Infantry Regiment 6) under Colonel Gudbrand Østby between 14 April and 2 May.
The division was destroyed on the River Inster in East Prussia; the remnants surrendered to the Red Army upon the fall of Königsberg on 10 April 1945.

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68. Infanterie-Division

The 68. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave) from 3. Infanterie-Division. After suffering heavy losses at Zhitomir, it was was withdrawn to Poland. It was refitted there in February 1944 as part of the 24. Welle from Schatten-Division Demba. The division surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945 at Jägerndorf in the Sudetenland.

Area of operations

Poland (Sep 1939 - May 1940) 
France (May 1940 - June 1941) 
Eastern front, southern sector (June 1941 - Sep 1944) 
Slovakia & Poland (Sep 1944 - Jan 1945) 
Silesia (Jan 1945 - May 1945) 

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65. Infanterie-Division

The 65. Infanterie-Division was formed in July 1942 as a “Walküre-II”-Division  under the 20. Welle (wave). After suffering heavy losses fighting at the Anzio bridgehead, it was refitted in July 1944 as part of the 26. Welle (wave) from Schatten-Division Ostpreußen. The division surrendered in Italy on 22 April 1945.

Area of operations

Netherlands (July 1942 - Aug 1943)
Italy (Aug 1943 - Apr 1945)

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64. Infanterie-Division

The 64. Infanterie-Division was formed in June 1944 at Truppenübungsplatz Wahn. It saw action at the Scheldt in October and was disbanded in November.


Area of operations

France & Belgium (July 1944 - Nov 1944)

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62. Infanterie-Division

The 62. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave). It was strengthened by the addition of surviving elements of the 38. Infanterie-Division as Divisions-Gruppe 38 in December 1943. In March 1944, the division staff formed the staff of Korps-Abteilung F, which also included Divisions-Gruppe 62 formed from the division’s surviving elements.

The division was reformed 20 July 1944 from Korps-Abteilung F and was destroyed in August 1944 in Bessarabia.

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61. Infanterie-Division

The 61. Infanterie-Division was formed on 8 August 1939 and mobilized as part of the 2. Welle (wave) from elements of 1. Infanterie-Division, 11. Infanterie-Division and 21. Infanterie-Division.
In April 1944, it absorbed elements of the disbanded 9. Feld-Division (L). After suffering heavy losses in Courland, the division was transported to Gotenhafen where it was reformed and redesignated 61. Volksgrenadier-Division in October 1944.


Area of operations

Poland (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
Belgium (May 1940 - June 1941)
Eastern front, northern sector (June 1941 - July 1944)
Eastern front, central sector (July 1944 - Oct 1944)

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60. Infanterie-Division

The 60. Infanterie-Division was formed from Brigade Eberhardt (a special unit consisting of units from Landespolizei Danzig) in October 1939. It was redesignated 60. Infanterie-Division (mot) in August 1940.


Area of operations

Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - Aug 1940)

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59. Infanterie-Division

The 59. Infanterie-Division was formed in June 1944 at Truppenübungsplatz Groß-Born. It saw action at Arnhem and Aachen and was destroyed in the Ruhr pocket in April 1945.


Area of operations

France & Netherlands (July 1944 - Dec 1944)
Western Germany (Dec 1944 - Apr 1945)

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58. Infanterie-Division

The 58. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave). The division fought in Samland and Hela and surrendered to the Red Army along with the rest of Armee Ostpreußen in May 1945.


Area of operations

Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - Dec 1941)
Eastern front, northern sector (Dec 1941 - Oct 1943)
Eastern front, central sector (Oct 1943 - Jan 1944)
Eastern front, northern sector (Jan 1944 - June 1944)
Eastern front, central sector (June 1944 - May 1945)

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57. Infanterie-Division

The 57. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave). After breaking out of the Cherkassy pocket in February 1944, it was withdrawn to Poland and refitted with elements of Korps-Abteilung B. The division returned to the front and was destroyed east of Minsk in July 1944 during the Soviet summer offensive. The remnants formed Divisions-Gruppe 57 which was assigned to Korps-Abteilung G.

Area of operations

Poland (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
France (May 1940 - June 1941)
Eastern front, southern sector (June 1941 - Feb 1944)
Eastern front, central sector (Feb 1944 - July 1944)

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56. Infanterie-Division

The 56. Infanterie-Division was formed in August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave). It was disbanded in September 1943 after suffering heavy losses on the Eastern Front.
The division staff formed the staff of Korps-Abteilung D, which also included Divisions-Gruppe 56 formed from the division’s surviving elements.

The division was reformed on 10 September 1944 from Korps-Abteilung D and was destroyed in March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil pocket, East Prussia. The division staff formed the staff of Infanterie-Division Ulrich von Hutten.

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