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 After suffering heavy losses at Zhitomir, it was was withdrawn to Poland.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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