155th Field Training Division
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155th Field Training Division |
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| active | November 2, 1944 to February 11, 1945 |
| Country |
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Branch of service | infantry |
| Type | Infantry Division |
| structure | structure |
| Installation site | Recoaro |
| management | |
| Major general | Georg Heinrich Zwade |
The 155th Field Training Division was a German infantry division during World War II .
history
The division was set up on November 2, 1944 as a field training division for Army Group C in Northern Italy in Recoaro . On January 3, 1945 parts of the dissolved 20th Luftwaffen-Sturm-Division were added to the division. On February 11, 1945, the 155th Field Training Division was renamed the 155th Infantry Division . The field training divisions were used to train substitute teams for front divisions.
people
The division commander was Major General Georg Heinrich Zwade from the time it was set up until it was renamed .
literature
- Samuel W. Mitcham : German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in World War II. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. 2007 ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Seventh volume Die Landstwehr Forces No. 131 - 200.Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1973.
