331st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Coat of arms of the 331st Infantry Division

The 331st Infantry Division was a German infantry division during World War II . The division was set up on December 18, 1941 at the Königsbrück military training area. It was used exclusively on the Eastern Front in the Soviet Union . The unit suffered such heavy losses in March 1944 that it was disbanded. The remnants of the division were transported to the Wahn military training area near Cologne , where they were used together with the Wahn Shadow Division to set up the 331st Volksgrenadier Division with the same number.

Well-known members of the division

• Rüdiger von Reichert (1917–2007) was from 1974 to 1978, as Lieutenant General of the Army of the German Armed Forces , Deputy Inspector General of the German Armed Forces

literature

• Samuel W. Mitcham (2007a). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
• Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007b). Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of WWII and Their Commanders. Mechanicsburg, PA, United States: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3353-3 .