346th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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346th Infantry Division |
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| active | September 21, 1942 to April 1945 |
| Country |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | army |
| Type | Infantry division |
| structure | See outline |
| Installation site | France |
| Commanders | |
| list of | Commanders |
The 346th Infantry Division was a German infantry division that existed from 1942 to 1945 during World War II .
history
The division was set up on September 21, 1942 in Bad Hersfeld as a native division for the Commander-in-Chief West in the Association of the 15th Army on the Western Front . After landing in Normandy , the unit was broken up in the Falaise pocket in August 1944 .
The division was re-established in December 1944 in the Netherlands from remnants of the old division and remnants of the 70th , 331st and 334th Infantry Divisions and the 16th Air Force Field Division . In April 1945, the unit was taken prisoner of war by the British near Arnhem .
structure
1942
- Fortress Infantry Regiment 857
- Fortress Infantry Regiment 858
- Artillery Regiment 346
- Engineer Battalion 346
- Divisional News Department
- Division Supply Leader
1945
- Grenadier Regiment 857
- Grenadier Regiment 858
- Fusilier Battalion 346
- Artillery Regiment 346
- Engineer Battalion 346
- Panzerjäger department
- Fast division 346
- Divisional News Department
- Division Supply Leader
Commanders
- Lieutenant General Erich Diestel , from October 1, 1942
- Lieutenant General Walter Steinmüller , from October 16, 1944
- Major General Gerhard Linder , from February 1, 1945
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 9. The Land Forces 281-370 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1174-9 .
- Samuel W. Mitcham (2007a) "German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII." 2 PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
- Werner Haupt : The German Infantry Divisions 1921–1945. 3 volumes. Dörfler Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-89555-274-7 .
- French Maclean: Quiet Flows the Rhine: German General Officer Casualties in World War II. JJ Fedorowicz Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-921991-32-0 .
Web links
- 200th through 370th German Infantry, Security, and Panzer Grenadier Divisions. Organizations and Histories 1939–1945 ( Memento from February 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 461 kB), Nafziger Collection, Combined Armed Research Library.