353rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 353rd Infantry Division was a German infantry division during World War II . The division was set up on November 5, 1943 in Brittany in occupied France . The unit was largely decimated in the Falaise basin , so that it had to be rebuilt to a considerable extent in the Trier area in November 1944. In April 1945, the unit returned US Army in the Ruhr pocket .

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 .
• Georg Tessin (1974). Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Ninth volume. The land forces 281-370. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück. ISBN 3-7648-0872-1 .