359th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 359th Infantry Division was a German infantry division during World War II . The division was set up on November 11, 1943 at the military training area near Radom in the Generalgouvernement of Poland . The unit was mainly used on the Eastern Front. On 7 May 1945, the unit returned to Captain village in Braunau in Bohemia of the Red Army .
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 .
- Tessin, Georg (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 .
