Wroclaw Infantry Division

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The Breslau infantry division was set up as a so-called shadow division at the beginning of August 1944 .

The installation took place in the course of the 31st wave on the military training area Neuhammer , military district VIII ( Breslau ). On August 28, 1944, the existing parts of the Breslau Infantry Division were used to quickly refresh the 357th Infantry Division and the division was disbanded.

literature

  • Samuel W. Mitcham (2007). 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. P. 204, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 14. The Land Forces. Name associations. The air force. Flying bandages. Flak deployment in the Reich 1943–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1980. p. 29.