Danube Infantry Division

The Danube Infantry Division was set up as a so-called shadow division in mid-March 1945 .

The installation took place until March 23, 1945 in the course of the 34th wave of installation . The soldiers came from Bavaria and Austria .

On April 12, 1945, the Danube Infantry Division was disbanded and the units were incorporated into the 26th People's Grenadier Division as a replacement for troops.

The structure of the so-called division was:

• Grenadier Regiment Donau 1 with two battalions each ( Military District XVII )
• Grenadier Regiment Danube 2 with two battalions each ( military district VII and military district XIII )
• Artillery Department Danube (Defense District XVII)
• Pioneer Company Danube (Military District XVII)

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. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 . P. 207
• 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. 53