Moravia Infantry Division

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The Moravia Infantry Division was set up in early August 1944 as a so-called shadow division .

The installation took place in the course of the 31st wave on the military training area Milowitz , northeast of Prague , in the military district XIII . The installation was to take place by September 20, 1944, but was canceled one month beforehand.

The troops already set up were used to set up the 565th People's Grenadier Division .

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. 220.
  • 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. 159 ff.