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This category includes articles about the organisation and unit histories of all German divisions during the Second World War that performed in combat in the role of infantry. For Mechanized infantry use the category Panzergrenadier divisions of Germany during World War II.
To keep its existence secret, the first German airborne division was named as if a Flieger ("flier") division in the series of Luftwaffe divisions that controlled air assets rather than ground troops-named 7th Flieger Division (often translated 7th Air Division - which see: 1st Parachute Division (Germany)) The division was later reorganized to ...
The 2nd Infantry Division of Nazi Germany's Army was created from components of the Reichswehr's old 2nd Division in 1934, at first under the cover name Wehrgauleitung Stettin and later Artillerieführer II; it did not take its real name until October 1935.
This is a list of German military units during World War II which contains all military units that served with the German Armed Forces . Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see list of German corps in World War II and list of German divisions in World War II.
The 132nd Infantry Division (German: 132. Infanterie-Division ) was a German division in World War II . It was formed on 5 October 1940 in Landshut , as part of the 11th Wave of Wehrmacht mobilization, and was destroyed in the Courland Pocket in 1945.
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend; 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen; 21st Panzer Division; 94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion; 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion; 116th Panzer Division; 243rd Static Infantry Division; 353rd Infantry Division; 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion; 709th Infantry ...
The 58th Infantry Division (German: 58. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the German Army during World War II. It was formed in 1939, took part in the Battle of France in 1940, and then Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The 58th was then constantly engaged on the Eastern Front until the end of the war in 1945.
With the German Invasion of Poland in September 1939, the 1st Infantry Division fought in the northern sector. [3] The division advanced toward Warsaw as a component of the XXVI Army Corps (until 1 October 1939: "Army Corps Wodrig", [5]: 181 commanded by Albert Wodrig), subordinate to the 3rd Army (Georg von Küchler).