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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 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.
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 52nd Infantry Division (German: 52. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II, which would become the 52nd Field Training Division (52. Feldausbildungs Division) in December 1943 and then the 52nd Security Division (52. Sicherungs Division) in April 1944.
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.
The remnants of the division were combined into a single regiment, the Grenadier Regiment 769, and subsequently attached to the 340th Infantry Division. While the 377th Infantry Division remained technically present in the distribution of the German military postal service until May 1944, the division had effectively ceased to exist by February ...
The 79th Infantry Division began mobilization on March 1, 1939, as a part of the second German "wave" system of mobilization. The "wave" was the German designation for groups of infantry divisions raised at approximately the same time, with approximately the same type of organization, equipment, personnel and training.