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title="Wehrkreis II">Wehrkreis II</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Components</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">27th Fusilier Regiment<br />48th Infantry Regiment<br />89th Infantry Regiment<br />12th Artillery Regiment<br />12th Reconnaissance Battalion<br />12th Anti-Tank Battalion<br />12th Engineer Battalion<br />12th Signal Battalion<br />12th Field Replacement Battalion<br />12th Divisional Supply Troops<sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="12th_Volksgrenadier_Division12._Volksgrenadier-Division_(September_1944_–_April_1945)380" style="margin:0;float:right;clear:right;width:25.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:1em;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks navbox-vertical mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="12th_Volksgrenadier_Division12._Volksgrenadier-Division_(September_1944_–_April_1945)380" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">12th Volksgrenadier Division<br /><i>12. Volksgrenadier-Division</i> (September 1944 – April 1945)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Parent unit</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Wehrkreis_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Wehrkreis II">Wehrkreis II</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>12th Infantry Division</b> (German: "12. Infanteriedivision") – later known as the <b>12th Volksgrenadier Division</b> – was a <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> military unit of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> that fought during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The division was formed in 1934. It participated in the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the 1940 campaign in France and the Low Countries. In the Soviet Union, the division joined <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a>. The division was destroyed in the Soviet <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a> in the summer of 1944. The division was re-activated in September 1944 and posted to the newly created Western Front. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_organisation">History and organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was formed in 1934 from <a href="/wiki/Pomerania" title="Pomerania">Pomerania</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg" title="Mecklenburg">Mecklenburger</a> population, with its home station being in <a href="/wiki/Schwerin" title="Schwerin">Schwerin</a>. In order to hide Germany's remilitarisation – a breaking of the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a> – the unit was codenamed <i><a href="/wiki/Infanterief%C3%BChrer_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Infanterieführer II">Infanterieführer II</a></i> to disguise its size. It did not assume its bona-fide designation until the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> was announced in October 1935, where it was redesignated as the <i>12th Infantry Division</i>. Alongside the name change, <i>Lieutenant General</i> Wilhelm Ulex was placed in charge of the division, before being replaced by <i>Major General</i> Albrecht Schubert the following October. Schubert was promoted to <i>Lieutenant General</i> in March 1938. In November, the command over the 89th Infantry Regiment's 1st Battalion was given to <a href="/wiki/Helmuth_Beukemann" title="Helmuth Beukemann">Helmuth Beukemann</a>. In July 1939, the division was moved to <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="Königsberg">Königsberg</a>, East Prussia as Germany prepared for the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Poland (1939)">invasion of Poland</a>, ordered into the <a href="/wiki/1st_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="1st Army (Wehrmacht)">1st Army</a>'s I Army Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kurowski_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kurowski-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. (March 2016)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actions_1939–41"><span id="Actions_1939.E2.80.9341"></span>Actions 1939–41</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Actions 1939–41"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 12th Infantry took part in the invasion of Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-Kurowski_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kurowski-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1940 assault on France and the Low Countries, the division helped beat back an Anglo-French assault on an associated Panzer column in the hopes of relieving troops besieged in Belgium during their full-on retreat. Following the campaign, the division remained stationed in the region until May 1941 in an occupational capacity, when it was ordered to return to East Prussia.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actions_in_the_Soviet_Union">Actions in the Soviet Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Actions in the Soviet Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Demjansk_Einkesselung.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Demjansk_Einkesselung.png/220px-Demjansk_Einkesselung.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Demjansk_Einkesselung.png/330px-Demjansk_Einkesselung.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Demjansk_Einkesselung.png/440px-Demjansk_Einkesselung.png 2x" data-file-width="2286" data-file-height="1426" /></a><figcaption>Offensive of the Red Army south of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Ilmen" title="Lake Ilmen">Lake Ilmen</a> 7 January–21 February 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 1941 the division joined <a href="/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a> under <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_North" title="Army Group North">Army Group North</a> as an element of the <a href="/wiki/16th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="16th Army (Wehrmacht)">16th Army</a>. It took part in Army Group North's capture of the Latvian city of <a href="/wiki/Daugavpils" title="Daugavpils">Daugavpils</a>, sweeping north-eastward to <a href="/wiki/Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Leningrad">Leningrad</a> where it was finally stopped in its tracks during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">siege effort</a>. During the early months of 1942, the II Army Corps was subject to a Soviet counteroffensive to relieve Leningrad, resulting in five army divisions (the 12th, included) and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_SS_Panzer_Division_Totenkopf" title="3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf">SS-Totenkopf</a> division being encircled along with several other elements of the 16th Army in the <a href="/wiki/Demyansk_Pocket" title="Demyansk Pocket">Demyansk Pocket</a>. With support from <a href="/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a>, planes containing supplies were flown in to aid the divisions while they were in the pocket for some 81 days between 8 February and 20 March. Göring would later gloat about his success in freeing the pocket during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a> later that year when a similar airlift concept was applied. While liberated, the 12th Infantry had left the pocket in a much-weakened state.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1943, with the German Army on the retreat, the division fought in the <a href="/wiki/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic">Belarusian</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Vitebsk" title="Vitebsk">Vitebsk</a>. This resulting deterioration of effectiveness led to its capitulation during the Soviets' Summer Offensive in June 1944, soon after <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Centre" title="Army Group Centre">Army Group Centre</a>'s collapse in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bagration" title="Operation Bagration">Operation Bagration</a>. Some of the division's men escaped capture; its commanding officer <i>Lieutenant General</i> Rudolf Bamler, who had been in command for only a few weeks, was also captured, but later chose to work for the Soviets.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two groups were able to break out and return to German lines before the destruction of the division. Remnants of the Grenadier Regiment 48 commanded by Hauptmann Siegfried Moldenhauser would escape through a corridor east and evade Soviet forces until they reached Polykowischi where Major Osterhold formed a Kampfgruppe which broke out to German lines west. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second group, 1st Battalion, Fusilier Regiment 27. commanded by Major <a href="/wiki/Heinz-Georg_Lemm" title="Heinz-Georg Lemm">Heinz-Georg Lemm</a> would break through Russian lines 3 kilometers west of Mogilev and from there they would move north of Berezino where they would cross the Berezina river. <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Re-activation">Re-activation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Re-activation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was re-activated in September 1944, where it was sent to the newly created Western Front. Again placed under the command of <i>Colonel</i> <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Engel" title="Gerhard Engel">Gerhard Engel</a>, the division – at some point being redesignated the "12th <a href="/wiki/Volksgrenadier" title="Volksgrenadier">Volksgrenadier</a> Division" (German: <i>12. Volksgrenadier-division</i>) – was at a strength of some 12,800 men.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham1_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Allied forces approaching the <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Line" title="Siegfried Line">Siegfried Line</a>, the division was made a line division against the Siegfried Line near <a href="/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">Aachen</a>. On September 15, elements of the division arrived at the command post of LXXXI Corps where; in the evening they were given orders by the <a href="/wiki/7th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="7th Army (Wehrmacht)">7th Army</a> to continue the defence of Aachen and to launch a counterattack on the building Allied forces crossing the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr" title="Ruhr">Ruhr</a>, by first staging near <a href="/wiki/Eschweiler" title="Eschweiler">Eschweiler</a>. The following day, elements of the <a href="/wiki/9th_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">9th Panzer Division</a> were added to the 12th Volksgrenadier, which was now well-equipped – at least in comparison to other, starving divisions. It then proceeded to take command of the immediate area around <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCren" title="Düren">Düren</a>. A meeting between chiefs of staff of the 12th Volksgrenadier and the 9th Panzer Divisions took place on the evening to decide on how to plan their joint-attack on the <a href="/wiki/Mausbach_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mausbach (river)">river Mausbach</a> set for the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-Haasler_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haasler-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division continued to see action on the Western Front in the Ardennes as part of the <a href="/wiki/6th_Panzer_Army" title="6th Panzer Army">6th Panzer Army</a>'s I SS-Panzer Corps during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>. On January 1, <i>Lieutenant General</i> Engel was seriously wounded by Allied forces, and <i>Colonel</i> Rudolf Langhaeuser assumed temporary command until Engel's return in February. When the offensive failed, the 6th Panzer Army left for Hungary, leaving the division behind to fight off the approaching Americans. The division was encircled near <a href="/wiki/Wuppertal" title="Wuppertal">Wuppertal</a> with <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_B" title="Army Group B">Army Group B</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhr Pocket">Ruhr Pocket</a>. On April 12, <i>Major General</i> Koenig assumed command of the division, having also assumed command of the <a href="/wiki/272nd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="272nd Volksgrenadier Division">272nd Volksgrenadier Division</a>. As the Pocket collapsed, Koenig was captured at <a href="/wiki/Wuppertal" title="Wuppertal">Wuppertal</a> on April 18.<sup id="cite_ref-Mitcham1_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitcham1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Lieutenant General</i> <a href="/wiki/Walther_von_Seydlitz-Kurzbach" title="Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach">Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach</a> (10 March 1940)</li> <li><i>Lieutenant General</i> <a href="/wiki/Kurt-J%C3%BCrgen_Freiherr_von_L%C3%BCtzow" title="Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow">Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow</a> (1 March 1942)</li> <li><i>Lieutenant General</i> <a href="/wiki/Curt_Jahn" class="mw-redirect" title="Curt Jahn">Curt Jahn</a> (25 May 1944)</li> <li><i>Lieutenant General</i> <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Bamler" title="Rudolf Bamler">Rudolf Bamler</a> (4 June 1944)</li> <li><i>Major General</i> <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_Engel" title="Gerhard Engel">Gerhard Engel</a> (28 June 1944 – January 1, 1945)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unit_components">Unit components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Unit components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>27th Fusilier Regiment</li> <li>48th Infantry Regiment</li> <li>89th Infantry Regiment</li> <li>12th Artillery Regiment</li> <li>12th Reconnaissance Battalion</li> <li>12th Anti-Tank Battalion</li> <li>12th Engineer Battalion</li> <li>12th Signal 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href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="4th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_J%C3%A4ger_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="5th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht)">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="6th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="7th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">9</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">10th – 19th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="10th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="11th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">11</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="14th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="15th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="18th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="19th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">19</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th – 29th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/20th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="20th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="21st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="23rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="24th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="25th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="26th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">30th – 39th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="30th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="31st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="32nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="33rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="34th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="35th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="36th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="38th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="39th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">39</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">40th – 49th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/41st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="41st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="44th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="45th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="46th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="47th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="48th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="49th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">49</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">50th – 59th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/50th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="50th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="52nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="56th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="57th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="58th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="59th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">59</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">60th – 69th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/60th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="60th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="61st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="62nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="63rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="64th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="65th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="68th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="69th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">69</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">70th – 79th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="70th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="71st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="72nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="73rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="74th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="75th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="76th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="77th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="78th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="79th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">79</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">80th – 89th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="80th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="81st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="82nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="83rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="84th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="86th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="87th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="88th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/89th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="89th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">89</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">90th – 99th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/91st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="91st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="92nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="93rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="95th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="96th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="98th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">98</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div id="100th_–_199th4587" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">100th – 199th</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="100th_–_119th15" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">100th – 119th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/102nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="102nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="106th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/110th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="110th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/111th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="111th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/112th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="112th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/113th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="113th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">113</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">121st – 129th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/121st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="121st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/123rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="123rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">123</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/125th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="125th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/126th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="126th Infantry Division">126</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/129th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="129th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">129</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">130th – 149th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/131st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="131st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">131</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/132nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="132nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/134th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/137th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="137th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/148th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="148th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">148</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">150th – 159th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/153rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="153rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/154th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="154th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/155th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="155th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/156th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="156th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/157th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="157th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/158th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="158th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/159th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="159th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">159</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">160th – 169th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/160th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="160th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">160</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/161st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/162nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="162nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">162</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/162nd_Turkoman_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="162nd Turkoman Division">162nd (Turk.)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/163rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="163rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/164th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="164th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/166th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="166th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/167th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="167th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/168th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="168th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/169th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="169th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">169</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">170th – 189th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/170th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/174th_Reserve_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="174th Reserve Division (Wehrmacht)">174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/176th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="176th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">176</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/180th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="180th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/181st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="181st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">181</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/182nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="182nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">182</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/183rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="183rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/189th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="189th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">189</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">190th – 199th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/190th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="190th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/196th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="196th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">196</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/197th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="197th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">197</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/198th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">198</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/199th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="199th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">199</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div id="200th_–_299th6991" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">200th – 299th</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="200th_–_209th15" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200th – 209th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/201st_Security_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="201st Security Division (Wehrmacht)">201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/203rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="203rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">203</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/205th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="205th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">205</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/206th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="206th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">206</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/207th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="207th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/208th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="208th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">208</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/209th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="209th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">209</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">210th – 219th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/210th_Coastal_Defense_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="210th Coastal Defense Division (Wehrmacht)">210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/211th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="211th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">211</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/212th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="212th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/213th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="213th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">213</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/214th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="214th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/215th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="215th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">215</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/216th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="216th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/217th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="217th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/218th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="218th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">218</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/219th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="219th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">219</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">220th – 229th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/221st_Security_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="221st Security Division (Wehrmacht)">221</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/223rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="223rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/225th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="225th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">225</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/226th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="226th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/227th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="227th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">227</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/228th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="228th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">228</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">230th – 239th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/230th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="230th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/231st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="231st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/232nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="232nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/237th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="237th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">237</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/239th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="239th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">239</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">240th – 249th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/240th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="240th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">240</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/242nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="242nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/243rd_Static_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="243rd Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">243</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/244th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="244th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/245th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="245th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/246th_Volksgrenadier_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="246th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)">246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/249th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="249th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">249</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">250th – 259th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Division" title="Blue Division">250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/251st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="251st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/252nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="252nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">252</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/253rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="253rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">253</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/254th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="254th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">254</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/255th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="255th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">255</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/256th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="256th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/257th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="257th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">257</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/258th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="258th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">258</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">260th – 269th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/260th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="260th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">260</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/262nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="262nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/263rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="263rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">263</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/264th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="264th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">264</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/265th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="265th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">265</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/266th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="266th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">266</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/267th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="267th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">267</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/268th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="268th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/269th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="269th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">269</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">270th – 279th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/270th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="270th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/271st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="271st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/272nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="272nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">272</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/273rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="273rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">273</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/274th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="274th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">274</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/275th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="275th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">275</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/276th_Volksgrenadier_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="276th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)">276</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/277th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="277th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/278th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="278th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">278</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/279th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="279th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">279</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">280th – 289th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/280th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="280th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">280</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/281st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="281st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">281</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/282nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="282nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/286th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="286th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">286</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">290th – 299th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/290th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="290th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">290</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/291st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="291st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/292nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="292nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">292</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/293rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="293rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/294th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="294th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">294</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/295th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="295th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">295</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/296th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="296th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">296</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/297th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="297th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">297</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/298th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="298th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">298</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/299th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="299th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">299</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div id="300th_–_399th5847" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">300th – 399th</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="300th_–_309th15" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">300th – 309th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/301st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="301st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/302nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="302nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Infantry_Division" title="303rd Infantry Division">303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/304th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="304th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">304</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="305th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">305</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="306th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/309th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="309th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">309</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">310th – 329th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/311th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="311th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">311</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Static_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="319th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="320th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="321st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">321</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="323rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">323</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Division_Hamburg_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry Division Hamburg (Wehrmacht)">324</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infantry_Division_J%C3%BCtland_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry Division Jütland (Wehrmacht)">325</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/326th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="326th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/327th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="327th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/328th_Infantry_Division" title="328th Infantry Division">328</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/329th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="329th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">329</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">330th – 339th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/330th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="330th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/331st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="331st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">331</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/332nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="332nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">332</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/333rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="333rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/334th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="334th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">334</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/335th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="335th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/336th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="336th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">336</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/337th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="337th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">337</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/338th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="338th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">338</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/339th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="339th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">339</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">340th – 349th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/340th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="340th Volksgrenadier Division">340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/342nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="342nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">342</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/343rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="343rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/344th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="344th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/346th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="346th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">346</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/347th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="347th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">347</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/348th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="348th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">348</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/349th_Infantry_Division" title="349th Infantry Division">349</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">350th – 359th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/351st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="351st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/352nd_Infantry_Division" title="352nd Infantry Division">352</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/353rd_Infantry_Division" title="353rd Infantry Division">353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/355th_Infantry_Division" title="355th Infantry Division">355</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/356th_Infantry_Division" title="356th Infantry Division">356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/357th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="357th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/358th_Infantry_Division" title="358th Infantry Division">358</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/359th_Infantry_Division" title="359th Infantry Division">359</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">360th – 369th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/361st_Infantry_Division" title="361st Infantry Division">361</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/362nd_Infantry_Division" title="362nd Infantry Division">362</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/363rd_Infantry_Division" title="363rd Infantry Division">363</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/364th_Infantry_Division" title="364th Infantry Division">364</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/365th_Infantry_Division" title="365th Infantry Division">365</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/367th_Infantry_Division" title="367th Infantry Division">367</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/369th_(Croatian)_Infantry_Division" title="369th (Croatian) Infantry Division">369</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">370th – 379th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/370th_Infantry_Division" title="370th Infantry Division">370</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/371st_Infantry_Division" title="371st Infantry Division">371</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/372nd_Infantry_Division" title="372nd Infantry Division">372</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/373rd_(Croatian)_Infantry_Division" title="373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division">373</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Infantry_Division" title="376th Infantry Division">376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/377th_Infantry_Division" title="377th Infantry Division">377</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Infantry_Division" title="379th Infantry Division">379</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">380th – 389th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/383rd_Infantry_Division" title="383rd Infantry Division">383</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Infantry_Division" title="384th Infantry Division">384</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Infantry_Division" title="385th Infantry Division">385</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/387th_Infantry_Division" title="387th Infantry Division">387</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Infantry_Division" title="389th Infantry Division">389</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">390th – 399th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/392nd_(Croatian)_Infantry_Division" title="392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division">392</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/393rd_Infantry_Division" title="393rd Infantry Division">393</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/395th_Infantry_Division" title="395th Infantry Division">395</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/399th_Infantry_Division" title="399th Infantry Division">399</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div id="400th_–_719th2720" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">400th – 719th</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="400th_–_499th15" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">400th – 499th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/416th_Infantry_Division" title="416th Infantry Division">416</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/430th_Infantry_Division" title="430th Infantry Division">430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462nd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="462nd Volksgrenadier Division">462</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500th – 599th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/395th_Infantry_Division" title="395th Infantry Division">521</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/526th_Infantry_Division" title="526th Infantry Division">526</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/554th_Infantry_Division" title="554th Infantry Division">554</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/555th_Infantry_Division" title="555th Infantry Division">555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/556th_Infantry_Division" title="556th Infantry Division">556</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/557th_Infantry_Division" title="557th Infantry Division">557</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">600th – 699th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/600th_Infantry_Division" title="600th Infantry Division">600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/606th_Infantry_Division" title="606th Infantry Division">606</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/650th_Infantry_Division" title="650th Infantry Division">650</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">700th – 709th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/702nd_Infantry_Division" title="702nd Infantry Division">702</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703rd_Infantry_Division" title="703rd Infantry Division">703</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/104th_J%C3%A4ger_Division" title="104th Jäger Division">704</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/707th_Infantry_Division" title="707th Infantry Division">707</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/708th_Infantry_Division" title="708th Infantry Division">708</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/709th_Infantry_Division" title="709th Infantry Division">709</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">710th – 719th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/710th_Infantry_Division" title="710th Infantry Division">710</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/711th_Infantry_Division" title="711th Infantry Division">711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/712th_Infantry_Division" title="712th Infantry Division">712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/713th_Infantry_Division" title="713th Infantry Division">713</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/114th_J%C3%A4ger_Division" title="114th Jäger Division">714</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/715th_Infantry_Division" title="715th Infantry Division">715</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/716th_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="716th Infantry Division">716</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/117th_J%C3%A4ger_Division" title="117th Jäger Division">717</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/118th_J%C3%A4ger_Division" title="118th Jäger Division">718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/719th_Infantry_Division" title="719th Infantry Division">719</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>See also</i>: <a href="/wiki/List_of_German_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of German divisions in World War II">List of German divisions in World War II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aufstellungswelle" title="Aufstellungswelle">Aufstellungswelle</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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style="width:1%">1st– 199th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="6th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="9th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">9</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="16th Volksgrenadier Division">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="18th Volksgrenadier Division">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Grenadier_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Grenadier Division (Wehrmacht)">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Air_Landing_Division" title="22nd Air Landing Division">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="26th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="31st Volksgrenadier Division">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="36th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="45th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="46th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="47th Volksgrenadier Division">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="61st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="62nd Volksgrenadier Division">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="78th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="79th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="45th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/167th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="167th Volksgrenadier Division">167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/183rd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="183rd Volksgrenadier Division">183</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">200th – 299th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/211th_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="211th Volksgrenadier Division">211</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/212th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="212th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/246th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="246th Volksgrenadier Division">246</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/256th_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="256th Volksgrenadier Division">256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/257th_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="257th Volksgrenadier Division">257</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/271st_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="271st Volksgrenadier Division">271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/272nd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="272nd Volksgrenadier Division">272</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/276th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="276th Volksgrenadier Division">276</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/277th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="277th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/278th_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="278th Volksgrenadier Division">278</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">300th – 540th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/320th_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="320th Volksgrenadier Division">320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/326th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="326th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">326</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/334th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="334th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">334</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/337th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="337th Volksgrenadier Division">337</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="340th Volksgrenadier Division">340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/347th_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="347th Volksgrenadier Division">347</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/349th_Infantry_Division" title="349th Infantry Division">349</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/352nd_Infantry_Division" title="352nd Infantry Division">352</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/361st_Infantry_Division" title="361st Infantry Division">361</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/363rd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="363rd Volksgrenadier Division">363</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462nd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="462nd Volksgrenadier Division">462</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">541st – 549th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/541st_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="541st Volksgrenadier Division">541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/542nd_Volksgrenadier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="542nd Volksgrenadier Division">542</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="544th Volksgrenadier Division">544</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=545th_Volksgrenadier_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="545th Volksgrenadier Division (page does not exist)">545</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=547th_Volksgrenadier_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="547th Volksgrenadier Division (page does not exist)">547</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/548th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="548th Volksgrenadier Division">548</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/549th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="549th Volksgrenadier Division">549</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">551st – 559th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/551st_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="551st Volksgrenadier Division">551</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/553rd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="553rd Volksgrenadier Division">553</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/558th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="558th Volksgrenadier Division">558</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/559th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="559th Volksgrenadier Division">559</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">560th – 569th</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/560th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="560th Volksgrenadier Division">560</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/561st_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="561st Volksgrenadier Division">561</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/562nd_Grenadier_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="562nd Grenadier Division (Wehrmacht)">562</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/563rd_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="563rd Volksgrenadier Division">563</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/564th_Volksgrenadier_Division" title="564th Volksgrenadier 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