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326th Infantry Division
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
Military unit

The 326th Infantry Division (326. Infanterie-Division) was the only Eastern Front (Ost Front) veteran division to have fought in the battles of Normandy. It was formed on November 9, 1942, shortly after its return from Southern Russia to serve as an occupation force in France. On May 5, 1943, the division was transformed into a static division. The 326th Infantry Division was destroyed during the Battle of Normandy. A new 326th Volksgrenadier Division (326. Volksgrenadier-Division) was formed on September 4, 1944, in Galanta by redesignation of the new 579th Volksgrenadier Division of the 32nd mobilisation wave. In 1945 the division, separated into two groups, entered U.S. captivity in the Ruhr Pocket and Harz respectively.

Operational history

The 326th Infantry Division spent its entire operational history on the Western Front, taking part in the Battles of Normandy under Army Group D (Heeresgruppe D) and the Ardennes under Army Group B (Heeresgruppe B).

Organisation

1942

  • Grenadier-Regiment 751, I-III Battalions
  • Grenadier-Regiment 752, I-III Battalions
  • Grenadier-Regiment 753, I-III Battalions
  • Artillerie-Regiment 326, I-III Battalions
  • Schnelle-Abteilung 326
  • Pionier-Bataillon 326
  • Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 326

1944

  • Grenadier-Regiment 751, I and II Battalions
  • Grenadier-Regiment 752, I and II Battalions
  • Grenadier-Regiment 753, I and II Battalions
  • Artillerie-Regiment 326, I-IV Battalions
  • Divisions-Füsilier-Kompanie 326 (later expanded to Füsilier-Bataillon 26)
  • Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 326
  • Pionier-Bataillon 326
  • Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 326

Commanding officers

  • Lieutenant General Friedrich von Drabich-Waechter (1944)
  • Major General Dr. Erwin Kaschner (1945)
  • Lieutenant General Friedrich

References

  • Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939 - 1945 Volume 9
Numbered infantry divisions of the German Army (1935–1945)
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1st – 9th
10th – 19th
20th – 29th
30th – 39th
40th – 49th
50th – 59th
60th – 69th
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160th – 169th
170th – 189th
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330th – 339th
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380th – 389th
390th – 399th
400th – 719th
400th – 499th
500th – 599th
600th – 699th
700th – 709th
710th – 719th
See also: List of German divisions in World War II, Aufstellungswelle
Volksgrenadier divisions of the German Army, 1944–45
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200th – 299th
300th – 540th
541st – 549th
551st – 559th
560th – 569th
570th – 579th
580th – 589th
590th – 709th
See also: List of German divisions in World War II


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