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Volksgrenadier. Volksgrenadier, also spelt Volks-Grenadier, was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the autumn of 1944 after the double loss of Army Group Centre to the Soviets in Operation Bagration and the Fifth Panzer Army to the Western Allies in Normandy. The name itself was intended to build morale, appealing at ...
Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn. Walter Botsch. Heinz Kokott. The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18. Volksgrenadier-Division; 18. VGD) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army (i.e. Heer) during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945. The division was formed in Denmark, in September 1944, by redesignating 571.
Johannes Bruhn. The 553rd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 553. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during World War II that fought entirely on the Western Front. Sent to stop the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine in September 1944, it was nearly encircled and destroyed twice in northeastern France ...
The 559th Volksgrenadier Division (German: 559. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during World War II that fought entirely on the Western Front. After being formed, it was sent to fight the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine in northeastern France, near Metz. The 559th later defended a section of the ...
580th & 276th Volksgrenadier Division. The division was formed in Poland on 4 September 1944, by redesignating the 580th Volksgrenadier Division, under the command of Kurt Möhring. It contained the 986th, 987th and 988th Grenadier Regiments, and the 276th Artillery Regiment. [1] The 580th Volksgrenadier Division had been created only a week ...
The 544th Volksgrenadier Division (‹See Tfd› German: 544. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a Volksgrenadier-type infantry division of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was active from July 1944 to May 1945. In the first two months of service, the division was designated 544th Grenadier Division (‹See Tfd› German: 544. Grenadier ...
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The 551st Volksgrenadier Division (‹See Tfd› German: 551. Volksgrenadier-Division ) was a Volksgrenadier infantry division of the German Army during World War II , active from 1944 to 1945. The division was established on 11 July 1944 at the Thorn military training area in West Prussia under the designation 551st Sperr-Division .