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264th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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264th Infantry Division
264. Infanterie-Division
Active20 May 1943 – 7 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
Military unit

The 264th Infantry Division German: 264th Infanterie-Division was an infantry division of the German Heer during World War II created on 20 May 1943 in Rouen. It was transferred to Yugoslavia in October 1943, where it was destroyed during the Battle of Knin in winter 1944-1945.

Commanding officers

  • Generalleutnant Albin Nake (1 June 1943 - 18 April 1944)
  • Generalleutnant Otto-Joachim Lüdecke (18 April 1944 - 15 May 1944)
  • General der Infanterie Martin Gareis (15 May 1944 - 25 September 1944)
  • Generalmajor Paul Hermann (25 September 1944 - 9 October 1944)
  • Generalmajor Alois Windisch (9 October 1944 - 5 December 1944 Division destroyed)


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Numbered infantry divisions of the German Army (1935–1945)
1st – 99th
1st – 9th
10th – 19th
20th – 29th
30th – 39th
40th – 49th
50th – 59th
60th – 69th
70th – 79th
80th – 89th
90th – 99th
100th – 199th
100th – 119th
121st – 129th
130th – 149th
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160th – 169th
170th – 189th
190th – 199th
200th – 299th
200th – 209th
210th – 219th
220th – 229th
230th – 239th
240th – 249th
250th – 259th
260th – 269th
270th – 279th
280th – 289th
290th – 299th
300th – 399th
300th – 309th
310th – 329th
330th – 339th
340th – 349th
350th – 359th
360th – 369th
370th – 379th
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


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