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348th Infantry Division
German: 348. Infanterie-Division
ActiveSeptember 1942 – September 1944
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
Military unit

The 348th Infantry Division (German: 348. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1942 to 1944.

Operational history

348th Infantry Division (1942)
Parent unitWehrkreis XI
Components
  • Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment 863
  • Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment 864
  • Artillerie-Regiment 348
  • Pionier-Bataillon 348
  • Feldersatz-Bataillon 348
  • Panzerjäger-Abteilung 348
  • Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 348
  • Divisions-Nachschubführer 348

The 348th Infantry Division was formed on 14 September 1942 in France from personnel of Wehrkreis XII.

After its training, it served as a occupation, security and defense unit of the coastal areas in the North of France, in the Dieppe and Calais sector within the LXXXI. Armeekorps of the 15th Army in Army Group D.

As of 1 May 1944, the 348th Infantry Division was deployed between Flocques and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme along the coast of Normandy.

In August 1944, the division was sent to Normandy, where it suffered heavy losses during its withdrawal to northern France and Belgium.

The division was disbanded on 29 September 1944.

Commanders

  • Generalleutnant Karl Gümbel (27 September 1942 – 5 February 1944 );
  • Generalleutnant Paul Seyffardt (5 February - 29 September 1944);

References

  1. Vogel, Detlef (2001). "Deutsche und alliierte Kriegführung im Westen". In Boog, Horst; et al. (eds.). Das Deutsche Reich in der Defensive: Strategischer Luftkrieg in Europa, Krieg im Westen und in Ostasien 1943–1944/45. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Vol. 7. Stuttgart/Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 419–639. ISBN 3421055076.

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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
150th – 159th
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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