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357th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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357th Infantry Division
ActiveMarch 1944-1945
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Heer (Wehrmacht)
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War II
Military unit

The 357th Infantry Division (German: 357. Infanterie-Division) was a German infantry division in World War II.

History

It was formed on 11 November 1943 in Radom, General Government (Poland) from personnel of the 327. Infantry-Division and new recruits born in 1926, as part of the 21. Welle (21st wave of mobilization).

After her training, in March 1944, she was transferred to the Eastern Front. It fought near Tarnopol and Mukachevo and suffered heavy casualties.

It was reorganized in August 1944 as part of the 31. Welle (31st wave of mobilization) from the Schatten-Division Breslau. The unit was deployed again on the Eastern Front against the Red Army and fought in Hungary, Slovakia and later in the South Moravian region. On May 8, 1945, the unit surrendered to the Red Army in the Deutsch-Brod area in Bohemia.

Commanding officers

  • Generalleutnant Wolfgang von Kluge, (1 December 1943 – 1 April 1944)
  • Generalmajor Knut Eberding, (1 April 1944 - 10 May 1944)
  • Generalmajor Norbert Holm, (10 May 1944 - 12 September 1944)
  • Generalleutnant Josef Rintelen. (12 September 1944 - 8 May 1945).

References

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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