156th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Active Apr- May 1945 Branch Army Size Division		Country Nazi Germany Type Infantry

The 156th Infantry Division (German: 156. Infanteriedivision) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

History

The 156th Infantry Division was raised in April 1945, where it was sent to the eastern front, which was approaching westwards to the German border.

Generalleutnant Siegfried Rekowski (February 1945 - 8 May 1945)

Major Herbert Giesenhagen (25 March 1945 – 2 May 1945)

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