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320th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Country
  
Nazi Germany

Type
  
Infantry

Engagements
  
World War II

Branch
  
Army

Size
  
Division

Active
  
2 December 1940 – May 1945

The 320th Infantry Division was created on 2 December 1940 in Lübeck from parts of the 58th Infantry Division and 254th Infantry Division. The Division was formally disbanded on 9 October 1944 and reformed as 320th Volks Grenadier Division.

Commanding officers

  • Generalleutnant Karl Maderholz (15 December 1940 – 2 December 1942)
  • Generalleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Postel (2 December 1942 – 26 May 1943)
  • General der Infanterie Kurt Röpke (26 May 1943 – 20 August 1943)
  • Generalleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Postel (20 August 1943 – 10 July 1944)
  • Generalmajor Otto Schell (10 July 1944 – 2 September 1944)

    • References

    320th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) Wikipedia
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