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48th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Active
  
Feb 1943 – 1945

Branch
  
Army

Size
  
Division

Country
  
Nazi Germany

Type
  
Infantry

48th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Engagements
  
World War II Northern France Austria

Operational history

Formed in West Flanders from the 171st Reserve Division. The 48th was transferred to France after the collapse of the Normandy Front. First engaged in the Chartres area by the 3rd US Army, it performed poorly, being continually driven back by the 3rd Army through Metz and finally the Siegfried Line, where it collapsed altogether and was absorbed into the 559th Infantry Division. Reorganized into a Volksgrenadier division in Austria, it was sent to the Eastern Front assigned to the German 8th Army defending Vienna, where it surrendered to the Soviets.

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Organization

  • Grenadier-Regiment 126
  • Grenadier-Regiment 127
  • Artillerie-Regiment 148,
  • Divisions-Füsilier-Kompanie 48
  • Anti-Tank Battalion 148
  • Engineer-Battalion 148
  • Signals Battalion 148

    • References

    48th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) Wikipedia
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