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256th Infantry Division

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Though making good progress in the beginning, it turned out that the bridge at Gennep was the only 'bigger' road bridge which was taken intact, making a speedy transportation of troops almost impossible. This led to the 256th Division coming to Mill in pieces after which
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The remnants of the division formed Divisions-Gruppe 256 which was assigned to Korps-Abteilung H. By Nov 1944 Divisions-Gruppe 256 was stationed on the north side of the
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and later in the Saar-Moselle Triangle between 1944 and 1945. The 256th Volksgrenadier Division surrendered to American forces in the Württemberg region in May 1945.
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After that, the division was transferred to East-Poland in order to prepare for battles on the Eastern Front, it was put on the frontline for
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At the beginning of the second phase of Fall Gelb, the division was ordered to stay in the Nieuwpoort/Dunkirk area and later to
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In September 1944, another division using the ordinal number 256th, the 256th Volksgrenadier Division, was created at
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area where they sealed the salient around the last harbour used to evacuate retreating French and British forces.
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in Holland. Eventually, the 256th Group was integrated into Grenadier Regiment 280, which was part of the
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Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945
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Just before the attack on May 10, the division was moved to the town of
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on the Dutch border where it was attached to the XXVI Corps under
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Oberstleutnant Adolf Hornig - (November 1942 - 10 December 1943)
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where it stayed as an occupation force until February 1941.
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Eastern front, central sector - (February 1941 - July 1944)
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Towards the end of the war, the division was redeployed as
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visited the broken defensive line around Mill on May 11.
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Major Albrecht von Warburg - (June 1940 - November 1942)
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Netherlands & Belgium - (May 1940 - February 1941)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
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and push through to the Peel/Raam defensive line at
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The division was shipped to 279:attack on France and the Low Countries in 1940 2942: 649: 505:- (24 November 1943 - 26 June 1944) (KIA) (1) 8: 339:The 256th continued to fight along the line 3492: 3432: 3367: 3302: 3267: 3217: 3147: 3082: 2967: 2949: 2935: 2927: 2835: 2790: 2760: 2715: 2685: 2674: 2631: 2591: 2541: 2491: 2436: 2381: 2316: 2246: 2196: 2185: 2112: 2077: 2012: 1952: 1892: 1842: 1802: 1757: 1692: 1642: 1631: 1583: 1528: 1463: 1413: 1373: 1328: 1283: 1272: 1214: 1149: 1084: 1029: 984: 934: 874: 809: 744: 684: 673: 656: 642: 634: 3522:List of German divisions in World War II 2914:List of German divisions in World War II 549: 498:- (14 February 1942 - 24 November 1943) 540:Netherlands - (Sept 1944 - April 1945) 477:- (1 September 1939 - 10 January 1940) 277:in order to commence training for the 26: 531:Germany - (September 1939 - May 1940) 491:- (4 January 1942 - 14 February 1942) 7: 484:- (10 January 1940 - 4 January 1942) 664:Numbered infantry divisions of the 614:. pp. 27 of 74. Archived from 18:256th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 386:. The division then fought in the 304:(Army Group) under General-Oberst 25: 2957:Volksgrenadier divisions of the 515:Hauptmann Otto Deyhle - (?-1940) 426:military base. It fought in the 390:. The division was destroyed in 314:2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich 186: 172: 158: 144: 130: 66: 40: 579:"US troops in Holland in WWII" 1: 454:256. Reconnaissance Battalion 418:256th Volksgrenadier Division 332:for almost 48 hours. General 285:The Netherlands & Belgium 237:256th Volksgrenadier Division 55:26 August 1939 - 26 June 1944 460:256. Signals Battalion (mot) 457:256. Pioneer Battalion (mot) 300:, which was itself part of 257:The division was raised in 3567: 451:256. Panzerjäger Battalion 3515: 2966: 2907: 2684: 2673: 2195: 2184: 1641: 1630: 1282: 1271: 683: 672: 57:September 1944 - May 1945 39: 34: 510:Operations Officers (Ia) 271:Protektorat Böhmen-Mären 205:256. Infanterie-Division 35:256. Infanterie-Division 666:German Army (1935–1945) 448:256. Artillery Regiment 248:256th Infantry Division 201:256th Infantry Division 30:256th Infantry Division 595:Tessin, Georg (1974). 445:481. Infantry Regiment 442:476. Infantry Regiment 439:456. 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Index

256th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Nazi Germany
Army
Infantry
Division
World War II





German
infantry division
World War II
Vitebsk
Operation Bagration
Korpsabteilung
Wehrkreis IV
Dresden
Poland
Lippstadt
attack on France and the Low Countries in 1940
Kleve
Albert Wodrig
Fedor von Bock
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Gennep
Mill
heavy fighting ensued

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