564th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)

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564th Volksgrenadier Division
Active 1944-1945
Disbanded 1945
CountryFlag of German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Branch Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Wolfgang Lange

The 564th Volksgrenadier Division was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.

<i>Volksgrenadier</i>

Volksgrenadier was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the Autumn of 1944 after the double loss of Army Group Center to the Soviets in Operation Bagration and the Fifth Panzer Army to the Allies in Normandy. The name itself was intended to build morale, appealing at once to nationalism (Volk) and Germany's older military traditions (Grenadier). Germany formed 78 VGDs during the war. Volksgrenadier divisions were professional military formations with effective weapons and equipment, unlike the unrelated Volkssturm militia.

The division was formed in September 1944 in Austria, by redesignating the 564th Grenadier Division, under the command of Wolfgang Lange. It contained the 1150th, 1151st and 1152nd Grenadier Regiments, and the 1564th Artillery Regiment. [1]

Wolfgang Lange was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Lange surrendered to the American troops on 15 April 1945 in the Ruhr Pocket.

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  1. Axis History Factbook

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