64th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

64th Infantry Division
64. Infanterie-Division
Active	Before August 1944 – November 1944
Country	Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry Reserve
Role	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Bonn
Engagements	World War II Battle of Abbeville Breskens Pocket

The 64th Infantry Division(64. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

History

The division was formed sometime before August 1944 in Cologne. It saw action at Battle of Abbeville and was isolated when the 15th Army left by Scheldt. Because of the division's commander, Major General Knut Eberding, to stay behind and fight the 2nd Canadian Corps resulting in the Breskens Pocket. Because of the battle the main army was able to organize the Ardennes Offensive. ^{[1] [2]}

Although the division was eventually overwhelmed and forced to withdraw from the Breskens Pocket as a result of Operation Switchback , the 64th Infantry Division had resourcefully defended its perimeter. In an intelligence report by the First Canadian Army, the 64th Infantry Division was complimented as "the best infantry division [the Canadian First Army] ever met". ^[3]

Organization

Organization of the Division: ^[1]

• 1037th Grenadier Regiment
• 1038th Grenadier Regiment
• 1059th Grenadier Regiment
• 164th Artillery Regiment
• 64th Fusilier Battalion
• 164th Tank Destroyer Company
• 164th Engineer Battalion
• 164th Signal Battalion
• 164th Divisional Supply Group

References

1. German Order of Battle, 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. p. 75.
2. German Order of Battle, 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. p. 76.
3. Stacey, C.P. (1960). The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945. Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Vol. 3. Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. p. 400.