72nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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72nd Infantry Division
72. Infanterie-Division
72nd Infanterie Division Logo.svg
Divisional insignia
Active19 September 1939 – 8 May 1945
CountryFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Branch Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Nickname(s)Yellow Cross
Engagements World War II

The 72nd Infantry Division (German : 72. Infanterie-Division) was formed on 19 September 1939 in Trier from Grenz-Division Trier, a border security unit.

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It was later refitted in Poland in March 1944 as part of the 24th wave (Aufstellungswelle).

On 1 January 1945, the division, then under command of the 4th Panzer Army of Army Group A, had a strength of 10,493 men. [1] :504

The division surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945, after which Generalmajor Karl Arning was convicted of war crimes in the Soviet Union.

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Breakout to Lisyanka.

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References

Citations
  1. Lakowski, Richard (2008). "Der Zusammenbruch der deutschen Verteidigung zwischen Ostsee und Karpaten". In Müller, Rolf-Dieter (ed.). Die Militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg (in German). Vol. 10/1. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 491–681. ISBN   9783421062376.
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