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The 326th Infantry Division (326. Infanterie-Division) was the only Eastern Front (Ost Front) veteran division to have fought in the battles of Normandy. It was formed on November 9, 1942, shortly after its return from Southern Russia to serve as an occupation force in France. On May 5, 1943, the division was transformed into a static division. The 326th Infantry Division was destroyed during the Battle of Normandy. A new 326th Volksgrenadier Division (326. Volksgrenadier-Division) was formed on September 4, 1944, in Galanta by redesignation of the new 579th Volksgrenadier Division of the 32nd mobilisation wave. In 1945 the division, separated into two groups, entered U.S. captivity in the Ruhr Pocket and Harz respectively.




Operational history


The 326th Infantry Division spent its entire operational history on the Western Front, taking part in the Battles of Normandy under Army Group D (Heeresgruppe D) and the Ardennes under Army Group B (Heeresgruppe B).




Organisation






= 1942

=
Grenadier-Regiment 751, I-III Battalions
Grenadier-Regiment 752, I-III Battalions
Grenadier-Regiment 753, I-III Battalions
Artillerie-Regiment 326, I-III Battalions
Schnelle-Abteilung 326
Pionier-Bataillon 326
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 326




= 1944

=
Grenadier-Regiment 751, I and II Battalions
Grenadier-Regiment 752, I and II Battalions
Grenadier-Regiment 753, I and II Battalions
Artillerie-Regiment 326, I-IV Battalions
Divisions-Füsilier-Kompanie 326 (later expanded to Füsilier-Bataillon 26)
Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 326
Pionier-Bataillon 326
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 326




Commanding officers


Lieutenant General Friedrich von Drabich-Waechter (1944)
Major General Dr. Erwin Kaschner (1945)
Lieutenant General Friedrich




References


Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS 1939 - 1945 Volume 9

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