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131st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	131st Infantry Division
native_name	131. Infanterie-Division
image	131st Infanterie-Division Logo.svg
image_size	50
dates	October 1940 – February 1945
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
type	Infantry
garrison	Hanover, Germany
size	Division

The 131st Infantry Division () was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

Operational history

The 131st Infantry Division was activated in October 1940, primarily out of other divisions - it included soldiers from the 31st and 269th Infantry Divisions, and cavalry from the 19th.

The division participated in Operation Barbarossa and fought during the entire war on the Eastern Front. In January 1945, the division was driven into the so-called Heiligenbeil Pocket, where it was destroyed in March 1945.

Order of battle

431st Infantry Regiment
432nd Infantry Regiment
434th Infantry Regiment
131st Reconnaissance Battalion
131st Tank-destroyer Battalion
131st Engineer Battalion
131st Signal Battalion
131st Divisional-Resupply Troops

Commanders

Lieutenant General Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf (Oct 1940-Jan 1944)
Lieutenant General Friedrich Weber (Jan-Oct 1944)
Major General of Reserves Werner Schulze (Oct 1944-Jan 1945)
Colonel Nobiz (Jan-April 1945)

Sources

References

Mitcham, Samuel W.. (2007). "German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II". Stackpole Books.

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