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242nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	242nd Infantry Division
native_name	242. Infanterie-Division
image	242nd Infanterie-Division Logo.svg
image_size	150
dates	July 1943 – October 1944
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
type	Static infantry, Infantry
size	Division
battles	Operation Dragoon
Battle of Toulon
disbanded
commander1	Johannes Bäßler
commander1_label	Commander
notable_commanders

Battle of Toulon

The 242nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Army in World War II.

World War II

Infanterie-Division was formed in Gross-Born (Borne Sulinowo) on 9 July 1943, when Division A, formed from convalescents of the disbanded 298. Infanterie-Division, was re-designated. From 8 August to 5 October 1943, the unit was subordinated to 15th Army in Antwerp and Gent in Belgium, before being transferred to 19th Army under Army Group G in Toulon, France.

In 1944, the division fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon. After being ordered to defend Toulon to the last bullet, and to give the rest of Army Group G a chance to withdraw, Generalleutnant Johannes Bäßler and his 242nd division held out for 10 days, until 26 August 1944, when Bäßler was critically wounded and surrendered the division. The division was formally disbanded on 7 October 1944.

Order of Battle 1944

;Commanders

Generalleutnant Johannes Bäßler - in command from formation (20 July 1943) until 26 August 1944

;Units

765th Grenadier Regiment (4 battalions)
917th Grenadier Regiment (4 battalions)
918th Grenadier Regiment (4 battalions)
242nd Artillery Regiment (3 battalions)
242nd Panzerjäger Battalion
242nd Reconnaissance Battalion
242nd Pioneer Battalion
242nd Signals Battalion
242nd Division Support Units

The fourth battalions of all three Grenadier regiments were battalions of the Ostlegionen conscripts from Poland and Russia.

References

(1973). "Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und der Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945: Band 8: Die Landstreitkräfte Nummern 201-280". Biblio Verlag Osnabrück.
(2007). "German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II". Stackpole Books.
"German Forces in the West". cgsc.edu.

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