246th Volksgrenadier Division

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246th Infantry Division
246. Infanterie-Division
Vehicle insignia
Active	August 1941–May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer (Wehrmacht)
Type	Infantry
Size	Division

The 246th Infantry Division (German: 246. Infanterie-Division) was a division of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Towards the end of the war, it was redeployed under the name 246th Volksgrenadier Division.

Operational history

The 246th Infantry Division was formed in Trier (Wkr. XII) and initially stationed on the Saar Line, later in South-western France from August 1941 until January 1942.^[1] On formation, it consisted of 313th, 352nd and 404th infantry regiments; an artillery regiment; a pioneer battalion; an anti-tank battalion; a signals battalion, and other subunits. The division lacked 50mm anti-tank guns, and used trophy French vehicles.

From February 1942 to January 1943 the division served in the area of Vitebsk and was a part of the 9th Army. Most of the operations in which the division participated were in the area of Bely and south-west of it, the sector extending to Smolensk. The division's most active period was during the Winter-Spring of 1942, but from May it was transferred to the Kampfgruppe Esebeck (Generalleutenant Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck),^[2] and from March in Kampfgruppe Zeidlitz. During July 1942, in cooperation with the 2nd Panzer Division it was engaged in combat with the 17th Guards and 135th Rifle Divisions and the 21st Tank Brigade.
The division was encircled and destroyed during the Vitebsk–Orsha offensive in June 1944, and its commander was taken prisoner by the Soviets.

246th Volksgrenadier Division

On 15 September 1944, a new 246th Volksgrenadier Division (short: 246th V.G.D.) was established at the military training area Milovice northeast of Prague, by renaming the 565th Volksgrenadier Division, which had been created only 3 weeks earlier. Subsequently, the division was used in the Ardennes offensive.

Commanders

246th Infantry Division

Generalleutnant Erich Denecke, 1 September 1939 – 13 December 1941
Generalleutnant Maximilian Siry, 13 December 1941 – 16 May 1943
Generalmajor Konrad von Alberti, 16 May 1943 – 12 September 1943
Generalmajor Heinz Fiebig, 12 September 1943 – 5 October 1943
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Falley, 5 October 1943 – 20 April 1944
Generalmajor Claus Müller-Bülow, 20 April 1944 – 27 June 1944 (POW)

246th Volksgrenadier-Division

Oberst Gerhard Wilck, 15 September 1944 – November 1944
Generalmajor Peter Körte, November 1944 – 1 January 1945
Generalmajor Walter Kühn, 1 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

References

^ Mageramov, Alexander Anatolyevich, Combat history of several units and formations, forum notes
^ K14, Ian V. Hogg ed., German Order of Battle, Arms and Armour Press, London, 1975

Numbered infantry divisions of the German Army (1935–1945)

1st – 99th

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Volksgrenadier divisions of the German Army, 1944–45

1st– 199th	6 9 12 16 18 19 22 26 31 36 45 46 47 61 62 78 79 98 167 183

200th – 299th	211 212 246 256 257 271 272 276 277 278

300th – 540th	320 326 334 337 340 347 349 352 361 363 462

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560th – 569th	560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569

570th – 579th	570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579

580th – 589th	580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588

590th – 709th	708

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