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352nd Infantry Division
352nd Volksgrenadier Division
German: 352. Infanterie-Division
352. Volksgrenadier-Division
Unit insignia
ActiveNovember 1943 – 8 May 1945
Country352nd Infantry Division Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsD-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Dietrich Kraiss

The 352nd Infantry Division (German: 352. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army during World War II. Deployed on the Western Front, the division defended Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. In late 1944, the division was reassembled as the 352nd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 352. Volksgrenadier-Division).

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The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. Opposing the landings was the German 352nd Infantry Division. Of its 12,020 men, 6...

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Gold Beach

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Werner Pluskat

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major, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 352nd Artillery Regiment of the German 352nd Infantry Division during the Allied invasion in Normandy. He was...

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Heinrich Severloh

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(23 June 1923 – 14 January 2006) was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division stationed in Normandy in 1944. Severloh became notable for a memoir...

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Normandy landings

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defended beach, was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division and 29th Infantry Division. They faced the 352nd Infantry Division rather than the expected single regiment...

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Wilhelm Richter

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amphibious assault. Richter's section lay west of Bayeux, where the 352nd Infantry Division was stationed from May 1944, and east of Caen. When the invasion...

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LXXXIV Corps, leaving only remnants of the 352nd Infantry Division in the Trévières–Agy sector. The 352nd Division had been in action since its defence of...

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Battle for Caen

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training. Despite Rommel, the 709th and 352nd Infantry divisions created reserves, the 352nd Infantry Division also contributing Kampfgruppe Meyer with...

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Heinz von Westernhagen

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5 mi) gap opened up between the 352nd Infantry Division and Panzer Lehr Division, the British 7th Armoured Division (Desert Rats) was given the mission...

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Juno Beach

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less success, as intact defences and high-calibre troops of the 352nd Infantry Division caused more casualties than at any of the other beaches; at one...

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Operation Cobra

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Meindl's II Parachute Corps. Meindl's paratroopers, together with the 352nd Infantry Division (which had been in action since its D-Day defense of Omaha Beach)...

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Battle of Carentan

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Regiment (FJR6) with survivors of Grenadier-Regiment 914 (German 352nd Infantry Division) following its 9 June defeat at Isigny. Army Group B commander...

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Pointe du Hoc

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2/HKAA.1260). To defend the promontory from attack, elements of the 352nd Infantry Division were also stationed at the battery. To provide increased defensive...

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Sword Beach

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strong 716th Infantry Division had been positioned to defend the Calvados coast of Normandy. In March 1942, the 352nd Infantry Division assumed control...

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Michael Wittmann

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south from Gold and Omaha Beaches, the German 352nd Infantry Division began to buckle. As the division withdrew south, it opened a 12 km (a 7.5-mile)...

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