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Volksgrenadier, also spelt Volks-Grenadier, was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the autumn of 1944 after the double loss of Army Group Centre to the Soviets in Operation Bagration and the Fifth Panzer Army to the Western Allies in Normandy. The name itself was intended to build morale, appealing at once to nationalism (Volk) and Germany's older military traditions (Grenadier). Germany formed 78 VGDs during the war. Volksgrenadier divisions were professional military formations with standardized weapons and equipment, unlike the unrelated Volkssturm militia.
Volksgrenadiers, armed with StG 44 rifles, fighting in the Ardennes, 1944
Volksgrenadier, also spelt Volks-Grenadier, was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the autumn of 1944 after the double loss of...
1944, the division was reassembled as the 352nd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 352. Volksgrenadier-Division). The 352nd Infantry Division was formed...
used some of the last reserves of the German Army. Among them were Volksgrenadier ('People's Grenadier') units formed from a mix of battle-hardened veterans...
Towards the end of the war, the formation was reshaped into the 22nd Volksgrenadier Division. Created as 22nd Infantry Division in 1935, one regiment participated...
The 272nd Volksgrenadier Division, was a German Army Volksgrenadier division formed following the defeats of the Normandy Campaign in 1944. Composed of...
destroyed in August 1944. Subsequently, a division designated 271st Volksgrenadier Division (German: 271. Volks-Grenadier-Division) was deployed in August...
The 340th Volksgrenadier Division was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945. The division...
1940 to 1944. In late 1944, the division was reassembled as the 320th Volksgrenadier Division. The division was created on 2 December 1940 in Lübeck from...
000 personnel. The 246th Volksgrenadier Division replaced the 116th Panzer Division in Aachen proper, the 183rd Volksgrenadier Division and 49th Infantry...
the 257th Volksgrenadier Division (German: 257. Volks-Grenadier-Division) on 13 October 1944, using personnel from the 587th Volksgrenadier Division....
planned to attack a 7 mi (11 km) front with three divisions: the 26th Volksgrenadier and the 2nd Panzer would lead the assault, with the Panzer-Lehr-Division...
183rd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 183. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a German unit during World War II. In September 1944 the 183 Volksgrenadier Division...
regiment. It included the 1st SS Panzer, 12th SS Panzer, 12th Volksgrenadier, 277th Volksgrenadier, and 3rd Fallschirmjäger divisions. II SS Panzer Corps were...
The 363rd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 363. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War...
Towards the end of the war, it was redeployed under the name 246th Volksgrenadier Division. The 246th Infantry Division was formed in Trier (Wkr. XII)...
The 47th Volksgrenadier Division (German: 47. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during the Second World War, active...
The 553rd Volksgrenadier Division (German: 553. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during World War II that fought...
the Battle of Normandy in August 1944. A third, 277th Volksgrenadier Division (277. Volksgrenadier-Division) was formed on September 4, 1944, in Hungary...
The 559th Volksgrenadier Division (German: 559. Volksgrenadier-Division) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army during World War II that fought...
The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18. Volksgrenadier-Division; 18. VGD) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army (i.e. Heer) during the Second...
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