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Volksgrenadier
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.
564th Volksgrenadier Division
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
340th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
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18th Volksgrenadier Division
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
541st Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
462nd Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
551st Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
military unit
548th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
WWII German infantry division
361st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
military unit
563rd Volksgrenadier Division
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
553rd Grenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
military unit
561st Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
246th Infantry Division
Third Wave division of the Wehrmacht
549th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
559th Grenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
military unit
560th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
558th Grenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
German Army infantry division in World War II
708th Volksgrenadier Division
German Army infantry division in World War II
272nd Volksgrenadier Division
German Army infantry division in World War II
574th Volksgrenadier Division
German Army infantry division in World War II
337th Volksgrenadier Division
German Army infantry division in World War II
47th Volksgrenadier Division
German Army infantry division in World War II
363rd Volksgrenadier Division
German Army volksgrenadier division in World War II
276th Volksgrenadier Division
German Army infantry division in World War II