9th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

German 9th Infantry Division
9. Infanterie-Division
9th Volksgrenadier Division
9. Volksgrenadier-Division
Active 1 October 1934 – 9 October 1944
13 October 1944 – April 1945
Country  Nazi Germany
Branch Army
Type Infantry
Size Division

The German 9th Infantry Division (9. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht. The division was formed on 1 October 1934 in Gießen as Infanterieführer V. With the uncovering of German rearmament on 15 October 1935 the division was renamed 9. Infanterie-Division.

In August 1944 the division was destroyed in southern Ukraine and formally dissolved on 9 October 1944. The remnants of the division together with the Shadow division Dennewitz, originally earmarked for the 584th Volksgrenadier Division, formed in the 9th Volksgrenadier Division (VGD). The 9th VGD fought in the Eifel where it surrendered to U.S. forces.

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