35th Infantry Division | |
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Active | October 1936 – May 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
The 35th Infantry Division (German: 35. Infanteriedivision) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.
The 35th Infantry Division was raised in October 1936 in Germany's re-militarisation. It was used mostly used on the eastern front.
In May 1940, the division was part of the German forces sent to invade France and Belgium, remaining as an occupational formation in the two nations until June the next year, when it took part in Operation Barbarossa (the invasion of the Soviet Union). Between then and April 1945 the division would remain in the central and southern sectors before being forced back to East Prussia by the advancing Red Army.