359th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

359th Infantry Division
359. Infanterie Division Vehicle Insignia
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II

The 359th Infantry Division (German: 359. Infanterie-Division) was a German infantry division in World War II. It was formed on 11 November 1943 in Radom and surrendered to Soviet forces near Braunau, present-day Broumov in the Czech Republic.

Commanding officers[]

• Generalleutnant Karl Arndt, 20 November 1943 – 25 April 1945

References[]

• Tessin, Georg (1974). Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945. Neunter Band. Die Landstreitkräfte 281–370. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück. ISBN 3-7648-0872-1.