562nd Grenadier Division (Wehrmacht)

The 562nd Grenadier Division was a German military unit during World War II.

Organisation and history

The division was formed in July 1944 at Stablack near Preußisch Eylau, East Prussia, in the 29th mobilisation wave, with the following organisation:

In October 1944 it was reconstituted as the 562nd Volksgrenadier Division, with the following organisation:

As part of the LV Corps of the German Fourth Army, it fought on its home territory opposing the Red Army's East Prussian Offensive. The division was destroyed in the Heiligenbeil pocket in March 1945.

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