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DATE

1943/11/08

1944/02/00

1944/03/00

1944/04/00

1944/05/00

1944/07/13

1944/07/17

1944/07/22

1944/07/24

1944/08/13

1944/08/17

1944/09/00

LOCATION

Kolding, Denmark

361. INFANTERIE-DIVISION (VOLKSGRENADIER) - UNIT HISTORY

ACTIVITY CHAIN OF COMMAND

Activation(21.Welle), Subordinate

to: Wehrrnachtbefehlshaber

Da

formation from remnants

of the

86.ID,

C.0

0

:Gen.Lt.

Siegmund Frhr.

von

Schlein

Bramminge, south Denmark

south Jutland, western islands

of Denmark

Brody,

Ternopol,Radzivilov,

Krupiec, Soviet Union

Brody

Kolpin,Koltow

Olechow, Sydonowka, Zolochev

(Zloczow),

Olesko, Sasov

Koltow, Toporow, Sokolowka,

Wolnica, Lasowa,BialyKamien,

Poland

Kniazyce, Lakie

Chodorow,Podberezye, Stry,

Kruszelnica,Mukachevo

Mukachevo,

Soviet Union

Mukachevo

Neustadt, Upper Silesia

Koeln-Wahn, Wehrkreis

VI

training

Training,

security

Transfer,

security,

defense against enemy penetration

Battle

for

Construction and defense of positions

Defense against major Russian offensive

Withdrawal, defensive operations,

encirclement

Breakthrough

Withdrawal of remnants,

assembly

Disbandment

(source:

Potsdam catalog)

Assignment of personnel to PzAOK 1,

formation

of

Abwicklungsstab

and

transfer

Arrival of

Ib

staff,reformation

asthe 361. Volksgrenadier-Div

0

with

elements of the569.VGrD

1943/11/20-1944/08/03

Subordinate to: AK 13 (Heeresgruppe Nord

Oo :

Gen.Maj

0

GerhardLindemann,

mstFb.

1944/05/25-1944/07/15

Gen.Maj.Alfred Philippi,mFb,1944/09

Although

only

one

record item

of

this division

was

available

in the

National Archives which

is

reproduced

on

roll 2152

of

NARS Mic

T315 and described following the unit history. The following sources giveadditional information pertaining to the 361.ID(VGrD):

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361. IN FA N T E RI E -D I VI SI O N

VOLKSGRENADIER)

C O N T E N T S D A T E S

ITEM

N O .

i n m i d - S e p t e m b e rf or r e for m a t ion as the361.

V o l k s g r e n a d i e r - D i vi s i o n ; a n d e s t a b l i s h m e n t of an

A b w i c k l u n g s s t a t

and its

m o v e m e n t

t o N e u st a dt ,

UpperSilesia

f or

a d m i n i s t r a t i o n

of formal

d i s b a n d m e n t

of t he

d i v i s i o n ,

20

A u g ,

and its

final

a ssignm e nt t o O KH/C he f H

Puest

u

B d E

for reporting

an d clarif icatior of the

losses

cf the

division.