120 52. Infanterie-DivisionItemla, Anlagenband E z+ KTB 10, Tages- und Morgenmeldungen.Ic, T<strong>at</strong>igkeitsbericht, Teil 10 mit Anlagen. Intelligence bulletins and reports,interrog<strong>at</strong>ion summaries, and maps and overlays pertaining <strong>to</strong> division andenemy oper<strong>at</strong>ions in the Smolensk and Orsha areas5 unit identific<strong>at</strong>ion,losses of men and equipment, the tactical situ<strong>at</strong>ion, and German propaganda cAlso, German transl<strong>at</strong>ions of Soviet army orders.la, Ic, Gefechtsbericht vom 15. Juni 194-0. Afteraction report concerning divisionand enemy oper<strong>at</strong>ions along the Marne-Saone Canal in the St.Dizier area.The division was subordin<strong>at</strong>e <strong>to</strong> the III. A.K. under the <strong>com</strong>mand of Gen.Lt.Jiirgen von Arnim, Sep 12, 1939 - Oct 5, 1940.Ic, Anlagen z. KTB 7, Gefangenenvernehmungen.D<strong>at</strong>es Item No. Roll 1st FrameAug 6 - Sep 25, 1943 45481/6 961 935Aug 6 - Dec 23, 1943 45688 961 732Dec 7, 1940Sep 2-20, 194277121/177121/296196110791101
The 56. Infanterie-Division (2. Welle) was activ<strong>at</strong>ed on August 25,1939, from reservists in Wehrkreis IV. It was sent <strong>to</strong> Presov, Slovakia,September 9-11, 1939, <strong>to</strong> particip<strong>at</strong>e in the Polish campaign.After contact with the Russian Army on the Bug River, the divisionwas transferred on September 29 <strong>to</strong> the Cologne area for training andsecurity of the German-Dutch border. It fought in the western campaignin Holland, Belgium, and France in May and June 1940 and performedoccup<strong>at</strong>ion duties in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. OnSeptember 7, 194-0, it moved <strong>to</strong> Upper Silesia and southwestern Polandfor training and reorganiz<strong>at</strong>ion. It returned <strong>to</strong> the Bug River inJune 1941 and <strong>to</strong>ok part in the invasion of Russia in the central sec<strong>to</strong>rand l<strong>at</strong>er in the southern sec<strong>to</strong>r, advancing <strong>to</strong> the Dnieper Riverwhere it particip<strong>at</strong>ed in the encirclement of Kiev in September. InOc<strong>to</strong>ber 194-1 the division advanced northeast and fought in the encirclemen<strong>to</strong>f Bryansk, From December 194-1 until 1943 it was continouslyengaged east of Orel, along the Zusha River, and in the b<strong>at</strong>tlesof Bolkhov, Mtsensk, Novosil, and Verkhovye, where it suffered heavyItemla, Kriegstagebuch 2 mit Anlagen, Eins<strong>at</strong>z zur Sicherung der deutschen Westgrenze.Form<strong>at</strong>ion of the division on Aug 25, 1939; transfer <strong>to</strong> Presov, Slovakia;march across the Lupkow Pass in the Polish campaign; the advance <strong>to</strong> Przemyslwhere it met the Russian Army; and entraining on Sep 29, 1939, in the Tarnowarea for movement <strong>to</strong> the Cologne area for training and security of the German- •Dutch border. Also, corps and division orders, lists of officers' duty assignments,and maps. The division was subordin<strong>at</strong>e <strong>to</strong> the XXII. and IX. A.K. duringthis period, under the <strong>com</strong>mand of Gen.Lt. Karl Kriebel.Ic, Ha, T<strong>at</strong>igkeitsberichte. Enemy activities and instructions in espionage andsabotage. An activity report of the Personnel Branch concerning personnelabsent without leave, assignments, and losses.56. Infanterie-Division (56th Infantry Division) 121losses a The division withdrew <strong>to</strong> the Bryansk and Roslavl areasfor rehabilit<strong>at</strong>ion, and then defended positions in the Mstislavlarea on the Sozh and Vakhra Rivers. From September 194-3 untilFebruary 194-4- it was engaged in position defense and antipartisanoper<strong>at</strong>ions along the Pronya River in the Chausy area east of Mogilev.On November 15, 194-3, the 56. Infanterie-Di vision and partsof the 262. Infanterie-Division were reorganized as KorpsabteilungD after both divisions suffered heavy losses. Although no <strong>records</strong>of this unit d<strong>at</strong>ed l<strong>at</strong>er than February IS, 194-4-, are available,situ<strong>at</strong>ion maps of Lage Ost show th<strong>at</strong> it defended the Mogilev areain December 1943 and January 1944, the Polotsk and Chausy areasin February, the Vitebsk area until June, the Svencionys area ofLithuania in July, and the Kaunas area until September.. In Oc<strong>to</strong>ber1944 Korpsabteilung D was again redesign<strong>at</strong>ed as the 56. Infanterie-Divisionand defended the Gusev (Gumbinn'en) area untilJanuary and the Heiligenbeil area until March 1945, when it wasprobably destroyed.'D<strong>at</strong>es Item No. Roll 1st FrameOct 14, 1939 -May 9, 1940 W 4155 962Oct 14, 1939 -May 9, 1940 W 6360 962 487la, Kriegstagebuch 3, Teil I, Der Durchbruch zum 'Annelkanal bei der 6. Armee.The breakthrough in the Venlo area on the Maas River, offensives as far asGhent and the Turnhout Canal, and maps. The division was subordin<strong>at</strong>e <strong>to</strong> theIX. A.K. during this period.May 9 - 19, 1940 W 7576/1* 962 500* Item damaged by fire.
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