Unit Name: | 131st Infantry Division |
Native Name: | 131. Infanterie-Division |
Dates: | October 1940 – February 1945 |
Branch: | Army |
Type: | Infantry |
Garrison: | Hanover, Germany |
Size: | Division |
The 131st Infantry Division was a German Army infantry division in World War II.
The 131st Infantry Division was activated in October 1940, primarily out of other divisions - it included soldiers from the 31st and 269th Infantry Divisions, and cavalry from the 19th.
The division participated in Operation Barbarossa and fought during the entire war on the Eastern Front. In January 1945, the division was driven into the so-called Heiligenbeil Pocket, where it was destroyed in March 1945.