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The '''246th Infantry''' (later '''''Volksgrenadier''''') '''Division''' was a Third Wave [[List of German divisions in World War II|division]] of the [[Wehrmacht]] formed in [[Trier]] (Wkr. XII) and initially stationed on the Saar Line, later in South-western [[France]] from August 1941 until January 1942.<ref>[http://artofwar.ru/m/maa/text_0270.shtml Mageramov, Alexander Anatolyevich, Combat history of several units and formations, forum notes]</ref>▼
| unit_name = 246th Infantry Division
| native_name = 246. Infanterie-Division
| image = 246. inf div.png
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| caption = Vehicle insignia
| dates = August 1941–May 1945
| country = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
| branch = [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Heer]] ([[Wehrmacht]])
| type = [[Infantry]]
| size = [[Division (military)|Division]]
| battles =
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The '''246th Infantry''' '''Division''' ({{lang-de|246. Infanterie-Division}}) was a [[List of German divisions in World War II|division]] of the German [[Wehrmacht]] during [[World War II]]. Towards the end of the war, it was redeployed under the name '''246th Volksgrenadier Division'''.
==Operational history==
▲The
From February 1942 to January 1943 the division served in the area of [[Vitebsk]] and was a part of the [[9th Army (
The division was encircled and destroyed during the [[Vitebsk–Orsha offensive]] in June 1944, and its commander was taken prisoner by the Soviets.
▲From February 1942 to January 1943 the division served in the area of [[Vitebsk]] and was a part of the [[9th Army (Germany)|9th Army]]). Most of the operations in which the division participated were in the area of [[Bely]] and south-west of it, the sector extending to [[Smolensk]]. The division's most active period was during the Winter-Spring of 1942, but from May it was transferred to the ''Kampfgruppe Esebeck'' (Generalleutenant [[Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck]])<ref>K14, Ian V. Hogg ed., ''German Order of Battle, Arms and Armour Press'', London, 1975</ref>, and from March in ''Kampfgruppe Zeidlitz''. During July 1942, in cooperation with the [[2nd Panzer Division (Germany)|2nd Panzer Division]] it was engaged in combat with the 17th Guards and 135th Rifle Divisions and the 21st Tank Brigade.
On 15 September 1944, a new 246th Volksgrenadier Division (short: 246th V.G.D.) was established at the military training area [[Milovice]] northeast of Prague, by renaming the '''565th Volksgrenadier Division''', which had been created only 3 weeks earlier. Subsequently, the division was used in the Ardennes offensive.
==Commanders==
===246th Infantry Division===
*Generalleutnant [[Erich Denecke]], 1 September 1939 – 13 December 1941
*Generalleutnant [[Maximilian Siry]], 13 December 1941 – 16 May 1943
*Generalmajor [[Konrad von Alberti]], 16 May 1943 – 12 September 1943
*Generalmajor [[Heinz Fiebig]], 12 September 1943 – 5 October 1943
*Generalleutnant [[Wilhelm Falley]], 5 October 1943 – 20 April 1944
*Generalmajor Claus Müller-Bülow, 20 April 1944 – 27 June 1944 (POW)
===246th Volksgrenadier-Division===
*Oberst [[Gerhard Wilck]], 15 September 1944 – November 1944
*Generalmajor [[Peter Körte]], November 1944 – 1 January 1945
*Generalmajor Walter Kühn, 1 January 1945 – 8 May 1945
==References==
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[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
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