Dragon 6115 352nd Volksgrenadier Division (Ardennes 1944)

352nd Infantry Division (Ger. 352. Infanterie-Division ) was formed in November 1943 in occupied France. In September 1944, it was transformed into the 352nd People's Grenadier Division (German 352. Volksgrenadier- Division). The unit was formed to compensate for the losses suffered by the Wehrmacht during the fighting on the Eastern Front in 1943. It was assumed that the unit would be fully operational in May 1944. It was originally assumed that the division would be relocated to the Eastern Front, but with the increasing threat of an Allied invasion in France, it was decided that the unit would remain in the country of its formation and fight the Allies based on the fortifications of the Atlantic Wall. For this reason The 352nd Infantry Division was relatively poorly equipped with artillery or machine guns. The unit faced the Allied invasion on June 6, 1944, but suffered enormous losses over the next several hours. The remnants of the division took part in the fighting in Normandy in June-July 1944, suffering further serious losses. The remnants of the 352nd Infantry Division were transformed in September 1944 into the 352nd People's Grenadier Division, which took part in the Ardennes offensive in 1944-1945. In the course of these fights, it again suffered serious losses, and the remains of the division capitulated to the Allied forces in April 1945.