131st Infantry Division
131. Infanterie-Division
Active	October 1940 – February 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Hanover, Germany

The 131st Infantry Division ( German: 131. Infanterie-Division) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.

Operational history

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. ^[1]

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.

Order of battle

• 431st Infantry Regiment
• 432nd Infantry Regiment
• 434th Infantry Regiment
• 131st Reconnaissance Battalion
• 131st Tank-destroyer Battalion
• 131st Engineer Battalion
• 131st Signal Battalion
• 131st Divisional-Resupply Troops

Commanders

• Lieutenant General Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf (Oct 1940-Jan 1944)
• Lieutenant General Friedrich Weber (Jan-Oct 1944)
• Major General of Reserves Werner Schulze (Oct 1944-Jan 1945)
• Colonel Nobiz (Jan-April 1945)

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