NORMANDY - BRITTANY - CENTRAL EUROPE - ARDENNES - RHINELAND


Division Statistics During WWII

Casualties

Killed in Action: 2,850
Died of wounds:    425

Total Killed: 

3,275
Seriously wounded in action:   3,809
Slightly wounded in action:   6,096
Seriously injured in action:      111
Slightly injured in action:   1,044

Total Wounded and Injured: 

11,060
Captured:      177
Missing in action:      501

Total Captured and Missing: 

     678

Total Battle Casualties: 

15,013

Replacements

Returned to duty: 10,187
Reinforcements: 15,736

Total Replacements: 

25,923

Enemy Equipment Destroyed

Tanks: 480
Planes: 61
Supply trains: 29
Artillery pieces: 966

Miscellaneous

Days of contact with the enemy: 270
Prisoners captured: 82,146
Battlefield commissions: 75
Rounds of artillery fired (by Organic Artillery): 410,251
Rounds of small arms and mortar fired: 21,899,955
Miles of field wire laid: 11,868

Major Enemy Units Engaged

Normandy: 6 Para Rgt, 2 Parachute Division
17 SS Panzer Grenadier Division "GOTZ VON BERLICHINGEN"
2 SS Panzer Regiment of 2 SS Panzer Division "DAS REICH"
13 Parachute Regiment of 5 Parachute Division
Brittany: 7 Parachute Regiment, 2 Parachute Division
77 Infantry Division
266 Infantry Division
343 Infantry Division
S. Loire: 16 Infantry Division
Combat Group Reinhardt
159 Reserve Infantry Division
Luxemburg: 5 Parachute Division
36 Infantry Division
48 Infantry Division
19 Infantry Division
416 Infantry Division
212 Volksgrenadier Division
Hurtgen Forest: 47 Infantry Division
91 Infantry Division
272 Volksgrenadier Division
353 Infantry Division
Ardennes: 9 SS Panzer Division "HOHENSTAUFFEN"
12 Volksgrenadier Division
To Rhine River: 59 Infantry Division
183 Volksgrenadier Division
130 Panzer Lehr Division
338 Infantry Division
363 Volksgrenadier Division
To Elbe River: 116 Panzer Division
3 Panzer Grenadier Division
"SCHARNHORST" Division
""POTSDAM" Division
21 Panzer Division
25 Panzer Grenadier Division

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