| 384th Infantry Division | |
|---|---|
| German:384. Infanterie-Division | |
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| Active | 10 January 1942 – 10 October 1944 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch |  Heer (Wehrmacht) |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Dobeln |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz |
The384th Infantry Division was a Wehrmacht unit formed during the winter of 1941/42, as part of the 18th wave. All infantry divisions of this wave, numbers 383 to 389, were referred to as "Rhine Gold" divisions. The 384th was sent to the 3rd Panzer Corps, 1st Panzer Army, just in time to be involved in defensive fighting during the Soviet offensive in theSecond Battle of Kharkov, early in the summer of 1942. Afterwards, the division took part in theoffensive operations that led toStalingrad. After the Soviet counteroffensive,Operation Uranus, most of the combat elements of the division were split between the44th and the 376th Infantry Divisions, but both were surrounded at Stalingrad and destroyed.
The surviving combat troops, in the form of the 2/536th battalion, were allocated to the9th Panzer Division to help replace thepanzer grenadiers in its schutzen brigade. The non-combat elements were set to northern France and the division was rebuilt. This process was completed in late 1943, and the division, minus itsreconnaissance battalion and 3/384th Artillery Battalion, was again sent toUkraine. After almost a year at the front, in the autumn of 1944, the 384th was surrounded and then destroyed in defensive fighting near the city ofKishinev, during the SovietJassy–Kishinev Offensive.
Structure of the division:[1]