The232nd Infantry Division (German:232. Infanterie-Division) was aninfantry division of the GermanHeer duringWorld War II.
The 232nd Infantry Division was formed on 26 June 1944 inWehrkreis IX as a division of the twenty-seventhAufstellungswelle. It was formed atWildflecken military exercise base from theWildflecken Shadow Division, which had also been used to replenish the715th Infantry Division early in the month of June 1944. The 232nd Infantry Division initially consisted of the Grenadier Regiments 1043, 1044 and 1045, as well as the Artillery Regiment 232.[1] The division's only commander throughout its service wasEccard von Gablenz.[2]
In August 1944, the division was deployed in the reserves ofArmee-Abteilung Ligurien in the Italian theater.[1] By February 1945, the division fought in theApennine Mountains as part ofLI Mountain Corps.[2] At this point, Ernest Fisher notes the division was "originally intended only for rear area duty", and thus its troops comprised "either older men or convalescents intercepted en route to their former units on the Eastern front. In reserve were a fusilier battalion and elements of a mountain battalion."[3]
The 232nd Infantry Division surrendered to American forces in the area betweenBrescia andMilan.[1]