45th Infantry Division
German:45. Infanterie-Division
Insignia of the 45th Infantry Division
Active	1 April 1938 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Friedrich Materna

The45th Infantry Division (German:45. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the army of Nazi Germany during World War II. Towards the end of the war, the division was reassembled into a second iteration, the45th Volksgrenadier Division (45. Volksgrenadier-Division)

With theannexation of Austria in 1938 byNazi Germany, what was once the 4th Austrian Division was incorporated into theWehrmacht (German Army) and re-designated the 45th Infantry Division.^[1] In the 1939Invasion of Poland, the division was on the right wing ofGerd von Rundstedt'sArmy Group South.

On 22 June 1941, the 45th Infantry Division beganOperation Barbarossa by starting the 9-day longsiege of the Brest Fortress.^[2] In March 1942 theRed Army defeated the division atLivny, Russia and captured the archive of the division. That was the first time the Red Army learned about the defense of theBrest Fortress^[3] It suffered heavy casualties during theBattle of Kursk. It was rebuilt but virtually destroyed atBobruysk in June 1944 duringOperation Bagration.

The destroyed 45th Division was again rebuilt as the "45thVolksgrenadier Division" in the autumn of 1944 inPoland, by renaming the short-lived 546th Grenadier Division (546. Grenadier-Division), which was then still in formation.^[4] On 1 January, the division (then under9th Army ofArmy Group A) had a strength of 10,118 men.^[5]: 504 The division fought atWarsaw andRadom in 1945, retreating throughSilesia toKoniggratz, and finally toCzechoslovakia, where it surrendered.^[4]

• General der InfantereiFriedrich Materna (1 April 1938 – 1 October 1940)
• Generalmajor Gerhard Körner, (25 October 1940 – 27 April 1941)
• GeneralleutnantFritz Schlieper, (27 April 1941 – 27 February 1942)
• Generalleutnant Fritz Kühlwein, (27 February 1942 – 25 April 1943)
• Generalleutnant Hans Freiherr von Falkenstein, (25 April 1943 – 30 November 1943)
• Generalmajor Joachim Engel, (30 November 1943 – 27 February 1944)
• GeneralmajorGustav Gihr, (27 February 1944 – 9 April 1944)
• Generalmajor Joachim Engel, (9 April 1944 – ? June 1944)
• GeneralmajorRichard Daniel, (19 July 1944 – March 1945)
• Generalmajor Erich Hassenstein, (March 1945 – 2 May 1945)

• Infantry Regiment 130
• Infantry Regiment 133
• Infantry Regiment 135
• Reconnaissance Detachment 45
• Artillery Regiment 98
• I Detachment
• II Detachment
• III Detachment
• I/Artillery Regiment 99
• Engineer Battalion 81
• Anti-Tank Detachment 45
• Signal Detachment 65
• Field Replacement Battalion 45
• Supply Unit 45

• Grenadier Regiment 130
• Grenadier Regiment 133
• Grenadier Regiment 135
• Bicycle Detachment 45
• Artillery Regiment 98
• I Detachment
• II Detachment
• III Detachment
• I/Artillery Regiment 99
• Engineer Battalion 81
• Panzerjäger Detachment 45
• Signal Detachment 65
• Field Replacement Battalion 45
• Supply Unit 45

• Grenadier Regiment 130
• Grenadier Regiment 133
• Grenadier Regiment 135
• Fusilier Battalion 45
• Artillery Regiment 98
• I Detachment
• II Detachment
• III Detachment
• I/Artillery Regiment 99
• Engineer Battalion 81
• Panzerjäger Detachment 45
• Signal Detachment 65
• Field Replacement Battalion 45 (2)
• Supply Unit 45

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