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719th Infantry Division | |
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German: 719. Infanterie-Division | |
Active | May 1941 – April 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Heer (Wehrmacht) |
Type | Infantry |
Mascot(s) | Rabbit |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Felix Schwalbe |
The 719th Infantry Division (German: 719. Infanterie Division) was a German Army division of World War II.
The division founded in early May 1941, spent most of World War II stationed in the Netherlands and Antwerp, and, after the Allied invasion of June 1944, fought in several defensive battles until being destroyed in April 1945.