12th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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12th Infantry Division 12th Volksgrenadier Division
12. Infanterie-Division 12. Volksgrenadier-Division
Unit insignia
Active	1 October 1934 – July 1944 September 1944 – 18 April 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Wehrkreis II: Schwerin
Engagements	World War II

The 12th Infantry Division (German: "12. Infanteriedivision") – later known as the 12th Volksgrenadier Division – was a Wehrmacht military unit of Nazi Germany that fought during World War II. The division was formed in 1934. It participated in the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the 1940 campaign in France and the Low Countries. In the Soviet Union, the division joined Operation Barbarossa. The division was destroyed in the Soviet Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944. The division was re-activated in September 1944 and posted to the newly created Western Front.