division then fought in the Army Group Center. The division was destroyed in Vitebsk during Operation Bagration in July 1944. Netherlands 1944 The remnants of the division formed Divisions-Gruppe 256 which was assigned to Korps-Abteilung H. By Nov 1944 Divisions-Gruppe 256 is stationed on the north side of the Maas river in Holland. Eventually, the 256th Group was integrated into Grenadier Regiment 280, which was part of the 95th Infantry Division. 256th Volksgrenadier Division In September 1944, another division using the ordinal number 256th, the 256th Volksgrenadier Division, was created at Königsbrück military base. It fought in the Battle of the Scheldt and later in the Saar-Moselle Triangle between 1944 and 1945. The 256th Volksgrenadier Division surrendered to American forces in the Württemberg region in May 1945. Order of battle 456. Infantry Regiment 476. Infantry Regiment 481. Infantry Regiment 256. Artillery Regiment 256. Panzerjäger Battalion 256. Reconnaissance Battalion 256. Pioneer Battalion (mot) 256. Signals Battalion (mot) Supply Troops Commanders Generalleutnant Josef Folttmann - (1 September 1939 - 10 January 1940) Generalleutnant Gerhard Kauffmann - (10 January 1940 - 4 January 1942) Generalleutnant Friedrich Weber - (4 January 1942 - 14 February 1942) Generalleutnant Paul Danhauser - (14 February 1942 - 24 November 1943) Generalleutnant Albrecht Wüstenhagen - (24 November 1943 - 26 June 1944) (KIA) (1) Operations Officers (Ia) Hauptmann Otto Deyhle - (?-1940) Major Albrecht von Warburg - (June 1940 - November 1942) Oberstleutnant Adolf Hornig - (November 1942 - 10 December 1943) Area of operations Germany - (September 1939 - May 1940) Netherlands & Belgium - (May 1940 - February 1941) Eastern front, central sector - (February 1941 - July 1944) Netherlands - (Sept 1944 - April 1945) Footnotes References Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II Military units and formations established in 1939 Military units and formations disestablished in 1944