already under fire from its forward positions and now the rear. The 32nd SS-Grenadier Division was moved to Fürstenwalde to support the 712th. Encircled by the Soviets, the Ninth Army attempted to break out from 24 April through the village of Halbe. On the morning of 26 April, the 712th and the 21st Panzer Division launched an attack in-between the 1st Ukrainian Front's 28th Army and 3rd Guards Tank Army. In its final breaths the 712th had been reduced severely to its 732nd, 745th and 764th Grenadier Regiments (each at two battalion-strength) and the 1712nd Artillery Regiment. Commanders Generalmajor George von Döhren (3 May 1941 – 15 Apr 1942) Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann (16 Apr 1942 – 25 Feb 1945) Generalmajor Joachim von Siegroth (25 Feb 1945 – 2 May 1945) Order of battle 1941 732nd Infantry Regiment 745th Infantry Regiment 652nd Artillery detachment 712nd Pioneer Company 712 Signals Company 712nd Supply detachment 1943 732nd Grenadier Regiment 745th Grenadier Regiment 652nd Artillery Regiment 712nd Pioneer Battalion 712nd Anti-tank company 712 Signals Battalion 712nd Supply detachment 1945 732nd Grenadier Regiment 745th Grenadier Regiment 764th Grenadier Regiment 712nd Fusilier Battalion 712nd Artillery Regiment 712nd Pioneer Battalion 712nd Anti-tank Battalion 712nd Signals Battalion 1712nd Field-replacement Battalion 712nd Supply detachment References Military units and formations established in 1941 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II