The 276th Volksgrenadier Division was a

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division of the

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during

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, active from 1944 to 1945.

History

The division was formed in Poland on 4 September 1944, by redesignating the 580th Volksgrenadier Division, under the command of

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. It contained the 986th, 987th and 988th Grenadier Regiments, and the 276th Artillery Regiment.Axis History Factbook
The 580th Volksgrenadier Division had been created only a week earlier in West Prussia from the meagre remains of the 276th Infantry Division and new recruits. The 276th Volksgrenadier Division fought in the

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, where it took over two thousand casualties, including General Möhring who was killed on 18 December 1944. Möhring was succeeded by

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. It then saw action in Luxembourg, and was destroyed fighting American forces in March 1945.

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