305th Infantry Division (Germany) - Chronology

Chronology

The Road into Russia

• By December 1940, the 305th was as a garrison division absorbing one-third of the 78th Infantry Division and the 296th Infantry Division.
• On 7 February 1942 the division was converted from garrison division to a field division.
• In March 1942 divisions received full armaments and was led up to staff infantry division.
• In July 1942 the division arrived on southern segment front in Russia.
• From August 1942 the division is engaged with Soviet forces near Stalingrad and in the city of Stalingrad itself. 305th Infantry Division was intended to become a garrison division in Stalingrad after the fall of city, but these plans are not realized.
• The division was destroyed in the North Sector of Stalingrad in January 1943. Very few survivors and wounded made it out of the city.
• Last units of the 305th see action on 1 February 1943 near the tractor factory in the North Sector of Stalingrad.

Reconstitution and Service in Italy

Incomplete. More to come.