History
The 91st Infantry Division was created in January 1944 and reorganized as the 91st Air Landing Division in the spring to take part in Operation Tanne Ost, an aborted airborne operation in Scandinavia. It was stationed in the Cotentin Peninsula when the Allies invaded in June, and was lost in the fall of Cherbourg. It was partially reconstituted in November, and then used to reconstitute the 344th Infantry Division. Its order of battle for 6 June 1944 included 6th Parachute Regiment attached, with von der Heydte commanding.
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