121st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Infanterie-Division) was a German Wehrmacht division in World War II.

In September 1941 the formation, on arriving in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg; engaged in the siege of Leningrad.

By October 1941 it was down to 40% of its authorized strength and 3 infantry battalions had to be disbanded due to high casualties.

In 1944 it was involved in the retreat from Leningrad through the Baltic states wherein it fought in the Battle of Pskov.

[1][2] In the winter of 1943/44, the Blue Legion of Spanish volunteers (formerly part of the Blue Division, dissovled in late 1943) was initially attached to the 121st Division before its dissolution in March 1944.