371st Infantry Division

Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army during World War II, active from 1942 to 1945 in two separate instances.

The division sent to the Eastern Front in June 1942 and was annihilated during the Battle of Stalingrad on 31 January 1943 while subordinated to the 6th Army.

The division was then initially entrusted with coastal protection tasks in Italy and were in December 1943 moved to Croatia to participate in anti-partisan operations.

[1]: 1026 From the Balkan theater, the division was deployed to northern Ukraine, Poland and Upper Silesia, where it fought in several defensive battles.

At the end of the war, the division surrendered to the Soviets in the Iglau – Deutsch-Brod area in the present-day Czech Republic.

Advance of the 371. Infantry Division to the east towards Stalingrad