Infanterie-Division) also known as a "Rheingold" Division, was created on 10 January 1942 in Fallingbostel.
The division was composed of replacement troops from military districts VI, X and XI.
The division was annihilated near the Don River during the Battle of Stalingrad in early 1943 while subordinated to the 8th Italian Army.
[1] The 385th Infantry Division was trapped as part of the encirclement between 15 and 26 January 1943 (along with 387th Infantry, Tridentina, Julia, Cuneense and Vicenza divisions), when Soviet troops encircled XXIV Panzer Corps and the Italian Alpini Corps.
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