7th Parachute Division (Germany)

Fallschirmjäger-Division) was a fallschirmjäger (airborne) division of the German military during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.

The division was first formed as Fallschirmjäger-Division Erdmann in early September, 1944 from a collection of training units and remnants of other formations, and named after its commander Wolfgang Erdmann.

[1][2] It fought in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands during Operation Market-Garden in September,[3][4][5] and on October 29th was redesignated as the 7.

[6] It contained the 19th, 20th and 21st Fallschirmjäger Regiments and other divisional support units.

[7][8] The division fought on the Western Front for the remainder of the war, surrendering at Oldenburg with the end of hostilities.