The 96th Infantry Division (German: 96. Infanterie-Division) was a
Germandivision deployed during
World War II. It was formed on 25 September 1939 in
Bergen as part of the 5th wave (
aufstellungswelle).
The division was equipped with captured Czech weapons and In 1942, 40-45% of the division's soldiers were Polish.[1] It later surrendered to the
US forces at the end of the war, but some elements of the division were handed over to the
Red Army
^Справочник боевых характеристик немецких дивизий (на 1.6.1943): Главное разведывательное Красной армии (in Russian). Moscow. 1943. pp. 13, 21, 31, 49, 53.{{
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Tessin, Georg (1972). "Die Landstreitkräfte 71—130". Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945 (in German). Vol. 6. Frankfurt/Main: E.S. Mittler. pp. 142–143.