German 100th Light Infantry Division

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The German 100th Light Infantry Division (later reformed as the 100th Jäger Division) was deployed in the southern sector of the Eastern Front, the Crimea, the Caucasus, the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans. The formation was the only Jäger Division that fought at Stalingrad where it was destroyed. The division was reestablished and fought partisans in the Balkans, Croatia, Albania, and was deployed on coastal protection missions in the Strait of Otranto.

Initially established as the 100. Leichte Infantrie Division, two-thirds of the men in this division were Austrians and one-third Silesians. During the latter stages of the war, the division was composed of members from most of Germany’s geographic areas and a large number of German-speaking Walloons (Belgian/French). Today, 6,000 men are still unaccounted for.

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Hanns Neidhardt, Mit Tanne und Eichenlaub— Kriegschronik der 100. Jäger Division vormals 100. leichte Infantrie Division, Leopold Stocker Verlag Graz-Stuttgart, ISBN 3-7020-0373-8).