Military unit
The 87th Infantry Division (German: 87. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army during the Second World War, active from 1939 to 1945.
Operational history
The 87th Infantry Division was created on 26 August 1939 in Altenburg.
The division is notable as the first German division to enter the French capital city of Paris on 14 June 1940, during the Battle of France. The French 7th Army had abandoned the city the previous day, leaving it as an open city to avoid the city's destruction.[2]: 34
The division went into captivity in the Courland pocket.
Commanders
Notes
- Footnotes
- Citations
- ^ Andreas Hillgruber; Gerhard Hümmelchen (1989) [1978]. "Juni 1940". Chronik des Zweiten Weltkrieges: Kalendarium militärischer und politischer Ereignisse 1939–1945. Bindlach: Gondrom. pp. 31–37. ISBN 3811206427.
References
- Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007a). German Order of Battle, Volume One: 1st–290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, PA, United States: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5.
- Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007b). German Order of Battle, Volume Three: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, PA, United States: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3438-7.