Leningrad 227th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

in late 1941 division transferred army group north on eastern front. there division engaged in heavy fighting in , around leningrad. in january 1942, division part of herbert loch s 28th army corps (xxviii ak), in 18th army. division defended against red army s main offensive @ sinyavino heights, chernaya , south shore of lake ladoga. division suffered heavy casualties in called battle of lake ladoga august through september 1942.

in january 1943 soviets launched operation iskra (the second battle of lake ladoga) , division became encircled in schlüsselburg, along 2 battalions of 96th infantry division. after fierce fighting division able rally , break out of pocket. reached german lines south, 3 of grenadier battalions badly mauled disbanded, survivors being transferred other grenadier battalions in division.

in january 1944 pressure soviet army such 227th infantry division , rest of xliii army corps had withdraw positions behind narva. during withdrawal division suffered heavy losses. in february 1944 division strengthened elements of 9th luftwaffe field division, had suffered heavily , been dissolved. intense fighting followed in courland, when division picked kriegsmarine (german navy) during evacuation, linking army group vistula s 2nd army , transferred west prussia. fought on in vistula, danzig , gotenhafen, destroyed march 1945. in april 1945, staff of division absorbed staff of panzer-verband ausbildungs ostsee.