The division was formed sometime before August 1944 in
Cologne. It saw action at
Battle of Abbeville and was isolated when the
15th Army left by
Scheldt. Because of the division's commander, Major General Knut Eberding, to stay behind and fight the
2nd Canadian Corps resulting in the
Breskens Pocket. Because of the battle the main army was able to organize the
Ardennes Offensive. Although the division was eventually overwhelmed and forced to withdraw from the Breskens Pocket as a result of
Operation Switchback, the 64th Infantry Division had resourcefully defended its perimeter. In an intelligence report by the
First Canadian Army, the 64th Infantry Division was complimented as "the best infantry division [the Canadian First Army] ever met". == Organization ==