The Infantry Division Ferdinand von Schill was formed on 24 April 1945 by
Sturmgeschützschule Burg personnel, the former
Kampfgruppe Burg, and assigned to the
12th Army (
Wenck). Its commander was
Alfred Müller. Müller held the rank of
Oberstleutnant (lieutenant colonel) and thus deviated from the typical Wehrmacht divisional commander in that he was not a general. The division was the last infantry division fielded by the German Army in World War II. Its deployment was so late in the war that it does not even appear in the listings of the German military postal service. At the end of the war, Infantry Division Ferdinand von Schill initially surrendered to
American forces, but was handed over to the
Soviets. == References ==