DIE RHEINISCH-WESTFALISCHE 126 INFANTERIE DIVISION 1949-1945 A PICTORIA HISTORY By Gunter Braake.

This unit was on the northern sector of the Russian Front for the entire war. It fought at Lake Ilmen, on the Msharge River, before Leningrad, and in the Battle of the Volkhov in early 1942. Later it took part in the relief of Demyansk in early 1943 and the withdrawal from Leningrad in early 1944, where it suffered heavy casualties. Finally pushed back to the west coast of Latvia, the division remained isolated in the Courland Pocket until the end of the war. Includes over 500 photos plus maps. 192 pp