242nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The 242nd Infantry Division was a division of the German Army in World War II.

In 1944, the division was in southern France, and fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon.

Order of Battle 1944

 * Commanders
 * Generalleutnant J. Bassler


 * Units
 * 765th Grenadier Regiment (4 battalions)
 * 917th Grenadier Regiment (4 battalions)
 * 918th Grenadier Regiment (4 battalions)
 * 242nd Artillery Regiment (3 battalions)
 * 242nd Panzerjäger Battalion
 * 242nd Reconnaissance Battalion
 * 242nd Pioneer Battalion
 * 242nd Signals Battalion
 * 242nd Division Support Units

The fourth battalions of all three Grenadier regiments were battalions of the Ostlegionen conscripts from Poland and Russia.