29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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29th Infantry Division 29th Panzergrenadier Division
29. Infanterie-Division 29. Panzergrenadier-Division
Active	1 October 1936 – 2 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Panzergrenadier
Role	Bandenbekämpfung Maneuver warfare Raiding
Size	Division
Nickname(s)	Falcon Division
Engagements	World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Moscow Battle of Stalingrad

The 29th Infantry Division was a unit of the German army created in the fall of 1936. It was based on the old Reichswehr 15th Infantry Regiment and drew its initial recruits from Thuringia. It was upgraded to 29th Motorized Infantry Division in the fall of 1937. The division was also known as the Falke-Division (Falcon Division).