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During August the division played an important part in keeping the withdrawal routes open for many German units.
The division itself did not suffer unduly.
From 15 to 22 August its casualties amounted to 45 killed, 248 wounded and 655 missing ...
In many publications it has been said that the ( division ) only had a few hundred men after the end of the Falaise battle on 22 August.
This is completely wrong.
According to the very thorough research in the records of casualties suffered by the division presented by Meyer, it is clear that the division lost about 8, 000 officers and men, killed, wounded and missing ... ( and ) ... it is clear it had around 12, 000 men on 22 August 1944.
Even though most of its infantry were casualties, the division was far from destroyed.
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