 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: A ṣe agbekalẹ ẹka naa ni Oṣu Kẹjọ Ọjọ 26, Ọdun 1939 ni Dresden, ni igbi keji ti iṣipopada, nipataki lati ọdọ awọn olutọju Saxon ni Wehrkreis IV. O ni awọn 171st Infantry Regiment lati awọn 24th Infantry Division, awọn 192nd Infantry Regiment lati awọn 4th Infantry Division, ati awọn 234th Infantry Regiment lati awọn 14th Infantry Division. A yàn fún Ẹgbẹ ọmọ ogun kẹrìnlá ní Poland, iṣẹ ẹka náà ni láti kó àwọn ọmọ ogun Poland tí wọn ti fi sílẹ lọnà. Ẹgbẹ naa ja ni Ogun ti France ni Oṣu Karun ọdun 1940 lodi si Ẹgbẹ Iṣilọ Ilu Gẹẹsi, ti o ku ni Ilu Bẹljiọmu lẹhin ti o ti pari. : bí ìlú dunkirk ṣe ṣubú. Ti a gbe lọ si Polandii ni Oṣu Kẹsan, 56th pese awọn oṣiṣẹ fun iṣelọpọ ti awọn 294th ati 304th Infantry Divisions nibẹ. 