588th People's Grenadier Division

The 588th People's Grenadier Division was an infantry unit mobilised after the.

Background
The 588th was one of the "People's Grenadier" units that was raised as part of the general mobilisation declared by the Imperial government in 4 ABY, shortly after the death of the at Endor. propaganda had declared the war against the (soon to be ) a "people's war" and large segments of the Imperial populace were conscripted. Units of infantry known as people's grenadiers consisted of a core of veteran NCOs and officers with the majority of troops being newly drafted conscripts. The 588th People's Grenadier Division was raised by order from the Replacement Army Command, with its headquarters on, its ranks being filled by conscripts from there and the surrounding systems.

The new formation consisted of three people's grenadier regiments, some 12,000 men, along with 3,000 personnel in other component units, for a total of around 15,000 troops.

Organization

 * Grenadier Regiment 176
 * Grenadier Regiment 177
 * Grenadier Regiment 208
 * Artillery battalion 962
 * Support battalion 588
 * Field replacement battalion 731