 Only a handful of troops were able to retreat to the German lines.By the end of the year the remainders of the formation had been transferred to Second Army and was in the area of Ostrolenka, Poland; during the Soviet East Prussian Offensive of January 1945, the rebuilt 14th was one of the divisions pushed north and trapped in the Heiligenbeil pocket, where it attempted a breakout near Wormditt, before falling back on Braunsberg.The division was eventually destroyed in fighting in the "kessel", most of its surviving troops entering Soviet captivity, while a few were evacuated via the Frisches Haff.