After formation, the 3.Panzergrenadier was sent to Italy in July 1943 where it took part in the Battles for Salerno, Cassino, the Bernhard Line, the Anzio beachhead, and then in the general retreat to Rome in May and June 1944.
The 3.Panzergrenadier-Division was transferred to Florence in late June 1944, and then was sent to the Western Front near Paris in August 1944 where it was engaged by the Allies before taking part in the general withdrawal across France, operations in and near Nancy, and then in the Battles for Metz.
The 3.Panzergrenadier-Division saw action in Aachen in November 1944 and was then rested behind the lines shortly before the Ardennes counter-offensive in December 1944, and the operations for Eifel in January 1945.
The 3.Panzergrenadier-Division was in action defending near Cologne when it wastrapped by the Allies in the Ruhr Pocket where it surrendered in April,1945.
