208th Infantry Division (Germany)
- 208th Infantry Division (Germany)
The German 208th Infantry Division, or 208."Infanterie-Division" in German, was a large military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry divisions, the bulk of its troops were leg-mobile infantry supported by horse-drawn artillery.
The 208th Infantry served in the Invasion of Poland of 1939 as a reserve division of Army Group North and was commanded by General Moritz Andreas. During "Fall Gelb" it was reserve division allocated to 18th Army. From February 1942 it fought continuously on the Eastern Front.
Commanding officers
*Generalleutnant Moritz Andreas, 1 September 1939
*General der Infanterie Hans-Karl von Scheele, 13 December 1941
*Generalleutnant Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben, 1 February 1943
*Generalmajor Georg Zwade, April 1943
*Generalleutnant Hans Pieckenbrock, 22 June 1943
See also
* German order of battle for Operation Fall Weiss
* List of German military units of World War II
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