291st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Active 6 February 1940 Allegiance Wehrmacht Type Infantry		Country Nazi Germany Branch Army Size 15,000 Soldiers

The German 291st Infantry Division, was an infantry division of the Wehrmacht and served in World War II. It was formed in February 1940 as a division of the 8th Wave at the Troop training ground Arys im WK I (Prussia).

Commanding officers

General der Artillerie Kurt Herzog, 7 February 1940 – 10 June 1942

Generalleutnant Werner Goeritz, 10 June 1942 – 15 January 1944

Generalmajor Oskar Eckholt, 15 January – 10 July 1944

Generalmajor Arthur Finger, 10 July 1944 – 27 January 1945

References

291st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) Wikipedia

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