Active May 1941 – August 1944 Branch Army Size Division | Country Nazi Germany Type Infantry | |
The 708th Infantry Division (German: 708. Infanteriedivision) was a German Army infantry division in World War II.
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The 708th Infantry Division was formed in May 1941 and transferred to France in June to serve as an occupational force in the area around Bordeaux and Royan.
A month after the D-day landings in July 1944, the 708th were moved north-west to Normandy to cut off the Allies' supply lines. Failing to halt the allied advance, the Wehrmacht quickly moved out of France in August. The division's commander, Generalmajor Arndt was killed in Troyes on 24 August during the evacuation. The 708th was destroyed near Le Mans in the evacuation. Survivors were moved into the newly formed 708th People's Grenadier Division (708. Volks grenadierdivision).