68th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

68th Infantry Division
68th Infantry Division
German: 68. Infanterie-Division
	68. Infanterie Division Vehicle Insignia
Active	1939–1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II

The 68th Infantry Division (German: 68. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the German army during World War II. It was formed in 1939 and was initially committed to the German invasion of Poland. It took part in the Battle of France in 1940, and then Operation Barbarossa in 1941 as part of Army Group South. The 68th remained in southern Russia until refitted in Poland in early 1944. Returned to action the 68th fought for rest of the war in the East, in Russia, Slovakia, in the defence of Germany until finally surrendering to the Soviets in Czechoslovakia.

On 1 January 1945, the division, then under command of the 4th Panzer Army of Army Group A, had a strength of 11,697 men.^[1]^: 504

Commanding officers

Generalleutnant Georg Braun, 26 August 1939 - 14 November 1941
Generalleutnant Robert Meißner, 16 November 1941 - 26 January 1943
Generalleutnant Hans Schmidt, 27 January 1943 - 25 October 1943
Generalleutnant Paul Scheuerpflug, 25 October 1943 - 8 May 1945

Notable people

Sniper Bruno Sutkus

External links

Sources

References

^ Lakowski, Richard (2008). "Der Zusammenbruch der deutschen Verteidigung zwischen Ostsee und Karpaten". In Müller, Rolf-Dieter (ed.). Die Militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg (in German). Vol. 10/1. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 491–681. ISBN 9783421062376.

Literature

Mitcham, Samuel W. (28 September 2023). German Order of Battle Volume One, Volume 3. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5.

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[Lakowski_20082-1] Lakowski, Richard (2008). "Der Zusammenbruch der deutschen Verteidigung zwischen Ostsee und Karpaten". In Müller, Rolf-Dieter (ed.). Die Militärische Niederwerfung der Wehrmacht. Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg (in German). Vol. 10/1. München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. pp. 491–681. ISBN 9783421062376.

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