291st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

291st Infantry Division
Active	6 February 1940
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Wehrmacht
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	15,000 Soldiers
Engagements	World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle for Velikiye Luki Battle of Kiev (1943) Kamenets-Podolsky pocket Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive

The German 291st Infantry Division, was an infantry division of the Wehrmacht and served in World War II.

Organisation

Formation
The 291. Infantry Division was formed in February 1940 as a Division of the 8th Wave at the Troop training ground Arys im WK I (Prussia).

The division was formed with:

• Infanterie-Regiment 504
• Infanterie-Regiment 505
• Infanterie-Regiment 506
• Artillery-Regiment 291
• Mobile Bataillon 291
• Field replacement Bataillon 291
• Pionier Bataillon 291
• Signals Unit 291
• Divisions Services 291

Commanding officers

Division Commanders of the 291 ID

• 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

General staff Officers (1a) of the 291 ID

• Hauptmann Christian Müller, 8 February 1940 – 5 January 1941
• Major Wilhelm von Roeder, 5 January 1941 – 10 May 1943
• Oberst Walther Freiherr von Uckermann, May 1943 – 1944
• Major Friedrich-Karl Walters, 1944 – April 1944
• Major Helmut Eger, April – August 1944
• Major Eduard von Schuh, 1 August – 30 September 1944
• Oberst Wilhelm Hess, 30 September – 20 November 1944
• Oberstleutnant Lothar Orlik, 20 November 1944 – 1945

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External links

• http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/291ID.htm

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Dunn, Walter Scott (Feb 2009). Second Front Now - 1943: An Opportunity Delayed. 978-0817355470. ISBN 978-0-8173-5547-0.