291st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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

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