208th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The German 208th Infantry Division, or 208.Infanterie-Division in German, was a large military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry divisions, the bulk of its troops were leg-mobile infantry supported by horse-drawn artillery.

The 208th Infantry served in the Invasion of Poland of 1939 as a reserve division of Army Group North and was commanded by General Moritz Andreas. During Fall Gelb it was a reserve division allocated to 18th Army and was mainly active in the occupation of northern Belgium. From January 1942 it fought continuously on the Eastern Front.

Commanding officers

 * Generalleutnant Moritz Andreas, 1 September 1939
 * General der Infanterie Hans-Karl von Scheele, 13 December 1941
 * Generalleutnant Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben, 1 February 1943
 * Generalmajor Georg Zwade, April 1943
 * Generalleutnant Heinz Piekenbrock, 22 June 1943