87th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The German 87th Infantry Division was created on 26 August 1939 in Altenburg. The division went into captivity in the Courland pocket.

Commanding officers

 * Generalleutnant Bogislav von Studnitz, 26 August 1939
 * General der Artillerie Walther Lucht, 17 February 1942
 * Generalleutnant Bogislav von Studnitz, 1 March 1942
 * Generalleutnant Werner Richter, 22 August 1942
 * General der Artillerie Walter Hartmann, 1 February 1943
 * Generalleutnant Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz, 22 November 1943
 * Generalleutnant Gerhard Feyerabend, August 1944
 * Generalmajor Helmuth Walter, September 1944
 * Generalleutnant Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz, 16 January 1945