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The 269th Infantry Division was a major fighting formation of the German Army ( Wehrmacht).
It was created in August 1939, and first saw combat in the 
In December 1942 the division was transferred to Norway, where it remained for the next two years.
The division returned to action in November 1944, firstly in the west against the US forces and finally as a Battlegroup (''
Battle of France
The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the Nazi Germany, German invasion of French Third Rep ...
, and was then posted to occupation duties in Denmark.
In the summer of 1941 the division advanced towards Leningrad in operation Barbarossa as part of Army Group North. Following the final drive on the city and the subsequent siege, the division spent the winter and the next summer in defensive action along the Volkov river front, combating repeated Soviet attempts to restore land communications to Leningrad.
In December 1942 the division was transferred to Norway, where it remained for the next two years.
The division returned to action in November 1944, firstly in the west against the US forces and finally as a Battlegroup (''Kampfgruppe
In military history, the German term (pl. ; abbrev. KG, or KGr in usage during World War II, literally "fighting group" or "battle group") can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the of Nazi Germa ...
'') back in the east where the remains of the division finally surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 at the end of the war.
Commanding officers
*General der ArtillerieErnst-Eberhard Hell
Ernst-Eberhard Hell (19 September 1887 – 15 September 1973) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He commanded several divisions and later an army corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak ...
, 1. September 1939 – 12. August 1940
*Generalleutnant Wolfgang Edler Herr und Freiherr von Plotho, 12. August 1940 – 31. March 1941
*General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser
Ernst Ulrich Hans von Leyser () (18 November 1889 – 23 September 1962) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several army corps.
After the war, in 1947, Leyser was tried for war crimes committed in ...
, 1 April 1941 – 31 August 1942
*Generalleutnant Kurt Badinski, 1. September 1942 – 24 November 1943
*Generalleutnant Hans Wagner 25. Nov. 1943 – 8 May 1945
References
{{Reflist Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II Military units and formations established in 1938 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945