The 68th Infantry Division (german: 68. Infanterie-Division) was a formation of the

German army The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the ''Luftwaf ...

during World War II. It was formed in 1939, and was initially committed to the German invasion of Poland. It took part in the

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 ...

in 1940, and then Operation Barbarossa in 1941 as part of Army Group South. The 68th remained in southern Russia until refitted in Poland in early 1944. Returned to action the 68th fought for rest of the war in the East, in Russia, Slovakia, in the defence of Germany until finally surrendering to the Soviets in Czechoslovakia.

Commanding officers

* Generalleutnant Georg Braun, 26 August 1939 - 14 November 1941 * Generalleutnant Robert Meißner, 16 November 1941 - 26 January 1943 * Generalleutnant Hans Schmidt, 27 January 1943 - 25 October 1943 * Generalleutnant Paul Scheuerpflug, 25 October 1943 - 8 May 1945

Notable people

* Sniper Bruno Sutkus

External links

68th Division lexikon der wehrmacht - German language

68th Division Axis history site

Published works

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