The 98th Infantry Division (german: 98. Infanterie-Division) was created on 18 September 1939 in

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. It was destroyed on the

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in May 1944 and reformed on 5 June 1944.

Commanding officers

* Generalleutnant

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, 1 September 1939 – 11 April 1940 * Generalleutnant

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, 11 April 1940 – 10 June 1940 * Generalleutnant

, 10 June 1940 – 31 December 1941 * General der Infanterie

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, 31 December 1941 – 1 February 1944 * Generalleutnant Alfred-Hermann Reinhardt, 1 February 1944 – 11 April 1945 * Generalmajor Otto Schiel, 11 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

References

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