| 290th Infantry Division | |
|---|---|
| 290. Infanterie-Division | |
 Division Insignia | |
| Active | 6 February 1940 – 8 May 1945 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Part of | Army Group North |
| Nickname | Sword Division |
| Engagements | Battle of France Operation Barbarossa 1941 Baltic offensive Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket Operation Bagration Courland Pocket |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Theodor Freiherr von Wrede |
The290th Infantry Division was aGermaninfantry division inWorld War II. It was formed in theMunster Training Area inWehrkreis X on 6 February 1940 and surrendered toSoviet forces at the end of the war as part ofArmy Group Courland.
The division participated inFall Rot as part ofArmy Group B, and later performed occupation duties inFrance until February 1941, when it was sent toEast Prussia during the buildup prior toOperation Barbarossa. It served in various sectors on theEastern Front as part ofArmy Group North, later Army Group Kurland, for the remainder of the war.
In the winter of 1941 the division was trapped in theDemyansk Pocket along with the12th,30th,32nd and123rd infantry divisions, and theSS-DivisionTotenkopf, as well asRAD,Police,Todt organization and other auxiliary units, for a total of about 90,000 German troops and around 10,000 auxiliaries. Their commander wasGeneral der InfanterieWalter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, commander of theII. Armeekorps (2nd Army Corps).
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