268th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 268th Infantry Division was a division of the Wehrmacht in World War II.
Division history
The 268th Infantry Division was set up on 26 August 1939 in Fussen as a division of the 4th wave formation in Military District VII and equipped to a third with units from the military district XVIII. First, the Division in the Saar Palatinate was stationed at West campaign she took as part of the XII. Army Corps and 1st Army part. From September 1940, the Division was with the 4th Army in Poland in use.
In June 1941, the 268th Infantry Division of Army Group Centre was assigned and took in the attack on the Soviet Union to the boiler Battle of Białystok and Minsk in part. Along with the Army Guderian they fought then in Smolensk, from September 1941 in the Battle of Elnya and the battles for Wjasma. The easternmost point that reached the Division in the German -Soviet war, was in December 1941 Tula.
About the year 1942, the division of time in the area of Juchnow was stationed in the Kaluga oblast. In 1943, she was involved in defensive battles around the city a little further west, Spas- Demensk. She was double-tracked on January 21, 1943 resolution of the regiment 468. On November 2, 1943, the resolution of the entire division, whose remains were continued as division group 268 and first assigned to the 36th Infantry Division was made. The division group 268 but was divided and distributed before the destruction of the 36th Infantry Division.
Structure
On October 12, 1940, the Division issued a third of its soldiers at the 132nd Infantry Division. Upon the dissolution of the 268th Infantry Division supplying troops and the news department 268 came to Italy to prepare the 362nd Infantry Division.
- Infantry Regiment 468 ( dissolved in January 1943)
- Infantry Regiment 488
- Infantry Regiment 499
- Artillery Regiment 268
- Engineer Battalion 268
- Field Replacement Battalion 268 (1941-1943)
- Anti-Tank Division 268 (from 1942 Fast department, anti-tank and reconnaissance unit )
- Reconnaissance Battalion 268 (1942 connected with parts of the anti-tank department )
- News department 268