290th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

290th Infantry Division
290. Infanterie-Division
Division Insignia
Active6 February 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Part ofArmy Group North
Nickname(s)Sword Division
EngagementsBattle of France
Operation Barbarossa
1941 Baltic offensive
Siege of Leningrad
Demyansk Pocket
Operation Bagration
Courland Pocket
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Theodor Freiherr von Wrede

The 290th Infantry Division was a German infantry division in World War II. It was formed in the Munster Training Area in Wehrkreis X on 6 February 1940 and surrendered to Soviet forces at the end of the war as part of Army Group Courland.