90th Light Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

90th Light Afrika Division
90th Panzergrenadier Division
90. leichte Afrika-Division
90. Panzergrenadier-Division
1st insignia of 90th Light Div.
ActiveAugust 1941 – May 1943
July 1943 – April 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
TypeInfantry
RoleLight infantry
Panzergrenadier
Grenadier
SizeDivision
EngagementsNorth African Campaign
Italian Campaign
Insignia
2nd insignia of the 90th Light Division l.

The 90th Light Infantry Division was a light infantry division of the German Army during World War II that served in North Africa as well as Sardinia and Italy. The division played a major role in most of the actions against the British Eighth Army in the Western Desert Campaign and eventually surrendered to the Allies in the final stages of the Tunisia Campaign in May 1943. It was re-constituted later in 1943 and deployed to Sardinia and when the expected Allied invasion of Sardinia failed to materialise, the division was moved to Italy. It was engaged in actions against the Allies in Italy from 1943 to April 1945 when the division was listed as "destroyed" in the Po River valley.