German 208th Infantry Division
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The German 208th Infantry Division, or 208.Infanterie-Division in German, was a large military unit that served during World War II. Like most German infantry divisions, the bulk of its troops were leg-mobile infantry supported by horse-drawn artillery.
The 208th Infantry served in the Polish September Campaign of 1939 as a reserve division of Army Group North and was commanded by General Moritz Andreas. During Fall Gelb it was reserve division allocated to 18th Army. From February 1942 it fought continuously on the Eastern Front.
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