page_title: 290th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 290th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Map (in German language) showing the encirclement of Demyansk (February - April 1942) during the German-Soviet War 1941-1945.
context_page_description: The 290th Infantry Division was a German infantry division in World War II. It was formed in Munster Training Area and surrendered to Soviet forces in Courland.
context_section_description: In the winter of 1941 the division was trapped in the Demyansk Pocket along with the 12th, 30th, 32nd and 123rd infantry divisions, and the SS-Division Totenkopf, as well as RAD, Police, Todt organization and other auxiliary units, for a total of about 90,000 German troops and around 10,000 auxiliaries. Their commander was General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, commander of the II. Armeekorps (2nd Army Corps).
caption: Offensive of the Red Army south of Lake Ilmen 7 January–21 February 1942.
exif: {}