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The '''263rd Infantry Division''' () was an [[Infantry Division|infantry division]] of the German [[German Army (1935–1945)|Heer]] during [[World War II]].
== Operational history ==
The 263rd Infantry division was formed on 26 August 1939 with reserve unit personnel in Wehrkreis XII at [[Idar Oberstein]] as part of the 4. Welle (4th wave of mobilization).
It participated in operations on the Western Front in May 1940, advancing from the Eifel through Belgium with the [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|4th Army]].
Then it fought in France in June 1940 first under the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]] and later under the [[7th Army (Wehrmacht)|7th Army]] with which it advanced towards Bordeaux, where it remained until April 1941, before being moved in Poland.
In June 1941, it participated in [[Operation Barbarossa]] in the [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|4th Army]] under [[Army Group Centre]] and advanced to the gates of Moscow.
Throughout 1942, it fought defensive battles in the [[Yukhnov]], [[Spas-Demensk]] and [[Velizh]] areas until August 1943, when the division was transferred to [[Army Group North]] in the sector around [[Nevel (town)|Nevel]] under the [[16th Army (Wehrmacht)|16th Army]]. The division suffered serious casualties in the [[Battle of Nevel (1943)|Batlle of Nevel]] in Autumn 1943.
It retreated from Leningrad and throughout the Baltics to be cut off in the [[Courland Pocket]], resisting attacks by the Red Army. It remained there for the rest of the war and surrendered to the Soviets on 9 May 1945.
== Commanders ==
* Generalleutnant [[Franz Karl (general)|Franz Karl]] (August 1939 - October 1940)
* Generalleutnant [[Ernst Haeckel (general)|Ernst Haeckel]] (October 1940 - March 1942)
* Generalleutnant [[Hans Traut]] (June 1942 - April 1943)
* Generalleutnant [[Werner Richter]] (April 1943 - May 1944)
* Generalmajor [[Rudolf Sieckenius]] (May 1944 - September 1944)
* Generalleutnant [[Alfred Hemmann]] (September 1944 - May 1945)
== Sources ==
[https://ift.tt/2XdEXxy 263. Infanterie-Division on Lexikon-der-wehrmacht]
[[Category:Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1939]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
== Operational history ==
The 263rd Infantry division was formed on 26 August 1939 with reserve unit personnel in Wehrkreis XII at [[Idar Oberstein]] as part of the 4. Welle (4th wave of mobilization).
It participated in operations on the Western Front in May 1940, advancing from the Eifel through Belgium with the [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|4th Army]].
Then it fought in France in June 1940 first under the [[6th Army (Wehrmacht)|6th Army]] and later under the [[7th Army (Wehrmacht)|7th Army]] with which it advanced towards Bordeaux, where it remained until April 1941, before being moved in Poland.
In June 1941, it participated in [[Operation Barbarossa]] in the [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|4th Army]] under [[Army Group Centre]] and advanced to the gates of Moscow.
Throughout 1942, it fought defensive battles in the [[Yukhnov]], [[Spas-Demensk]] and [[Velizh]] areas until August 1943, when the division was transferred to [[Army Group North]] in the sector around [[Nevel (town)|Nevel]] under the [[16th Army (Wehrmacht)|16th Army]]. The division suffered serious casualties in the [[Battle of Nevel (1943)|Batlle of Nevel]] in Autumn 1943.
It retreated from Leningrad and throughout the Baltics to be cut off in the [[Courland Pocket]], resisting attacks by the Red Army. It remained there for the rest of the war and surrendered to the Soviets on 9 May 1945.
== Commanders ==
* Generalleutnant [[Franz Karl (general)|Franz Karl]] (August 1939 - October 1940)
* Generalleutnant [[Ernst Haeckel (general)|Ernst Haeckel]] (October 1940 - March 1942)
* Generalleutnant [[Hans Traut]] (June 1942 - April 1943)
* Generalleutnant [[Werner Richter]] (April 1943 - May 1944)
* Generalmajor [[Rudolf Sieckenius]] (May 1944 - September 1944)
* Generalleutnant [[Alfred Hemmann]] (September 1944 - May 1945)
== Sources ==
[https://ift.tt/2XdEXxy 263. Infanterie-Division on Lexikon-der-wehrmacht]
[[Category:Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1939]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
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