197th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
| German 197th Infantry Division | |
|---|---|
| 197. Infanterie-Division | |
Division insignia | |
| Active | 1 December 1939 – 22 July 1944 |
| Country | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Role | Infantry |
| Size | Division |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Ehrenfried-Oskar Böge |
The 197th Infantry Division (German: 197. Infanterie-Division) was a Wehrmacht division in World War II. It was activated on 1 December 1939.
In 1941, soldiers of the division were involved in the torture and murder of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, a Soviet partisan, in Petrishchevo. The division was destroyed near Vitebsk during the Soviet Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive of Operation Bagration of the summer of 1944.