122nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

122nd Infantry Division
122nd Infantry Division
122. Infanterie-Division
	Division insignia
Active	5 October 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Nickname(s)	Griffin Division
Engagements	World War II Eastern Front (1941-1943) Operation Barbarossa; Siege of Leningrad; Demyansk Pocket; ; Continuation War Battle of Tali-Ihantala; Battle of Vyborg Bay (1944); ; Eastern Front (1944-1945) Battle of Narva (1944); Courland Pocket; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Siegfried Macholz

The 122nd Infantry Division (German: 122. Infanterie-Division) was a German infantry division in World War II. It was formed on 5 October 1940 as part of the 11th wave (Aufstellungswelle).

It was formed from elements of the 32nd Infantry Division, 258th Infantry Division and non-motorized elements of the 14th Motorized Infantry Division.

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