90th Light Afrika Division 90th Panzergrenadier Division | |
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90. leichte Afrika-Division 90. Panzergrenadier-Division | |
![]() 1st insignia of 90th Light Div. | |
Active | August 1941 – May 1943 July 1943 – April 1945 |
Country | ![]() |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Light infantry Panzergrenadier Grenadier |
Size | Division |
Engagements | North African Campaign Italian Campaign |
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2nd insignia of the 90th Light Division l. | ![]() |
The 90th Light Infantry Division was a light infantry division of the German Army during World War II that served in North Africa as well as Sardinia and Italy. The division played a major role in most of the actions against the British Eighth Army in the Western Desert Campaign and eventually surrendered to the Allies in the final stages of the Tunisia Campaign in May 1943. It was re-constituted later in 1943 and deployed to Sardinia and when the expected Allied invasion of Sardinia failed to materialise, the division was moved to Italy. It was engaged in actions against the Allies in Italy from 1943 to April 1945 when the division was listed as "destroyed" in the Po River valley.