The 69. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 as part of the 2. Welle (wave) from elements of 16. Infanterie-Division and 26. Infanterie-Division. During the invasion of Norway elements of it took part in the Airborne assault on Sola Airfield in 1940. It formed two kampfgruppen during the advance from eastern Norway towards Bergen in western Norway, Gruppe Adlhoch (under Xaver Adlhoch) and Gruppe Daubert (under Major Daubert). It saw heavy fighting against the Norwegian Valdresgruppen (consisting of 4. Brigade and parts of Infantry Regiment 6) under Colonel Gudbrand Østby between 14 April and 2 May.
The division was destroyed on the River Inster in East Prussia; the remnants surrendered to the Red Army upon the fall of Königsberg on 10 April 1945.
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