Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the Heer, the army of Nazi Germany, in World War II.

The 125th Infantry Division was raised on October 5, 1940 as part of the 11th deployment wave, [1] in October 1940, where it remained in Münsingen until April 1941, when it was moved to the Balkans as part of the 2nd Army's 52nd Corps[2][3] in preparation for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.

[3] For the remainder of the year the 125th Division stayed with Army Group South in Ukraine, assisting in both the battles at Uman and Kiev.

[4] Quickly eliminating the Soviets in Rostov, the division made its way into the outskirts of Krasnodar, some 300 kilometers away, in just over two weeks.

[1] Lieutenant General Friebe, on the other hand, was moved over to the 22nd Airborne Division, where it was crushed by Titoist partisans in Yugoslavia.