Infanterie-Division) was a German infantry division of the Heer during the Second World War.

The Landwehr divisions had initially been planned in 1936 to assemble the older cadres (mostly of the age to have served in World War I) into 21 divisions, with various army service stations readied for this task.

The division's fighting personnel was suspended from duty as part of the partial demobilization of the German armed forces in mid-1940 and was sent home (besides the core staffs) on 17 July 1940.

The 205th Infantry Division was posted with the XXV Army Corps in German-occupied France between March 1941 and January 1942 (a timeframe during which it passed numerous contingents to the 88th Infantry Division to reinforce the Eastern Front), before it was transferred to the reserves of Army Group Center on the Eastern Front in February.[7]: 18f.

The division remained in the Velikiye Luki sector until September 1943, at which point it was part of XXXXIII Army Corps.

On 15 July 1943, Edmund Blaurock took temporary command of the division until Seyffardt returned to his post on 15 August.

Starting in 1944, Army Group North was continuously pushed back; the 205th Infantry Division served sequentially with the I Army Corps in the Nevel sector from January to June, with II Army Corps in the Polotsk sector in July and eventually back with XXXXIII Corps in the Daugavpils sector in August.[7]: 18f.

[9]: 117 After the massive Soviet summer offensives of 1944, Army Group North was pushed into the Livonia region and eventually onto the Courland Peninsula, where it became trapped in the so-called Courland Pocket.