The 242nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Army in World War II.

Infanterie-Division was formed in Gross-Born (Borne Sulinowo) on 9 July 1943, when Division A, formed from convalescents of the disbanded 298.

[1] In 1944, the division fought against the Western Allies in Operation Dragoon.

After being ordered to defend Toulon to the last bullet, and to give the rest of Army Group G a chance to withdraw, Generalleutnant Johannes Bäßler and his 242nd division held out for 10 days, until 26 August 1944, when Bäßler was critically wounded and surrendered the division.

[2] The division was formally disbanded on 7 October 1944.