Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the Heer, the ground forces of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht.
The 554th Infantry Division was formed on 15 February 1940 in Wehrkreis V for service for the Upper Rhine sector on the Franco-German border,[1]: 151 where it served as a positional division on defensive duty on the Westwall (Allied parlance: "Siegfried Line").
[2]: 350 The division's commander throughout its entire duration of service was Anton von Hirschberg.
[1]: 151 The division was deployed in May and June 1940 as part of Higher Command XXXIII under 7th Army of Army Group C on the German border with France,[4]: 1123 along with the similar 556th Infantry Division.
[6]: 289 Following the German victory in the Battle of France (Armistice of 22 June 1940), the divisions on the Westwall became superfluous.