170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

170th Infantry Division; 170. Infanterie-Division
Active	December 1939 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Division
Role	Infantry
Engagements	World War II German invasion of Denmark (1940); Operation Barbarossa; Siege of Odessa (1941); Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942); Siege of Leningrad; Battle of Narva (1944); Vilnius Offensive; East Prussian Offensive; Heiligenbeil Pocket;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Siegfried Haß

The 170th Infantry Division (German: 170. Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II. It fought on the eastern front for much of the war.

Operational history[]

The division was formed on 1 December 1939.

Orders of Battle[]

1940

391st Infantry Regiment
399th Infantry Regiment
401st Infantry Regiment
240th Artillery Regiment
Pionier-Battalion 240
Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 240
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 240
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 240

1944

391st Grenadier Regiment
399th Grenadier Regiment
401st Grenadier Regiment
170th Fusilier Battalion
240th Artillery Regiment
Pionier-Battalion 240
Feldersatz-Battalion 240
Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 240
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 240
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 240

Commanding officers[]

Lieutenant General Walter Wittke, 1 December 1939 – 8 January 1942
Lieutenant General Erwin Sander, 8 January 1942 – 15 February 1943
Lieutenant General Walther Krause, 15 February 1943 – 15 February 1944
Major General Franz Griesbach, 15 February 1944 – 16 February 1944
Lieutenant General Siegfried Haß, 16 February 1944 – 8 May 1945

External links[]

"170. Infanterie-Division". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/170ID.htm. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

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