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.