170th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

170. Infanterie-Division German 170th Infantry Division
Active	December 1939 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Division
Role	Infantry
Engagements	World War II Battle of Denmark 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 was formed on 1 December 1939.

Orders of Battle

170. Infanterie-Division 1940

• Infanterie-Regiment 391
• Infanterie-Regiment 399
• Infanterie-Regiment 401
• Artillerie-Regiment 240
• Pionier-Battalion 240
• Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 240
• Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 240
• Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 240

170. Infanterie-Division 1944

• Grenadier-Regiment 391
• Grenadier-Regiment 399
• Grenadier-Regiment 401
• Divisions-Füsilier-Battalion 170
• Artillerie-Regiment 240
• Pionier-Battalion 240
• Feldersatz-Battalion 240
• Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 240
• Infanterie-Divisions-Nachrichten-Abteilung 240
• Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 240

Commanding officers

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

External links

• "170. Infanterie-Division" (HTML). Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 27 January 2011.