173rd Reserve Division (Wehrmacht)

The 173rd Reserve Division was an infantry division of the army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II . The division was formed on July 17, 1943 from the previous division No. 173, which was set up in 1939 in the military district XIII (Nuremberg) , and moved to Croatia . On February 9, 1944, the division was relocated to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and its sub-units were used at the Milowitz military training area there , northeast of Prague , to set up the Milowitz shadow division.

literature

• Samuel W. Mitcham (2007a). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .
• Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007b). Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of WWII and Their Commanders. Mechanicsburg, PA, United States: Stackpole Books, ISBN 978-0-8117-3353-3 .

Web links

• 1th through 199th German Infantry, Security, and Panzer Grenadier Divisions. Organizations and Histories 1939–1945 Nafziger Collection, Combined Armed Research Library.