163rd Infantry Division (Germany)
- 163rd Infantry Division (Germany)
The German 163rd Infantry Division was raised in November 1939. In April 1940 it was employed in the invasion of Norway, landing at Oslo, Kristiansand, Arendal, and Stavanger. Thereafter it remained on occupation duty in Norway unti June 1941, when it was subordinated to the Finnish army to support operations along the River Svir during Operation Barbarossa. In February 1942 it joined the German XXXVI Mountain Corps near Kandalaksha, and remained there until the Germans withdrew from Finland back into Norway in the fall of 1944. In early 1945 it was transferred back to Germany, standing in reserve for a time at Berlin, then destroyed by the Soviets in Pomerania in March.
See also
* Operation Weserübung, Norwegian Campaign order of battle
* Continuation War
* German XXXVI Mountain Corps
* Division (military), Military unit, List of German divisions in WWII
* Heer, Wehrmacht
References
* Pipes, Jason. " [http://www.feldgrau.com/InfDiv.php?ID=111 163.Infanterie-Division] ". Retrieved April 9, 2005.
* Wendel, Marcus (2004). " [http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=2387 163. Infanterie-Division] ". Retrieved April 9, 2005.
* " [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivisionen/163ID-R.htm 163. Infanterie-Division] ". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved April 9, 2005.
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