The 117th Infantry Division (117. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on April 2 1915 and organized over the next several weeks. It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.

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  • The 117th Infantry Division (117. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on April 2 1915 and organized over the next several weeks. It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was formed primarily from the excess infantry regiments of regular infantry divisions which were being triangularized. The division's 233rd Infantry Brigade staff was formerly the staff of the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the 12th Reserve Division, which came to the new division along with the 22nd Reserve Infantry Regiment. The 11th Reserve Infantry Regiment was formerly part of the 11th Reserve Division. The 157th Infantry Regiment came from the 12th Infantry Division. The division was recruited in Silesia. (en)
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  • Army (en)
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  • 1915-1919 (en)
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  • Approx. 12,500 (en)
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  • Infantry (en)
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  • 117th Infantry Division (117. Infanterie-Division) (en)
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  • The 117th Infantry Division (117. Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. The division was formed on April 2 1915 and organized over the next several weeks. It was part of a wave of new infantry divisions formed in the spring of 1915. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. (en)
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  • 117th Infantry Division (German Empire) (en)
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  • 117th Infantry Division (117. Infanterie-Division)
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