17th Division may refer to:

Infantry divisions

17th Division (German Empire) The 17th Division (''17. Division'') was a unit of the Prussian/German Empire, German German Army (German Empire), Army. It was formed on October 11, 1866, and initially headquartered in Kiel. It moved its headquarters to Schwerin in 1871. The div ...

17th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of the Bangladesh Army. It was formed as part of the development vision of Bangladesh Armed Forces Forces Goal 2030. It is located in Sylhet Division. History The division was officially formed on 17 Se ...

17th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 17th Infantry Division was an infantry division of Nazi Germany, active before and during World War II. Formed in 1934, it took part in most of the campaigns of the Wehrmacht and was decimated in January 1945. Reconstituted in Germany, it ...

17th Infantry Division (Greece) The 17th Infantry Division ( el, XVII Μεραρχία Πεζικού, XVII ΜΠ; ''XVII Merarchia Pezikou'', ''XVII MP'') was an infantry division of the Hellenic Army that fought in the Greco-Italian War. Pre-war plans for defence against a joi ...

17th Indian Division The 17th Indian Division was formed in 1917 from units of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign during World War I. After the war, it formed part of the occupation force for Iraq and took part in the Iraq Rebellion in ...

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British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

during World War I *

17th Infantry Division (India) The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of the Indian Army. During World War II, it had the distinction of being continually in combat during the three-year-long Burma Campaign (except for brief periods of refit). The division was re-raised i ...

17th Infantry Division Pavia 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...

(Kingdom of Italy) *

17th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its tsūshōgō code name was the . The 17th Division was one of two infantry divisions raised by the Imperial Japanese Army immediately after the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). Th ...

* 17th Infantry Division (Poland) *

17th Division (Syria) The 17th Reserve Division is a formation of the Syrian Army responsible for north-eastern Syria. It is one of two autonomous reserve divisions of the Syrian Arab Army, the other being the 18th Armoured Division. Structure The Division is an au ...

17th (Northern) Division (United Kingdom) The 17th (Northern) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, a Kitchener's Army formation raised during the Great War. Formation history The 17th (Northern) Division was created under Northern Command in September 1914, just a ...

* 17th Division - A National Guard division established in early 1917 consisting of Indiana and Kentucky; later

38th Infantry Division (United States) The 38th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army and part of the Indiana National Guard. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and contains Army National Guard units from Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Mi ...

17th Infantry Division (United States) The 17th Division of the United States Army was formed twice during the First World War. It was then recreated a third time as a Second World War 'phantom division' as part of Fortitude South II.Holt. 2005. p. 903. First World War The 17th Divi ...

- Phantom Division created for Operation Fortitude

Airborne divisions

17th Airborne Division (United States) The 17th Airborne Division, "The Golden Talons", was an airborne infantry division of the United States Army during World War II, commanded by Major General William M. Miley. It was officially activated as an airborne division in April 1943 bu ...

Armoured/cavalry divisions

17th Panzer Division (Germany) The 17th Panzer Division (german: 17. Panzer-Division) was a formation of the German Army (1935–1945), Wehrmacht in World War II. It was formed in November 1940 from the 27th Infantry Division. It took part in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion ...

17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" (german: 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen") was a German Waffen-SS division that saw action on the Western Front during World War II. Formation and trainin ...

17th Division (Iraq) The 17th Division is a division of the Iraqi Army, active before and after 2003. The 17th Armored Division was established after the beginning of the Iran–Iraq War, by the end of the third year of the war (September 1983). Brigadier General Iya ...

17th Tank Division (Soviet Union) The 17th Tank Division (Military Unit Number 6061) was a tank division of the Red Army that was formed in mid-1940. The division suffered heavy losses during fighting against German forces during the Battle of Smolensk and was converted into a tan ...

17th Guards Tank Division 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as s ...

(Soviet Union) *

17th Mountain Cavalry Division 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as ...

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