48th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Infanterie-Division) was a German division in World War II.

The 171st Reserve Division had been established on 1 October 1942 in the occupied Netherlands and stationed in the Arnhem area.

After completing reorganization in February 1944, the unit was assigned to coastal protection near Ostend.

First engaged in the Chartres area by the 3rd US Army, it performed poorly, being continually driven back by the 3rd Army through Metz and finally the Siegfried Line, where it collapsed altogether and was absorbed into the 559th Volksgrenadier Division.

it was sent to the Eastern Front assigned to the German 8th Army defending Vienna, where it surrendered to the Soviets.