The designation 703rd Infantry Division was given to the forces in the area of the fortress Ijmuiden in the occupied Netherlands. The Zandvoort local group received the designation Grenadier-Regiment 219, the local group Katwijk, formerly the 787th Turkic battalion, received the name Grenadier-Regiment 495, and the 24th ships cadre battalion became Grenadier-Regiment 579. The 703rd "division" was part of the 25th Army.[2] At the end of the war, the 703rd Division surrendered to British Army troops.