The assembly of the 273rd Infantry Division was ordered on 22 May 1940, along with the assemblies of the other divisions of the tenth "Aufstellungswelle". The 273rd Infantry Division was to be assembled by "Wehrkreis III" (Berlin), but its deployment, due to be completed by 1 July 1940, was cancelled after the Armistice of 22 June between Germany and France. While some of the other divisions of the tenth wave, all of which had seen their deployments cancelled in the same way as that of the 273rd Infantry Division, would be deployed at a later state in the war, the designation "273rd Infantry Division" was not used again.