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List Of Waffen-SS Units
This is a partially incomplete list of Waffen-SS units. Waffen-SS Armies Waffen-SS Corps * I SS Panzer Corps * II SS Panzer Corps * III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps * IV SS Panzer Corps – (formerly VII SS Panzer Corps) * V SS Mountain Corps * VI SS Army Corps (Latvian) * VII SS Panzer Corps – (see above ↑ IV SS Panzer Corps) * VIII SS Cavalry Corps – planned in 1945 but not formed * IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) * X SS Corps – (made up of disbanded XIV SS Corps headquarters) * XI SS Panzer Corps * XII SS Corps * XIII SS Army Corps * XIV SS Corps – (see above ↑ X SS Corps) * XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps * XVI SS Corps * XVII Waffen Corps of the SS (Hungarian) * XVIII SS Corps * Serbian Volunteer Corps (Classified SS by 1944) Waffen-SS Divisions * 1st SS Panzer Division ''''Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'''' * 2nd SS Panzer Division ''''Das Reich'''' (previously SS '''' Verfügungs'''' Division, later SS Panzergrenadier Division ''''Das Reich'''') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waffen-SS
The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. The grew from three regiments to over 38 division (military), divisions during World War II, and served alongside the German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army (''Heer''), ''Ordnungspolizei'' (uniformed police) and other security units. Originally, it was under the control of the (SS operational command office) beneath Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the (OKW, "High Command of the Armed Forces"), with some units being subordinated to (Command Staff Reichsführer-SS) directly under Himmler's control. Initially, in keeping with the racial policy of Nazi Germany, membership was open only to people of Germanic origin (so-called "Nazi racial theor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V SS Mountain Corps
__NOTOC__ V SS Mountain Corps was a Waffen-SS formation that existed in later periods of World War II. The Corps fought against Yugoslav Partisans in the Balkans as part of 2nd Panzer Army from October 1943 to December 1944. At this time it rarely had more than two low strength divisions. In 1945, the Corps fought on the Oder line as part of the 9th Army, in the Frankfurt am Oder area and in the Battle of Berlin that followed. Commanders * SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Artur Phleps (1 July 1943 – 21 September 1944) * SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl von Oberkamp (21 September – 1 October 1944) * SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger (1 October 1944 – 1 March 1945) * SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Friedrich Jeckeln (1 March – 8 May 1945) Walter Harzer served as chief of staff. Subordinate units *32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar *35th SS and Police Grenadier Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (german: 2. SS-Panzerdivision "Das Reich") or SS Division Das Reich was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the regiments of the '' SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (SS-VT). The division served during the invasion of France and took part in several major battles on the Eastern Front, including in the Battle of Prokhorovka against the 5th Guards Tank Army at the Battle of Kursk. It was then transferred to the West and took part in the fighting in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, ending the war fighting the Soviets in Hungary and Austria. The division committed the Oradour-sur-Glane and Tulle massacres along with others on the Eastern Front. Operational history In August 1939 Adolf Hitler placed the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH), later SS Division Leibstandarte, and the '' SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (SS-VT) under the operational command of the High Command of the German Army. The units' performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH, (german: 1. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler") began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually grew into an elite division-sized unit during World War II. The LSSAH participated in combat during the invasion of Poland, and was amalgamated into the Waffen-SS together with the '' SS-Verfügungstruppe'' (SS-VT) and the combat units of the '' SS-Totenkopfverbände'' (SS-TV) prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941. By mid-1942 it had been increased in size from a regiment to a Panzergrenadier division and was designated SS Panzergrenadier Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler". It received its final form as a Panzer division in October 1943. Members of the LSSAH perpetrated numerous atrocities and war crimes, including the Malmedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Volunteer Corps (World War II)
The Serbian Volunteer Corps ( sr, Српски добровољачки корпус, ''Srpski dobrovoljački korpus'', SDK for short; german: Serbisches Freiwilligenkorps), also known as ''Ljotićevci'' ( sr, Љотићевци), was the paramilitary branch of the fascist political organisation Zbor, and collaborated with the forces of Nazi Germany in the German-occupied territory of Serbia during World War II. In July 1941, following a full-scale rebellion by communist Yugoslav Partisans and royalist Chetniks, the German military commander in Serbia pressured Milan Nedić's collaborationist government to deal with the uprisings under the threat of letting the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia, Hungary, and Bulgaria occupy the territory and maintain peace and order in it. A paramilitary militia called the Serbian Volunteer Detachments was formed, the unit, never formally part of the German armed forces, numbered about 3,500 men, mostly Serbian but also in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XVIII SS Corps
XVIII SS Army Corps was formed in December 1944 on the Upper Rhine from the remnants of 3 Wehrmacht Infantry Divisions. In January 1945, the Corps joined the 19th Army until the end of the War. It fought on the upper reaches of the Rhine between Donaueschingen and Schaffhausen. On May 6, 1945, between the Black Forest and the Bodensee, it surrendered to the French First Army. Commanders * SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Reinefarth (December 1944 - 12 February 1945) * SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler Georg Keppler (7 May 1894 – 16 June 1966) was a high-ranking Waffen-SS commander during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Das Reich, SS Division Totenkopf, I SS Panzer Corps, III SS Panzer Corps and the XVIII SS Army Corps. Care ... (12 February 1945 - 6 May 1945) SourcesLexicon der Wehrmacht {{DEFAULTSORT:18 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XVII Waffen Corps Of The SS (Hungarian)
The XVII Waffen Corps of the SS (Hungarian) (German XVII. Waffen-Armeekorps der SS) was a Waffen-SS corps during World War II. The formation of the corps was announced in March 1945 and was supposed to consist of Hungarians and Hungarian ''Volksdeutsche'', but was never fully formed as an independent unit. History The corps headquarters was established in March 1945 to oversee the formation of Hungarian SS units. But in the last months of the war, it was very difficult to create a new major military unit, so the "corps" consisted of a number of Hungarian units from the 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS ''Hunyadi'' and the 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, assembled in the town of Burghausen. From Burghausen, the corps went into the interior of Austria. On May 3, the last battle between the Hungarians and the Americans took place. The corps surrendered the next day. Corps commanders * ''SS-Obergruppenführer'' and General of the SS Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XVI SS Corps
The XVI SS Army Corps was a short-lived corps of the Waffen-SS, which was formed in January 1945 in Pomerania. The core of the corps was the 1st Latvian SS Division. It fought in the Piła (''Schneidemühl'') - Bydgoszcz (''Bromberg'') area against the Soviet East Prussian offensive and was dissolved in February after the retreat from that area. Commanders Its only commander was ''SS-Obergruppenführer'' Karl Maria Demelhuber Karl Maria Demelhuber (26 May 1896 – 18 March 1988) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. Reaching the rank of ''Obergruppenführer'' (General) in the Waffen-SS during World War II, he commanded the 2nd SS Division Das Reich, SS- .... References Sources okh.itAxis History* Rolf Stoves: "Die gepanzerten und motorisierten deutschen Großverbände 1935—1945", Nebel-Verlag, 2003, {{DEFAULTSORT:16 Waffen-SS corps Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
The XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps in the armed forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. Background During the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), Cossack leaders and their governments generally sided with the White movement. After the Soviets emerged victorious in the civil war, a policy of decossackization was instituted between 1919 and 1933, aimed at the elimination of the Cossacks as a separate ethnic and political group. Cossacks in exile joined other Russian émigré groups in Central and Western Europe, while those in Russia endured continual repression. In October 1942, the Germans established a semi-autonomous Cossack District in the Kuban. This put them in a position to recruit Cossacks from these areas and mobilize them against the Red Army. This was in contrast to soldiers of the ROA, who had been recruited from POW camps and Red Army defections, most soldiers of the German Cossack units had never been citizens of the Soviet Union. History In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XIII SS Army Corps
XIII SS Army Corps was formed August 1944 at Breslau. It was moved to France and the Western Front. By the end of April 1945, some XIII Corps operated in Czechoslovakia where they encountered the 97th Infantry Division. Others fought north of the Danube River near Regen. Commanders * SS-Gruppenführer, Hermann Priess * SS-Gruppenführer, Max Simon Order of battle *17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen * 38th SS Division Nibelungen *113th SS Corps Intelligence Battalion *113th SS Corps Artillery Battalion *113th SS Kraftfahr Company *113th SS Military Police troop *SS Kampfgruppe In military history, the German term (pl. ; abbrev. KG, or KGr in usage during World War II, literally "fighting group" or "battle group") can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the of Nazi Germa ..., Trümmler References {{DEFAULTSORT:13 Waffen-SS corps Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XII SS Corps
The XII SS Army Corps was a German corps of the Waffen-SS. It saw action on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II. Formation It was formed on 1 August 1944 in Silesia from the remains of the ''Kampfgruppe von Gottberg'' and the LIII Army Corps, and added to the 3rd Panzer Army. From September 1944, it fought in the West as part of the 1st Parachute Army. Later it fought under the 15th Army on the Siegfried Line and the Ruhr Front. The corps was surrounded and destroyed in the Ruhr Pocket in April 1945. Commanders * 1 August 1944 : SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Matthias Kleinheisterkamp * 6 August 1944 : SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Curt von Gottberg * 18 October 1944 : SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Karl Maria Demelhuber * 20 October 1944 : General of the Infantry Günther Blumentritt * 20 January 1945 : Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein * 29 January 1945 : Generalleutnant Eduard Crasemann Order of batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XI SS Panzer Corps
The XI SS Corps (German: ''XI. SS-Armeekorps'' later ''XI. SS-Panzerkorps'') was a Waffen-SS corps created on July 24, 1944 in southern Poland on the basis of the remains of the headquarters of the defeated V Army Corps and employed on the Eastern Front in 1944-1945 during World War II. There were no SS units in the corps, as the SS prefix in the name is explained only by the fact that the commander, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, was not a general of the Wehrmacht, but an SS-''Obergruppenführer''. On February 1, 1945 the corps was transformed to the XI SS Panzer Corps. History The corps was formed in August 1944 in Western Galicia as part of the 17th Army, which was subordinate to Army Group North Ukraine (in October renamed Army Group A). It defended the front between Tarnów and Pilzno until it had to withdraw to the Western Carpathians during the Vistula–Oder Offensive (January 1945). It became part of the 9th Army tasked with holding a defensive line on the Oder River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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