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The 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division (german: 31. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division)
[Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv“ in ]Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. was a unit of the German armed forces during
World War II. It was formed from the Hungarian ''
Volksdeutsche'' (ethnic Germans), mostly from the
Bačka in September 1944. By November 1944 it was in action on the
Hungarian Front Hungarian may refer to:
* Hungary, a country in Central Europe
* Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946
* Hungarians, ethnic groups in Hungary
* Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignm ...
.
In January 1945 it was sent to
Austria and reformed as a type 45 Division, with only two battalions in each regiment and only three platoons in each company.
[German Order of Battle, Volume 3 By Samuel W. Jr Mitcham p.188] The division then joined the 17th Army in
Silesia where it was surrounded by the
Red Army; it surrendered near
Hradec Králové in May 1945.
Commander
*
Gustav Lombard (1 October 1944 – April 1945)
*
Wilhelm Trabandt
August Wilhelm Trabandt (21 July 1891 – 19 May 1968) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He commanded the 1st SS Infantry Brigade and the SS Division Horst Wessel during World War II.
SS career
Trabandt was born in Berlin, Ge ...
(April 1945 – May 8, 1945) (?)
Order of battle
*SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 78
*SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 79
*SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 80 (this unit was destroyed and reformed using the Brizen SS Police Regiment in 1945)
*''SS Artillerie Regiment 31''
*''SS Füsilier Battalion 31'' (this unit was destroyed in Hungary and replaced using the 'Szálasi' Hungarian SS Grenadier Battalion in March 1945)
*SS Signals Battalion 31
*''SS Nachschub'' Troop 31
*''SS
Panzerjäger Battalion 31''
*''SS Pionier Battalion 31''
*''SS Krankentransport Kompanie 31''
*SS Vetinerary Company 31
See also
*
List of German divisions in World War II
*
List of Waffen-SS divisions
This is a list of divisions in the Waffen-SS. All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the hig ...
*
List of SS personnel
References
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Military units and formations established in 1944
Infantry divisions of the Waffen-SS
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945