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The II SS Panzer Corps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. It was commanded by Paul Hausser during the Third Battle of Kharkov and the Battle of Kursk in 1943 and by Wilhelm Bittrich on the Western Front in 1944.
The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (German: 2. SS-Panzerdivision "Das Reich" ) or SS Division Das Reich was an armored division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II . Initially formed from regiments of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT), Das Reich initially served during the Battle of France in 1940 before seeing combat on the ...
A panzer corps (German: Panzerkorps) was an armoured corps type in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. The name was introduced in 1941, when the motorised corps (Armeekorps (mot) or AK(mot)) were renamed to panzer corps. Panzer corps were created throughout the war, and existed in the Army, the Waffen-SS and even the Luftwaffe. Those ...
On 12 July 1943, the German 2nd SS Panzer Korps ran into the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army near the village of Prochorovka. Nearly 1400 tanks and assault guns were involved in the battle, and nearly 300 tanks on each side were destroyed.
2nd SS Panzer, 159th Infantry, 276th Infantry 11 March 8 April 159th Infantry, 276th Infantry 11 May Army Group G: 12 June 15 July 12th SS Panzer, 21st Panzer, 346th Infantry, 711th Infantry, 16th LFD: 5th Panzer Army [Note 1] Army Group B: Normandy: 31 August 346th Infantry, 711th Infantry 16 September 59th Infantry, 712th Infantry: 15th Army ...
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)
1st SS, 2nd SS, 12th SS, 2nd Panzer, 172nd Infantry; 7th Army: Army Group B Eifel: 5 November 2nd Panzer, 18th Infantry, 91st Infantry; 26 November 18th Infantry, 26th Infantry; 31 December 18th Infantry, 62nd Infantry; 6th Panzer Army: Ardennes: 1945 19 February 5th Parachute, 18th Infantry, 246th Volksgrenadier; 5th Panzer Army: Eifel, Rur: 1 ...
The 2nd SS Panzer Division also repelled attacks from the 2nd Tank Corps and the 2nd Guards Tank Corps. [154] Luftwaffe local air superiority over the battlefield also contributed to the Soviet losses, partly due to the VVS (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily – the Soviet Air Force ) being directed against the German units on the flanks of II SS Panzer ...