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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 Eastern Front between 1941 and 1944.
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups ( Kampfgruppen ).
This article lists divisions of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and Waffen-SS active during World War II, including divisions of the Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force), and the Kriegsmarine (navy).
They were brought together to form the new division SS-Wiking. [136] In January 1941, the SS-Verfügungs Division was renamed SS-Reich Division (Motorised), and was renamed as the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" when it was reorganised as a Panzergrenadier division in 1942. [138]
2 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" ... 21 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" (1st Albanian) 22 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Maria Theresia"
Insignia of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. At the beginning of 1944, after suffering heavy losses on the Eastern Front, the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, under the command of SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding regrouped in Valence-d'Agen [1] to prepare to depart for the Western Front. They were to respond to the purported landing of ...
The Verfügungs-Division was also renamed Reich (in 1942 Das Reich). [40] In addition, the Polizei division was brought under Waffen-SS administration. [41] The Leibstandarte was also expanded to a division for Operation Barbarossa. [42]
The regiment, already the size of a reinforced brigade, was to be given motorized transport and redesignated "SS-Division (mot.) Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler". It was moved to Czechoslovakia in mid May for reorganization until being ordered to assemble in Poland [49] for Operation Barbarossa, as part of Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South.