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18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel was formed around a cadre from 1. SS-Infanterie-Brigade (mot) and included mainly Hungarian Volksdeutsche . It was used for anti- Partisan duties until it was sent to the Eastern front, with the exeption of one regiment that fought the Slovak uprising August 1944. It later fought as a single unit in Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia where it was destroyed. It was named after the SA member Horst Wessel . LINEAGE 18. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division (Jan 1944) 18. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel (Jan 1944 - May 1945) COMMANDER SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Trabant (25 Jan 1944 - 3 Jan 1945) SS-Gruppenführer Josef Fitzthum (3 Jan 1945 - 10 Jan 1945) SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann (10 Jan 1945 - ? Mar 1945) SS-Standartenführer Heinrich Petersen (? Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945) Chief of staff SS-Sturmbannführer Emil Stürzbecher (? Jan 1944 - ? Aug 1944) Major i.G. Günter Wind (? Aug 1944 - ? Mar 1945) Quartermaster SS-Obersturmführer August-Heinrich Berner (1 July 1944 - ?) SS-Hauptsturmführer Helmut Meyer (? - 1 Mar 1945) AREA OF OPERATIONS Hungary (Jan 1944 - July 1944) Eastern front, central sector (July 1944 - Oct 1944) Poland & Czechoslovakia (Oct 1944 - May 1945) Manpower strength 30 June 1944 8.530 20 Sep 1944 10.063 Dec 1944 11.000 KNIGHT'S CROSSES AWARDED 2 Holders of high awards Holders of the Knight's Cross ORDER OF BATTLE SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 39 SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 40 SS-Artillerie Regiment 18 SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 18 Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 18 SS-Panzer Abteilung 18 SS-Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 18 SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 18 SS-Flak Abteilung 18 SS-Nachrichten Abteilung 18 SS-Pionier Battalion 18 SS-Verwaltungstruppen Abteilung 18 SS-Wirtschafts Battalion 18 SS-Nachschub-Truppen 18 SS-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 18 SS-Feldgendarmerie-Abteilung 18 SS-Feldersatz-Bataillon 18 SS-Sanitäts-Abteilung 18 |
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