1st SS PANZER-DIVISION "LEIBSTANDARTE-SS ADOLF HITLER"
Abbreviated Name:
1. SS-Pz.Div. LSSAH
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
17th March 1933
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Linage:
Stabswache March 1933
SS-Stabswache Berlin 1933
SS-Sonderkommando Zossen 1933
SS-Sonderkommando Jüterbog 1933
SS-Sonderkommando Berlin September 1933
Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler November 1933
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler April 1934
Infanterie-Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1939
SS-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1941
SS-Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1943
1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1943
Commanders:
SS Oberstgruppenführer Joseph Dietrich 1st September 1939 to 4th July 1943
SS Brigadeführer Theodor Wisch 4th July 1943 to 20th August 1944
SS Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke 20th August 1944 to 6th February 1945
SS Brigadeführer Otto Kumm 6th February 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Kiev
Rostov
Kharkov
Operation Citadel
Normandy
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Budapest
Served:
Poland
France
Greece
Yugoslavia
Russia
Italy
Hungary
Unit Structure July 1944:
Divisional Headquarters Staff
1st SS Panzer Regiment
1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
1st SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
1st SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion
1st SS Artillery Regiment
1st SS Werfer Battalion
1st SS Anti-Aircraft Battalion
1st SS Panzer Pioneer Battalion
1st SS Panzer Signal Battalion
1st SS Medical Battalion
1st SS Admin Battalion
1st SS Repair Battalion
1st SS Supply Battalion
