2nd SS PANZER-DIVISION "DAS REICH"
Abbreviated Name:
2. SS-Pz.Div. Das Reich
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (Loyalty is my Honour)
Formed:
19th October 1939
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Lineage:
SS-Division Verfügungstruppe October 1939
SS-Division Deutschland April 1940
SS-Division (motZ) Reich December 1940
SS-Division (motZ) Das Reich May 1942
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Das Reich November 1942
2. SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich October 1943
Commanders:
SS Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser 19th October 1939 to 14th October 1941
SS Brigadeführer Wilhelm Bittrich 14th October 1941 to 31st December 1941
SS Brigadeführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 31st December 1941 to 19th April 1942
SS Gruppenführer Georg Keppler 19th April 1942 to 10th February 1943
SS Brigadeführer Herbert-Ernst Vahl 10th February 1943 to 18th March 1943
SS Standartenführer Kurt Brasack 18th March 1943 to 29th March 1943
SS Gruppenführer Walter Krüger 29th March 1943 to 23rd October 1943
SS Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding 23rd October 1943 to 24th July 1944
SS Obersturmbannführer Christian Tychsen 24th July 1944 to 28th July 1944
SS Oberführer Otto Baum 28th July 1944 to 23rd October 1944
SS Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding 23rd October 1944 to 20th January 1945
SS Standartenführer Karl Kreutz 20th January 1945 to 4th February 1945
SS Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff 4th February 1945 to 9th March 1945
SS Standartenführer Rudolf Lehmann 9th March 1945 to 13th April 1945
SS Standartenführer Karl Kreutz 13th April 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Smolensk
Operation Typhoon
Kharkov
Kursk
Mortain
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Budapest
Served:
Holland
France
Yugoslavia
Russia
Hungary
Unit Structure May 1944:
Divisional Headquarters Staff
2nd SS Panzer Regiment
3rd Deutschland SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
4th Der Führer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
2nd SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd SS Panzerjäger Battalion
2nd SS Panzer Artillery Regiment
2nd SS Anti-Aircraft Battalion
2nd SS Panzer Pioneer Battalion
2nd SS Panzer Signal Battalion
2nd SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
2nd SS Supply Troop
2nd SS Truck Park
2nd SS Medical Battalion
2nd SS Admin Battalion
