3rd SS PANZER DIVISION "TOTENKOPF"
Abbreviated Name:
3. SS-Pz Div Totenkopf
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
16th October 1939
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Linage:
SS Totenkopf Division 16th October 1939
SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf 11th September 1942
3. SS Panzer Division Totenkopf 21st October 1943
Commanders:
SS Gruppenführer Theodor Eicke 1st November 1939 to 7th July 1941
SS Oberführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 7th July 1941 to 18th July 1941
SS Brigadeführer Georg Keppler 18th July 1941 to 19th September 1941
SS Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke 19th September 1941 to 26th February 1943
SS Obergruppenführer Hermann Priess 26th February 1943 to 27th April 1943
SS Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding 27th April 1943 to 1st May 1943
Gruppenführer Hermann Priess 1st May 1943 to 20th June 1944
SS Standartenführer Karl Ullrich (Temporary) 20th June 1944 to 13th July 1944
SS Brigadeführer Hellmuth Becker 13th July 1944 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Leningrad
Demyansk Pocket
Kharkov
Kursk
Stepanovka
Kremenchug
Korsun Pocket
Modin
Budapest
Served:
Belgium
France
Lithuania
Latvia
Russia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Unit Structure in July 1944:
Divisional Staff
Totenkopf SS Panzer Regiment
1st Totenkopf SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
2ndTotenkopf SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
Totenkopf SS Panzerjäger Battalion
Totenkopf SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
Totenkopf SS Artillery Regiment
Totenkopf SS Flak Battalion
Totenkopf SS Signals Battalion
SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
SS Supply Troop
