5th SS PANZER DIVISION "WIKING"
Abbreviated Name:
5. SS-Pz-Div "Wiking"
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
20th November 1940
Disbanded:
9th May 1945
Linage:
SS-Division Germania 20th November 1940
SS-Division Wiking 8th March 1941
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Wiking 9th November 1942
5. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking 22nd October 1943
Commanders:
SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner 1st December 1940 to 1st May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer Herbert Otto Gille 1st May 1943 to 6 August 1944
SS-Standartenführer Eduard Deisenhofer 6th August 1944 to 12th August 1944
SS-Standartenführer Johannes Mühlenkamp 12th August 1944 to 9th October 1944
SS-Oberführer Karl Ullrich 9th October 1944 to 5th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Rostov-on-Don
Kursk
Malgobek
Kharkov
Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
Modin
Budapest
Served:
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Unit Structure May 1944:
Divisional Staff
5th SS Panzer Regiment
9th “Germania” SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
10th “Westland” SS Panzergrenadier Regiment
5th SS Reconnaissance Battalion
5th SS Panzerjäger Battalion
5th SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion
5th SS Panzer Artillery Regiment
5th SS Flak Battalion
5th SS Panzer Pioneer Battalion
5th SS Signals Battalion
5th SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
5th SS Supply Troop
5th SS Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
