6th SS GEBIRGSJÄGER DIVISION "NORD"
Abbreviated Name:
6. SS-Gebirgs-Div Nord
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
28th February 1941
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Linage:
SS Kampfgruppe Nord 28th February 1941
SS Division Nord 28th February 1941
SS Gebirgs-Division Nord September 1942
6. SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord 22nd October 1943
Commanders:
SS-Brigadeführer Karl Herrmann 28th February 1941 to 15th May 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer Karl-Maria Demelhuber 15th May 1941 to 1st April 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 1st April 1942 to 20th April 1942
SS-Oberführer Hans Scheider 20th April 1942 to 14th June 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 14th June 1942 to 15th January 1944
SS-Gruppenführer Lothar Debes 15th January 1944 to 14th June 1944
SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger 14th June 1944 to 23rd August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard 23rd August 1944 to 1st September 1944
SS-Gruppenführer Karl Brenner 1st September 1944 to 3rd April 1945
SS-Standartenführer Franz Schreiber 3rd April 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Markajärvi-Salla
Karelia
Vosges
Moselle
Saar
Served:
Russia
Finland
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Austria
Unit Structure April 1944:
Divisional Staff
11th SS “Reinhard Heydrich” Gebirgsjäger Regiment
12th SS “Michael Gaissmair” Gebirgsjäger Regiment
506th SS Polizei Grenadier Battalion (Motorised)
6th Reconnaissance Battalion
6th SS Gebirgs-Panzerjäger Battalion
6th SS Gebirgs-Artillery Regiment
6th SS Nord Flak Battalion (Motorised)
6th SS Nord Signals Battalion (Motorised)
6th SS Nord Pioneer Battalion
6th SS Nord Divisional Support Units
