7th SS VOLUNTEER GEBIRGSJÄGER DIVISION "PRINZ EUGEN"
Abbreviated Name:
7. SS-Freiwilligen- Gebirgs-Div "Prinz Eugen"
Motto:
Vorwärts, Prinz Eugen (Forwards, Prinz Eugen)
Formed:
1st March 1942
Disbanded:
8 May 1945
Linage:
Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division 1st March 1942
SS-Freiwilligen-Division Prinz Eugen 1st April 1942
SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 12th October 1942
7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 22nd October 1943
Commanders:
SS-Obergruppenführer Artur Phleps 30th January 1942 to 15th May 1943
SS-Brigadeführer Carl Reichsritter von Oberkamp 15th May 1943 to 30th Jan 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm 30th Jan 1944 to 20th Jan 1945
SS-Brigadeführer August Schmidhuber 20th Jan 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Anti-Partisan offensives in the Balkans
Kraljevo Bridgehead
Yugoslav Bridgehead
Served:
Yugoslavia
Austria
Unit Structure August 1944:
Divisional Staff
13th SS “Artur Phelps” Gebirgsjäger Regiment
14th SS “Skanderberg” Gebirgsjäger Regiment
7th SS Reconnaissance Battalion (Motorised)
7th SS Gebirgs-Panzerjäger Battalion
7th SS Gebirgs-Artillery Regiment
7th SS Gebirgs-Pioneer Battalion
7th SS Signals Battalion
7th SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
Supply Troop & Administration Companies
