8th SS CAVALRY DIVISION "FLORIAN GEYER"

8th SS CAVALRY DIVISION
8th SS CAVALRY DIVISION "FLORIAN GEYER"

Abbreviated Name:
8. SS-Kavallerie-Division - "Florian Geyer"

Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue ("My honour is loyalty")

Formed:
August 1942

Disbanded:
12th February 1945

Linage:
SS Cavalry Brigade March 1941
SS-Kavallerie-Division June 1942
8. SS-Kavallerie-Division 22nd October 1943
8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 17th March 1944

Commanders:
SS-Brigade Fuhrer Gustav Lombard March 1942 to April 1942
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein April 1942 to August 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich August 1942 to 15th February 1943
SS-Brigade Fuhrer Fritz Freitag 15th February 1943 to 20th April 1943
SS-Brigade Fuhrer Gustav Lombard 20th April 1943 to 14th May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein 14th May 1943 to 13th September 1943
SS-Gruppenführer bruno streckenbach 13th September 1943 to 22nd October 1943
SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein 22nd October 1943 to 1st January 1944
SS-Gruppenführer bruno streckenbach 1st January 1944 to 14th April 1944
SS-Brigade Fuhrer Gustav Lombard 14th April 1944 to 1st July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Rumohr 1st July 1944 to 11th February 1945

Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Warsaw
Budapest

Served:
Russia
Poland
Croatia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary

Unit Structure July 1944:
Divisional Staff
15th SS Kavallerie Regiment
16th SS Kavallerie Regiment
17th SS Kavallerie Regiment
18th SS Kavallerie Regiment
8th SS Panzerjäger Battalion
8th SS Sturmgeschütz
8th SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
8th SS Artillery Regiment
8th SS Flak Battalion
8th SS Pioneer Battalion
8th SS Signals Battalion
8th SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
Supply and Administration Companies