9th SS PANZER DIVISION “HOHENSTAUFEN”
Abbreviated Name:
9. SS-Pz-Div-Hohenstaufen
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
1st February 1943
Disbanded:
5 May 1945
Linage:
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 9 1st February 1943
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 9 1st Hohenstaufen March 1943
9. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Hohenstaufen 10th October 1943
Commanders:
SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich 15th February 1943 to 29th June 1944
SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller 29th June 1944 to 10th July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler 10th July 1944 to 31st July 1944
SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock 31st July 1944 to 29th Aug 1944
SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer 29th August 1944 to 10th October 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler 10th October 1944 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Kamenets-Podolsk pocket
Normandy
Arnhem
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Budapest
Served:
France
Russia
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Austria
Unit Structure Mid-1944:
Divisional Staff
9th SS Panzer Regiment
19th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment
20th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment
9th SS Panzer Artillery Regiment
9th SS Flak Battalion
9th SS Panzerjäger Battalion
9th SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
9th SS Panzer Pioneer Battalion
9th SS Signals Battalion
9th SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
9th SS Supply Troop
Administration and Medical Companies
