12th SS PANZER DIVISION "HITLERJUGEND"
Abbreviated Name:
12. SS-Pz-Div- "Hitlerjugend"
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
1st July 1943
Disbanded:
8 May 1945
Linage:
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Hitlerjugend 20th July 1943
12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend 30th October 1943
Commanders:
SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Witt 24th June 1943 to 14th June 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer 14th June 1944 to 6th September 1944)
SS-Obersturmbannführer Hubert Meyer 6th September 1944 to 24th October 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Kraemer 24th October 1944 to 13th November 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas 13th November 1944 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Normandy
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Budapest
Served:
Belgium
France
Germany
Hungary
Austria
Unit Structure April 1944:
Divisional Staff
12th SS Panzer Regiment
1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend
2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend
12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion
12th SS Artillery Regiment
12th SS Panzerjäger
12th SS Flak Battalion
12th SS Pioneer Battalion
12th SS Armoured Signal Battalion
12th SS Supply Troop
12th SS Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
