13th WAFFEN GEBIRGSJÄGER DIVISION DER SS "HANDSCHAR"
Abbreviated Name:
13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Div der SS-"Handschar"
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
5th March 1943
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Linage:
Kroatische SS-Freiwilligen-Division 5th March 1943
Kroatische SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division 2nd July 1943
SS-Freiwilligen-Bosnien-Herzegowina-Gebirgs-Division (1st Kroatien) 9th October 1943
13. SS-Freiwilligen-Bosnien-Herzegowina-Gebirgs-Division (Kroatien) 22nd October 1943
13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar (Kroatische Nr. 1) 15th May 1944
Commanders:
SS-Standartenführer D.R. Herbert von Obwurzer 9th March 1943 to 9th August 1943
SS-Brigadeführer Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig 9th August 1943 to 19th June 1944
SS-Brigadeführer Desiderius Hampel 19th June 1944 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Anti-Partisan Operations
Apatin Bridgehead
Heresznye
Served:
Yugoslavia
France
Germany
Hungary
Austria
Unit Structure August 1944:
Divisional Staff
27th SS Gebirgsjäger Regiment
28th SS Gebirgsjäger Regiment
13th SS Mountain Artillery Regiment
13th SS Mountain Pioneer Battalion
13th SS Mountain Signals Battalion
13th SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
13th SS Supply Troop
13th SS Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
