18th SS VOLUNTEER PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION "HORST WESSEL"
Abbreviated Name:
18. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division-"Horst Wessel"
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
25th January 1944
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Linage:
18. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 25th January 1944
18. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel 30th January 1944
Commanders:
SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Trabant 25th January 1944 to 3rd January 1945
SS-Gruppenführer Josef Fitzthum 3rd January 1945 to 10th January 1945
SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann 10th January 1945 to March 1945
SS-Standartenführer Heinrich Petersen March 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Slovak Uprising
Budapest
Served:
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Unit Structure May 1944:
Divisional Staff
18th SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion
39th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Motorised)
40th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Motorised)
18th SS Reconnaissance Battalion
18th SS Panzerjäger Battalion
18th SS Panzer Artillery Regiment
18th SS Flak Battalion
18th SS Pioneer Battalion
18th SS Signals Battalion
18th SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
18th SS Supply Troop
18th SS Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
