28th SS VOLUNTEER GRENADIER DIVISION "WALLONIEN"
Abbreviated Name:
28. SS-Freiwilligen-Gren-Div-"Wallonien"
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
1st June 1943
Disbanded:
3rd May 1945
Linage:
SS-Sturmbrigade Wallonien 1st June 1943
5. SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade Wallonien 22nd Oct 1943
28. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Wallonien 19th October 1944
Commanders:
SS-Sturmbannführer Lucien Lippert 1st June 1943 to 13th February 1944
SS-Oberführer Leon Degrelle 14th February 1944 to 3rd May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Dnieper River
Narva
Oder River
Served:
Russia
Estonia
Poland
Germany
Unit Structure October 1944:
Divisional Staff
69th SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Regiment
70th SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Regiment
71st SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Regiment
28th SS Artillery Regiment
28th SS Panzerjäger Battalion
28th SS Pioneer Battalion
28th SS Signals Battalion
28th SS Feld Ersatz Battalion
28th Divisional Support Companies
