36th WAFFEN GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS "DIRLEWANGER"
Abbreviated Name:
36. Waffen-Gren-Div-der-SS-"Dirlewanger"
Motto:
Meine Ehre heißt Treue (My Honour is Called Loyalty)
Formed:
15th June 1940
Disbanded:
29th April 1945
Linage:
Wilddiebkommando Oranienburg 15th June 1940
SS-Sonderkommando Dirlewanger July 1940
SS-Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger 1st September 1940
SS-Regiment Dirlewanger September 1943
SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger 19th December 1944
36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS 20th February 1945
Commanders:
SS-Oberführer Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger 15th June 1940 to April 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Anti-Partisan Operations in Poland
Oder
Halbe Pocket
Operation Cottbus
Served:
Poland
Russia
Slovakia
Hungary
Germany
Unit Structure March 1945:
Divisional Staff
72nd Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS
73rd Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der SS
36th Fusilier Company
1244th Volks Grenadier Regiment
681st (Army) Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion
Panzer Battalion Stansdorf I
36th Artillery Battalion
687th (Army) Pioneer Brigade
