32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar
32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar | |
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Active | December 1944 – May 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Waffen-SS |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
The 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar" (German: 32. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division "30. Januar")[1] was formed in January 1945 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troops. A significant cadre came from Hungarian Fascists who had joined the SS, but their numbers are unknown.[citation needed] The division fought as part of the V SS Mountain Corps, on the Oder front, just north of (now part of Eisenhüttenstadt) [2] and in the Battle of Berlin. The division was destroyed in the Halbe pocket, but part of the unit surrendered to the Americans at Tangermünde.
Commanders[]
- Johannes Mühlenkamp (30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945)
- Joachim Richter (5 February 1945 – 17 February 1945)
- Adolf Ax (17 February 1945 – 15 March 1945)
- Hans Kempin (15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945)
References[]
- ^ Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv“ in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
- ^ Zhukov at the Oder By Tony Le Tissier, p.132
Categories:
- Waffen-SS divisions
- Infantry divisions of the Waffen-SS
- Military units and formations established in 1944
- Military units and formations disestablished in 1945