'My literary VC goes without doubt to Max Hastings for his Das Reich... the story of a march that left behind a trail of blood and death, torture and heroism....the slaughter and burning to death of 642 men, women and children of Oradour-sur-Glane...the hanging of 99 civilians from the lamp-posts of Tulle as a reprisal for Maquis action' Sunday Telegraph. This unit was originally formed on October 15th, 1935. On May 21st, 1941 the German transport ships Marburg and Kybfels carrying the tracked elements of the division were sunk by a recently laid British mine barrage. The SS-Standarten Germania was transfered out of the Division and along with the SS-Standarten, Nordland and Westland, formed the backbone of a different SS-Division, Germania, which was soon to become the Wiking Division. The German 1st Panzer Division (1. A rough guide to the fighting efficiency and combat
On the 10th of June, Sylvester Stadler was the commander of the Regiment, Adolf Diekmann the commander of the 1st Battalion, Helmut Kämpfe was the commander of the 3rd battalion and Otto Weidinger who became Regimental commander on 14th June was with the Regiment for familiarisation purposes.SS-Panzer Regiment 2 ... 2,400 men SS-Panzer Artillerie Regiment 2 ... 2,200 men SS-Panzer Jäger Abteilung (Tank Hunter / Self Propelled Gun Detachment) 2 ... 510 menSS-Aufklärungs Abteilung (Reconnaissance Detachment) 2 ... 950 men.SS-Pioneer Abteilung (Pioneer Detachment) 2 ... 1000 menSS-Nachrichten Abteilung (Signals Detachment) 2 ... 510 menSS-Flak Abteilung (Anti-Aircraft Detachment) 2 ... 820 men SS-Sturmgeschütz Abteilung (Assault Gun Detachment) 2 ... 350 men. Again, the division suffered heavily. ^ a b Niehorster, Leo. King George's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners, 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, 166th (Newfoundland) Field Artillery Regiment, "World War II unit histories and officers", "Axis History Factbook: German army order of battle", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Battle_of_Monte_Cassino_order_of_battle_February_1944&oldid=971655072, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 4th, 5th and 6th Field Regiments, New Zealand Artillery, 6th, 7th and 8th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers, 1st, 11th and 31st Field Regiments, Royal Artillery, 11th Field Park Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners, 17th, 132nd and 128th Field Regiments, RA, 200th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (Colonel von Behr), This page was last edited on 7 August 2020, at 12:51. The average manpower of an SS-Panzer division was about
The split was approximately as
339-340. The second counterattack force was a pair of corps from Patton's Third Army. After the Western Campaign was over, the SS-V.T.-Division was reorganized. Second Battle of Monte Cassino order of battle February 1944 is a listing of the significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of Monte Cassino ... 2nd NZ Division Reconnaissance Regiment; ... XIV Panzer … The unit surrendered to American forces at Plauen and Koetzing in May, 1945. After the Campaign in the West, the 2.Panzer-Division spent time onoccupation duty in Poland. )SS-Regiment DeutschlandSS-Regiment Der Führer11.SS-Infanterie-RegimentSS-Artillerie-Regiment ReichSS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung ReichSS-Pioneer-Abteilung ReichSS-Flak-Abteilung ReichSS-Nachrichten-AbteilungReich Divisional Support Troops, June, 1941SS-Regiment Der FuhrerSS-Regiment DeutschlandSS-Regiment 11SS-Kradschutzen-AbteilungSS-Artillerie-RegimentSS-Aufklarung-AbteilungSS-Panzerjäger-AbteilungSS-Flak-AbteilungSS-Pioneer-AbteilungSS-Sturmgeschutz-Batterie, SS-Verfüngs-DivisionI,II,III/ss.VT-Standarte Der FuhrerI,II,III/ss.VT-Standarte DeutschlandI,II,III/ss.VT-Standarte GermaniaI,II,III/ss.VT-Artillerie-StandarteIV,V/ss.VT-Artillerie-Standartess.VT-Aufklarung-Abteilungss.VT-Panzerjäger Battalion (formed 10 June 1939)ss.VT-Flak-Abteilung (formed 10 June 1939)ss.VT-Pioneer-Abteilungss.VT-Nachrichten-Abteilungss.VT-Panzerabwehr-Abteilungss.VT-Flak-AbteilungSS-Ersatz-AbteilungSS-Regiment Germania, plus other divisional elements, detached on 1 Dec 1940 to form cadre for SS-Division Wiking; SS-Regiment 11, formerly SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 11 attached in its place; division designated SS-Divsion Reich (mot. 21. Nibelungen. On May 7th, 1943, Panzer-Abteilung I/Panzer-Regiment 3became Panzer-Abteilung 507, an independent unit equiped with Tiger Tanks.Later on June 30th, 1943, the unit was changed back to Panzer-Abteilung I/Panzer-Regiment 3,only with Panther tanks instead of Tiger tanks. The hierarchy given here is at a moment nearly at the end of the Battle. As WWII drew to a close in March and April of 1945 the weak remains of the 2.Panzer-Division were absorbed into the Thuringen Panzer-Brigade which fought in themiddle Mosel region and later in Fulda. SS-Nebelwerfer Abteilung (Smoke-screen Detachment)) 2 ... 480 men, Within days of the D-Day landings, the 'Das Reich' 2nd SS Panzer Division marched north through France to reinforce the front-line defenders of Hitler's Fortress Europe.