32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar
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32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 January was formed in January 1945 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troops.
The title of the division comes from the date when Adolf Hitler
became the chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933.
The division fought as part of the V SS Mountain Corps
, on the Oder
front, just north of Furstenburg and in the Battle of Berlin
.
The title of the division comes from the date when Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
became the chancellor of Germany on 30 January 1933.
The division fought as part of the V SS Mountain Corps
V SS Mountain Corps
V SS Mountain Corps was a Waffen SS, formation at the end of World War II.The Corps fought on the Oder line as part of the 9th Army, in the Frankfurt am Oder area and in the Battle of Berlin that followed...
, on the Oder
Oder
The Oder is a river in Central Europe. It rises in the Czech Republic and flows through western Poland, later forming of the border between Poland and Germany, part of the Oder-Neisse line...
front, just north of Furstenburg and in the Battle of Berlin
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II....
.
Commanders
- SS-Standartenführer, Johannes MühlenkampJohannes MühlenkampJohannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp was a Standartenführer in the Waffen-SS during the World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves on September 21, 1944.-Early life:...
(30 Jan 1945 - 5 Feb 1945) - SS-Standartenführer, Joachim RichterJoachim RichterJoachim Richter was a Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.Standartenführer Joachim Richter was...
(5 Feb 1945 - 17 Feb 1945) - SS-Oberführer, Adolf AxAdolf AxAdolf Ax was a German SS-Oberführer , who was decorated with Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ....
(17 Feb 1945 - 15 Mar 1945) - SS-Standartenführer, Hans KempinHans KempinSS-Standartenführer Hans Wilhelm Kempin was a German Waffen-SS combat and training officer who served in the SS-Standarte Deutschland, SS-Regiment Der Führer and later commanded the 547. Volksgrenadier-Division, 38...
(15 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945)
Order of battle
- SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 86 Schill
- SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 87 Kurmark
- SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment 32
- SS PanzerjägerPanzerjägerPanzerjäger was a branch of service of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War which were the anti-tank arm-of-service who operated anti-tank artillery, and made exclusive use of the tank destroyers which were also named Panzerjäger...
Battalion 32 - SS Füsilier Battalion 32
- SS WerferNebelwerferThe Nebelwerfer was a World War II German series of weapons originally designed to deliver chemical weapons. They were initially developed by and assigned to the Wehrmacht's so-called Chemical Troops ...
Battalion 32 - SS Flak Battalion 32
- SS Pioneer Battalion 32
- SS Intelligence Battalion
- SS Field Medical Battalion 32