SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51 was a formation of the Waffen SS during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. It was created in June 1944, from units stationed at the NCO'S

Non-commissioned officer

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 (SS-Unterführerschulen) and replacement units. By the end of August it had been virtually destroyed and the remnants were incorporated into the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division
The SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51 can trace its origins to the SS Kampfgruppe

Kampfgruppe

In military history and military slang, the German term Kampfgruppe can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the German Wehrmacht and its allies during World War II and, to a lesser extent, in World War I...

 3 which was formed in March 1944, from personnel stationed at the NCO school in Lauenburg

Lebork

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, Pomerania

Pomerania

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