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The I SS Panzer Corps (German: I.SS-Panzerkorps) was a German armoured corps of the Waffen-SS. It saw action on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II.
The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, [1] abbreviated as LSSAH (German: 1. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"), began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences.
A panzer corps (German: Panzerkorps) was an armoured corps type in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. The name was introduced in 1941, when the motorised corps (Armeekorps (mot) or AK(mot)) were renamed to panzer corps. Panzer corps were created throughout the war, and existed in the Army, the Waffen-SS and even the Luftwaffe. Those ...
Hermann August Fredrich Priess (24 May 1901 – 2 February 1985) was a German general in the Waffen-SS and a war criminal during World War II.He commanded the SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head") following the death of Theodor Eicke in February 1943.
The 1. SS-Panzer-Division expanded its bridgeheads at Gyiva in the morning and at 12.50 h, armoured vehicles started crossing the canal, then the SS-Panzers rounded Béla from the left and dug in hedgehog style around the roads Köbölkút to Párkány. [11] The 12. SS-Panzer-Division at dawn was hit by a Soviet counterattack, which was ...
1 January 276th Infantry, 344th Infantry 12 February 2nd SS Panzer, 159th Infantry, 276th Infantry 11 March 8 April 159th Infantry, 276th Infantry 11 May Army Group G: 12 June 15 July 12th SS Panzer, 21st Panzer, 346th Infantry, 711th Infantry, 16th LFD: 5th Panzer Army [Note 1] Army Group B: Normandy: 31 August 346th Infantry, 711th Infantry ...
4 companies (1–4) Workshop company; I. Abteilung: 4 Kompanien (1–4) Werkstattkompanie; II battalion 5 companies (5–9) Workshop platoon; II. Abteilung: 5 Kompanien (5–9) Werkstattzug; Anti-tank battalion Panzerjägerabteilung (PzJgAbt) 3 companies of assault guns (1–3) 3 Kompanien von Sturmgeschützen (1–3) Panzergrenadier regiment
IV SS Panzer Corps (formerly VII SS Panzer Corps) V SS Mountain Corps; VI SS Army Corps (Latvian) VII SS Panzer Corps (see above ↑ IV SS Panzer Corps) VIII SS Cavalry Corps (planned in 1945 but not formed) IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) X SS Corps (made up of disbanded XIV SS Corps headquarters) XI SS Panzer Corps; XII SS Corps