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The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (German: 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend") was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II. [7] The majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from members of the Hitler Youth, while the senior NCOs and officers were from other Waffen-SS divisions.
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen).
The prisoners kept in the stable at the Moulin farm initially received good treatment from the 2nd Battalion of the 12th SS Panzer Division, which was commanded by SS Major Bernhard Seibken. [50] These 40 men were kept behind while military police escorted a group of over 100 POWs toward Lieutenant Colonel Mohnke's headquarters.
During the Normandy Campaign, Waffen-SS Standartenführer Kurt Meyer, commander of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, used the Abbaye d’Ardenne for his regimental headquarters, as its towers gave a clear view of the battlefield. [4] In June 1944 at the abbey, 20 Canadian soldiers were murdered by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division.
9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland" 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian) 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (unofficially known as "Galizien")
12 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" 13 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian) 14 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Galicia" ...
The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was organized according to the above table, and served as a standard for all other SS panzer divisions during World War II. The average complement was approximately 19,000. However, only two out of seven SS panzer divisions contained that strength.
The Ascq massacre was a massacre of 86 men on 1 April 1944 in Ascq, France, by the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.. The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend set out by rail for Normandy at the end of March, 1944.