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The 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar" (german: 32. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division "30. Januar") was formed in January 1945 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troops. A significant cadre came from Hungarian and Romanian Fascists who had joined the SS, but their numbers are unknown. The division fought as part of the
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V SS Mountain Corps was a Waffen-SS formation that existed in later periods of World War II.
The Corps fought against Yugoslav Partisans in the Balkans as part of 2nd Panzer Army from October 1943 to December 1944. At this time it rarely ...
, on the
Oder front, just north of
Fürstenberg Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to:
Historical states
* Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559)
* Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614)
* Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698)
* Fürstenberg-Fürsten ...
(now part of
Eisenhüttenstadt
Eisenhüttenstadt (literally "ironworks city" in German; , dsb, Pśibrjog) is a town in the Oder-Spree district of the state of Brandenburg, Germany, on the border with Poland. East Germany founded the city in 1950. It was known as Stalinstadt ( ...
)
[Zhukov at the Oder By Tony Le Tissier, p.132] and in the
Battle of Berlin. The division was destroyed in the
Halbe pocket
The Battle of Halbe (german: Kesselschlacht von Halbe, russian: Хальбский котёл, Halbe pocket) was a battle lasting from April 24 – May 1, 1945 in which the German Ninth Army—under the command of General Theodor Busse—was dest ...
, but part of the unit surrendered to the Americans at
Tangermünde
Tangermünde (; nds, Tangermünn) is a historic town on the Elbe River in the district of Stendal, in the northeastern part of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Geography
Tangermünde is situated in the historic Altmark region of the North German Plain ...
.
Commanders
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Johannes Mühlenkamp (30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945)
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Joachim Richter (5 February 1945 – 17 February 1945)
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Adolf Ax
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarde ...
(17 February 1945 – 15 March 1945)
*
Hans Kempin
SS- Standartenführer (Colonel) Hans Wilhelm Kempin (7 June 1913 – 30 November 1992) 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. ...
(15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945)
See also
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List of German divisions in World War II
This article lists divisions of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and Waffen-SS active during World War II, including divisions of the Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force), and the Kriegsmarine (navy).
Upgrades and reorganizations are shown only ...
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List of Waffen-SS divisions
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List of SS personnel
Between 1925 and 1945, the German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million ''Waffen-SS'' and over a million '' Allgemeine-SS'' members. Other members included the ''SS-Totenkopfverbände'' (SS-TV), which ran ...
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Infantry divisions of the Waffen-SS
Military units and formations established in 1944
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945