3. tanková divize SS Totenkopf [1943-1945]

3. SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf.

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SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 Thule
SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 Theodor Eicke
SS Panzer Regiment 3
SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 3
SS Panzer-jäger Abteilung 3
SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 3
SS Flak Abteilung 3
SS Werfer Abteilung 3
SS Panzer-Nachrichten Abteilung 3
SS Panzer-Aufklarungs Abteilung 3
SS Panzer-Pionier Batallion 3
SS Dina 3
SS Feldlazarett 3
SS Kriegsberichter Zug 3
SS Feldgendarmerie Trupp 3
SS Feldersatz Battillon 3

3. SS Panzer Division Totenkopf was formed in October 1939 from the guards of the concentration camps and the officers of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and men from SS-Heimwehr Danzig. Originally it was kept as a reserve during the campaigns in the west, but soon she was sent to Belgium. In comparison with the other divisions suffered heavy losses, but managed to keep the procedure. At Le Paradis 4. rota 2. the regiment under the command of SS Obersturmführera Fritz Knöchleina executed by gunfire from the guns of the british prisoners. Further, to fight in France against colonial troops at Tarare.

She participated in the invasion of the Soviet union as part of army group North and proceeded through the baltic states toward Leningrad. It remained in the leningrad area until the soviet protiofenzívy, when it was hemmed in by the Demjansku from January to march 1942, when the managed to escape out of the encirclement. Remained at the front until October 1942, when it was transferred to France to regroup. After that she was sent back east, where he participated in the fighting at Kharkov and Kursk.

In December 1944, was unsuccessfully deployed in Hungary in pursuit of the re-conquest of Budapest.

She gave up in Austria by u.s. troops, but was immediately passed to the soviets, and survived only a small amount of prisoners..

designation:
Totenkopf Standards 1,2,3
SS Division Totenkopf
Kamfgruppe der SS Division Totenkopf
SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf
3. SS Panzer Division Totenkopf

Some photos of the armoured grenadiers of this division:

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British POWs. Furthermore fought in France against colonial forces in Tarare. She participated in the invasion of the Soviet Union as part of Army Group North, advancing through the Baltic States toward Leningrad. He remained in Leningrad region until the Soviet counteroffensive, which was surrounded by Demyansk January to March 1942, when he managed to escape out of the encirclement. She remained in front until October 1942, when it was transferred to France to regroup. It was then sent back to the east, where he participated in the battles of Kharkov and Kursk. In December 1944 he was unsuccessfully deployed in Hungary in an effort to capture Budapest. She surrendered to US forces in Austria, but was immediately handed over to the Soviets, and survived only a small number of prisoners.



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