1st ss panzer corps
With the launch of Operation Overlord, the allied invasion of France on 6 June 1944, the corps was ordered to Falaise. The corps was attached to 5th Panzer Army, the Western theatre's armoured reserve. In April 1944, the corps was moved to Septeuil, to the west of Paris, where it was assigned the SS Division Leibstandarte, SS Division Hitlerjugend, Panzer-Lehr-Division and the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. Operational history Western Front: Normandy By December 1943, the corps was fully formed and deemed ready for action, with its HQ being set up in Brussels in early 1944. After this, the corps continued its training, being sporadically engaged in anti- partisan operations in northern Italy. In August 1943, the corps was transferred to Meran in Italy, where it took part in operations to disarm Italian troops. SS- Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, previously the commander of the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH), became the corps' first commander. Panzer Division Kempf, a temporary unit of mixed army and Waffen-SS components.The corps was raised on 26 July 1943 in Berlin-Lichterfeld, with initial mustering taking place on the Truppenübungsplatz at Beverloo, in occupied Belgium.SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren see above note.37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow.36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Dirlewanger - historically recognized as the most notoriously criminal unit of the Waffen-SS.34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland.33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French), the last Waffen-SS unit during Battle of Berlin to participate in the defence of central Berlin and the area of the Führerbunker.33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian).32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar.31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, variously reported as being named Böhmen-Mähren ( Bohemia- Moravia)(this Division is not SS Kampfgruppe Division Bohmen-Mahren, this was a separate unit formed from training units in the protectorate after the Batschka Division) or Batschka.30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian).30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian).29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian), formed after the disbanding of the 29th "1st Russian" division.29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Russian).28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien.27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish).26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hungaria (2nd Hungarian).25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian).24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS (Karstjäger).23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland (1st Dutch), formed after the dissolution of the 23rd Kama division.23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian).22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia (Hungarian).21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian).20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian).19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian).18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel.
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen.16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS.15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian).14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (unofficially known as Galizien).13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian).11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland.7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen.5th SS Panzer Division Wiking (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking).3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf).2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (previously SS Verfügungs Division: later SS Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich).1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.