10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

German armored division December 2015 July 2024 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 10th SS Divsion Logo.svg 165px Divisional insignia 2 January 1943 – 8 May 1945 Nazi Germany Schutzstaffel Waffen-SS Panzer Armoured warfare Division World War II Kamenets–Podolsky pocket Operation Epsom Operation Market Garden Operation Nordwind Halbe Pocket Michael LippertLothar DebesKarl Fischer von TreuenfeldHeinz HarmelFranz Roestel de 10. SS-Panzerdivision "Frundsberg" The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (de 10. SS-Panzerdivision "Frundsberg")Official designation in German language as to "Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv" in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. was a German Waffen-SS armoured division during World War II. The division's first battles were in Ukraine in April 1944. Afterwards, the unit was then transferred to the west, where it fought the Allies in France and at Arnhem. The division was moved to Pomerania, then fought south east of Berlin in the Lusatian area until the end of the war. History The Division began forming in February 1943, and by June 1943 had received the honor title "Karl der Größe" after the Frankish Carolingian King Charlemagne.Tessin Georg Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweitenkrieg 1939-45, Vol. III 1974 Biblio Verlag Osnabrück 188 https://www.bundesarchiv.de/assets/bundesarchiv/de/Downloads/Tessin/Bd_3_ocr.pdf In October 1943 the division was renamed, with the Charlemagne title being given later to the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS instead, and received the honor title "Frundsberg" after the 16th-century German commander Georg von Frundsberg. Tucker-Jones, A. (2022:91). Hitler's Armed SS: The Waffen-SS at War, 1939–1945. United Kingdom: Pen and Sword. The division was mainly formed from conscripts. It first saw action at Tarnopol in April 1944 and later took part in the relief of the German troops cut off in the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket. It was then sent to Normandy to counter the Allied landings, where, along with the SS Division Hohenstaufen, it took part in fighting against the Allied Operation Epsom.Zetterling, pp. 298, 305 thumb|Eisenhower inspecting a German tank in Chambois The division spent the rest of July defending against British attacks against Hill 112 and Hill 113, most notably during Operation Jupiter. A ridge, one kilometre west of Chêndollé, held by a battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment was attacked by the division on the 6th August, but repulsed by the self sacrifice of corporal Sydney Bates VC.2024-06-05 Sidney Bates: Hero who charged enemy head-on with a machine gun, earning him Victoria Cross https://www.forcesnews.com/d-day/sidney-bates-hero-who-charged-enemy-head-machine-gun-earning-him-victoria-cross 2025-05-08 www.forcesnews.com en In all, after two weeks of this fighting against the British during Operation Bluecoat and the Americans at Domfront the division was like many other units encircled at Falaise. Hitler intended them to take part in the counterattack Operation Lüttich conducted by the II. SS-Panzerkorps on the 7th August but due to the confusion and chaos in the pocket, and the impression given to Günther von Kluge that the division was required to contain the British positions, the attack broke down.Rondeau Benoit 2024-04-27 NORMANDIE, FIN JUILLET- DEBUT AOUT 1944 : OFFENSIVES DE BLINDES https://benoitrondeau.com/normandie-fin-juillet-debut-aout-1944-offensives-de-blindes/ 2025-05-08 Benoit Rondeau fr-FR SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 21 struck towards St. Lambert but got repulsed. After that the planned attack of the Frundsberg was abandoned and they were ordered to break out between St. Lambert and Chambois. The division suffered heavy casualties and retreated into Belgium before being sent to be reconstituted near Arnhem, where it soon fought the Allied airborne troops during Operation Market Garden at Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, when together with the 9th SS Panzer division it constituted the II SS Panzer Corps.http://www.defendingarnhem.com/Frundsberg.htm Defending Arnhem © 2006 22 March 2018 24 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190424040415/http://www.defendingarnhem.com/Frundsberg.htm dead The division however suffered heavy losses in the ensuing counter offensive against the Nijmegen salient in early October. After rebuilding, it fought in the Alsace in January 1945. It was then sent to the Eastern Front, where it fought against the Red Army in Pomerania and then Saxony. Encircled in the Halbe Pocket, the division effected a breakout and retreated through Moritzburg, before reaching the area of Teplice in Czechoslovakia, where the division surrendered to the US Army at the end of the war.Georg Tessin, Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS, Vol. III, p. 188, Osnabrück: Biblio Verlag, 1974 Notable personnel German writer and Nobel laureate Günter Grass was trained as a tank crewman with the SS division at the age of 17 in November 1944. He was wounded in action on 25 April 1945 and captured in a hospital.Günter Grass is my hero, as a writer and a moral compass The Guardian 19 August 2006 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/story/0,,1853745,00.html 19 August 2006 London John Irving https://web.archive.org/web/20060820101933/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0%2C%2C1853745%2C00.html 20 August 2006 dead He did not reveal until 2006 that he had been a member of the Waffen-SS.https://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~ED1E99E51572441E696FB0443CA308A56~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html Günter Grass im Interview: 'Warum ich nach sechzig Jahren mein Schweigen breche' Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 31 October 2010 8 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090808192518/http://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~ED1E99E51572441E696FB0443CA308A56~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html dead Kurt-Siegfried Schrader, who would become known for fighting alongside French Prisoners of War and US Soldiers during the Battle of Castle Itter in the last days of the war, was posted to the division as a Hauptsturmführer in February 1943. Schrader was heavily wounded in the fighting on the Normandy front and during his convalescence was transferred to “Frundsberg”’s Training and Replacement Battalion until February 1945.Black Guard Research, Objective historical research into Waffen-SS personalities and war crimes. Organisation The organisation structure of this SS formation was as follows:GORDON WILLIAMSON: "The SS Hitler's Instrument of the power"; published by KAISER; appendix, page 244, "Schlachtordnung der Waffen-SS / Waffen-SS order of battle"; copyright 1994 by Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London. Designation (English)MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil II/ Teil III, Deutsch – Englisch, Abkürzung Begriff, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001). Designation (German)Official designation as to "Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv" in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.SS Panzer Regiment 10 SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 21 (before: SS Pz. Gren. Rgt. 1 "Fundsberg") SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 22 (before: SS Pz. Gren. Rgt. 2 "Fundsberg") SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 10 SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 10 SS Motorcycle Riflemen Regiment SS Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion 10 SS Assault Gun Battalion 10 SS Anti-tank Battalion 10 SS Panzer Engineer Battalion 10 SS Panzer Communications Battalion 10 SS Division's Supply Troops 10 SS Maintenance Battalion 10 SS Provisioning Battalion 10 SS Medical Battalion 10 SS Replacement Battalion 10SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 21 (vorher: SS-Pz. Gren. Rgt. 1 "Frundsberg") SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 22 (vorher: SS-Pz. Gren. Rgt. 2 "Frundsberg") SS-Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 10 SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 10 SS-Kradschützen-Regiment 10 SS-Flak-Abteilung 10 SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 10 SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 10 SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 10 SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 10 SS-Divisions-Nachschubtruppe 10 SS-Panzer-Instandsetzungsabteilung 10 SS-Wirtschaftsbataillon 10 SS-Sanitätsbataillon 10 SS-Feldersatz-Bataillon 10 Commanders y y Commander y n n 1 SS-Standartenführer Michael Lippert Lippert, Michael 1897 1969 1 February 1943 15 February 1943 1943 02 01 1943 02 15 2 Debes2.jpg SS-Gruppenführer Lothar Debes Debes, Lothar 1890 1960 15 February 1943 15 November 1943 1943 02 15 1943 11 15 3 Karl.Fischer.von.Treuenfeld.(1885-1946).gif SS-Gruppenführer Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld Treuenfeld, Karl 1885 1946 15 November 1943 27 April 1944 1943 11 15 1944 04 27 4 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J28621, Heinz Harmel.jpg SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Harmel Harmel, Heinz 1906 2000 27 April 1944 28 April 1945 1944 04 27 1945 04 28 5 SS-Obersturmbannführer Franz Roestel Roestel, Franz 1902 1974 28 April 1945 8 May 1945 1945 04 28 1945 05 08 Area of operations France, (January 1943 – March 1944 on formation) Eastern Front, Southern sector (March – April 1944) Poland, (April – June 1944) France, (June – September 1944) Belgium & the Netherlands, (September – October 1944) West Germany, (October 1944 – February 1945) Northwest Germany, (February – March 1945) East Germany and Czechoslovakia, (March – May 1945) Surrender and disbandment See also List of Waffen-SS units SS Panzer Division order of battle List of military units named after people References Bibliography Zetterling Niklas Normandy 1944: German Military Organization, Combat Power and Organizational Effectiveness 2019 Casemate Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 978-1-61200-816-5 Fully revised y Category:10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg Category:Panzer divisions of the Waffen-SS Category:German units in Normandy Category:Military units and formations established in 1943 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:1943 establishments in Germany Category:1945 disestablishments in Germany