10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
| 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg | |
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 Insignia of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg | |
| Active | 2 January 1943 – 8 May 1945 |
| Country |  National Socialist Germany
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| Branch |  Waffen-SS
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| Type | Panzer |
| Size | Division |
| Engagements | Operation Epsom Operation Market Garden Operation Nordwind Halbe Pocket |
The 10th SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg" (German: 10. SS-Panzer-Division „Frundsberg“) was a German Waffen-SS armoured division that fought on the Western and Eastern fronts during World War II.
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History
Originally, the name Karl der Große (Charlemagne) was used for short periode in 1943, but French volunteers in the Wehrmacht and in the Waffen-SS used "Charlemagne" (33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French), so the honour title Frundsberg was chosen, which refers to 16th century German civil war commander Georg von Frundsberg.
This Division and her sister Division – the 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen – played an important part in resist the British forces in Normandy, particularly during Operation Epsom. Later the Division got a key roll in stemming the Allied onslaught during Operation Market Garden at Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, at which time it, along with the 9th SS Panzer, constituted the II SS Panzer Corps.
Günter Grass
In August 2006, German writer and Nobel price winner for literature Günter Grass admitted to having been a tank gunner with the division after having been conscripted into the Waffen-SS at the age of 17 in November 1944. As Grass had always been an outspoken negativ critic of Germany's treatment of its past, his surprise admission caused a great stir in the press.
Commanders
- SS-Standartenführer – Michael Lippert: (1 February 1943 – 15 February 1943)
- SS-Gruppenführer – Lothar Debes: (15 February 1943 – 15 November 1943)
- SS-Gruppenführer – Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld: (15 November 1943 – 27 April 1944)
- SS-Brigadeführer – Heinz Harmel: (27 April 1944 – 28 April 1945)
- SS-Obersturmbannführer – Franz Roestel: (28 April 1945 – 8 May 1945)
Order of battle
- SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21
- SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 22
- SS Panzer Regiment 10
- SS Panzer Artillery Regiment 10
- SS Aufklärungs Battalion 10
- SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion 10
- SS Panzerjäger Battalion 10
- SS Flak Battalion 10
- SS Pionier Battalion 10
- SS Panzer Signal Battalion 10
- SS Verwaltungs Troop 10
- SS Instandsetzungs Battalion 10
- SS Medical Battalion 10
- SS Supply Battalion 10
- SS Field Post Department 10
- SS War Reporter Platoon 10
- SS Feldgendarmerie Troop 10
Area of operations
- France, (January 1943 – March 1944 on formation)
- Eastern FrontEastern Front (World War II)|, Southern sector (March 1944 – April 1944)
- Poland, (April 1944 – June 1944)
- France, (June 1944 – September 1944)
- Belgium & the Netherlands, (September 1944 – October 1944)
- West Germany, (October 1944 – February 1945)
- Northwest Germany, (February 1945 – March 1945)
- East Germany & Czechoslovakia, (March 1945 – May 1945)
- Surrender and disbanded
External links
- The Combat History of the 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" at Stenger Historica
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