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Structure SS-Division 'Wiking'
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Names:
5. Infanterie Division (mot.) "Germania" (6-1940 - 21-12-1940)
SS-Division "Wiking" (1-1-1941 - 9-11-1942)
SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking" (9-11-1942 - 22-10-1943)
5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" (22-10-1943 - 5-1945)
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SS-Mann uniform
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Kommandeure 'Wiking'
SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner, 12.01.40 - 5.01.43
SS-Obergruppenführer Herbert Gille, 5.01.43 - 8.06.44
SS-Oberführer Edmund Deisenhofer, 8.06.44 - 8.??.44
SS-Standartenführer Johannes Mühlenkamp, 8.??.44 - 10.09.44
SS-Oberführer Karl Ullrich, 10.09.44 - 5.05.45
Informatie 'Wiking' vrijwilligers per land/streek:
Nederland: The Netherlands: The Standarte 'Westland' in June 1941 counted 631 Dutchmen. In September the number had grown to 821.
Flanders: Clear numbers in this case are unknown to me. Although certainly hundreds must have served in the SS-Standarte 'Westland'.
Norway: On June 22nd 1941, 294 Norwegians were counted in the SS-Standarte 'Nordland'.
Denmark: SS-Standarte 'Nordland' June 1941 counted 216 Danes.
Switzerland: Unclear, probably 50 in 'Wiking' while other sources name the very dubious number of 800 men.
Finland: 421 Finns were registered in 1941 as 'Wiking' volunteers. In 1942 a Finnen Battalion was added to the Division.
Sweden: Unclear, probably a few dozen.
Estonia: The Estonians served in the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Abteilung 'Narwa' of the 'Wiking' division.
Wallonia: The Walloon volunteers served in the SS-Sturmbrigade 'Wallonien' that played an extensive part in the breakout of the Tsjerkassy pocket in 1944.
Volksdeutschen: Many losses were compensated by the arrival of Volksdeutschen from the Balkans.
General structure of 5.SS-Panzer-Division 'Wiking'
Stab der Division
SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"
SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"
SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment "Nordland" (Uit de divisie geplaatst in
1943)
estnisches SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Batallion "Narwa" (left the Division
in 1944)
Finnisches Freiwilligen-Batallion der Waffen-SS
SS-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien"
SS-Panzer-Regiment 5
SS-Panzerjager-Abteilung 5
SS-Sturmgeschutz-Abteilung 5
SS-Sturmgeschutz-Batterie 5
SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 5
SS-Flak-Abteilung 5
SS-Werfer-Abteilung 5
SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 5
SS-Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 5
SS-Panzer-Pionier-Batallion 5
SS-Div. Nachschub. Tr. 5
SS-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 5
SS-Wirtschafts-Batallion 5
SS-Sanitäts-Abteilung 5
SS-Feldlazarett 5
SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 5
SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 5
SS-Feldersatz-Battallion 5
I./SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge"
I./SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark"
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| Divisionsstab |
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| I a (1.Generalsstabsoffizier - Führung) |
Ecke |
1940, 1941 |
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Reichel |
1941, 1942 |
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Schönfelder |
1943, 1944 |
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Kleine |
1944 |
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Braun |
1945 |
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Klose |
1945 |
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| I b (2.Generalsstabsoffizier - Versorgung) |
Reichel |
1940, 1941 |
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Sporn |
1941 |
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Kille |
1941 |
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Büthe |
1941, 1942, 1943 |
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Schönfelder |
1942 |
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Scharf |
1943 |
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Dr. Fischer |
1944, 1945 |
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| I c (3. Generalsstabsoffizier - Feindnachrichten/Sicherheit) |
Paetsch |
1940, 1941, 1942 |
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Dr. Falz |
1942 |
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Prof. Jankuhn |
1942, 1943, 1944 |
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Glanert |
1944, 1945 |
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| Standarte 'Germania' |
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| von Oberkamp |
1940, 1941, 1942 |
| Wagner |
1942 |
| Ehrath |
1943, 1944 |
| Dorr |
1944, 1945 |
| Müller |
1945 |
| Bühler |
1945 |
| Standarte 'Westland' |
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| Wäckerle |
1940, 1941 |
| Diebitsch |
1941 |
| Phleps |
1941, 1942 |
| Maack |
1942 |
| Geissler |
1942 |
| Polewacs |
1943 |
| Reichel |
1943 |
| Dieckmann |
1943 |
| Marsell |
1944 |
| Hack |
1944 |
| Nedderhof |
1945 |
| Hack |
1945 |
| Freiw.Pz.Gr.Btl. 'Narwa' |
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| from March'44 III./'Westland' |
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| Eberhardt |
1941, 1942, 1943 |
| Koop |
1943 |
| Grafhorst |
1943 |
| Standarte 'Nordland' |
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| Von Scholz |
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 |
| Joerchel |
1943 |
| May 1944 'Nordland' left 'Wiking' |
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| Finnisches Freiwilligen Bataillon |
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| Collani |
1942 |
| Pz. Gr. Btl. 'Norge' |
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| Vogt |
1944, 1945 |
| Pz. Gr. Btl. 'Danmark' |
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| Im Masche |
1944, 1945 |
| Sturmbrigade 'Wallonien' |
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| Lippert |
1943, 1944 |
| Hellebaut |
1944, 1945 |
| Feld. Ers. Btl. 5 |
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| Nedderhof |
1942, 1944 |
| Müller |
1943 |
| Kruse |
1944 |
| Pz. Artillerie Regiment 5 |
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| Gille |
1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 |
| Richter |
1943, 1944 |
| Bünning |
1944, 1945 |
| Panzer Regiment 5 |
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| Mühlenkamp |
1942, 1943, 1944 |
| Darges |
1945 |
| Panzer Pionier Btl. 5 |
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| Klein |
1940, 1941 |
| Albert |
1941 |
| Schäfer |
1941, 1942, 1943 |
| Eichorn |
1943 |
| Stieglitz |
1943 |
| Braune |
1944 |
| Heder |
1944, 1945 |
| Panzer Aufklärungs Abteilung 5 |
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| Von Reitzenstein |
1940, 1941, 1942 |
| Paetsch |
1942 |
| Saalbach |
1943 |
| Fütung |
1943 |
| Debus |
1944 |
| Hack |
1944 |
| Wagner |
1945 |
| Vogt |
1945 |
| Oeck |
1945 |
| Panzer Jäger Abteilung 5 |
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| Maack |
1940, 1941 |
| Köller |
1942 |
| Oeck |
1943, 1944 |
| Korff |
1945 |
| Flak Abteilung 5 |
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| Stoffers |
1941 |
| Diebitsch |
1942 |
| Braun |
1942 |
| Kurz |
1942, 1943 |
| Stoige |
1943, 1944 |
| Winkelmann |
1944, 1945 |
| Eberhard |
1945 |
| Panzer Nachrichten Abteilung 5 |
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| Kemper |
1940, 1941, 1942 |
| Elmenreich |
1942 |
| Weitzdörfer |
1943 |
| Hüppe |
1944, 1945 |
| Schmeisser |
1945 |
| Sanitäts Abteilung 5 |
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| Dr. Unbehaun |
1940, 1941 |
| Dr. Schmück |
1942 |
| Dr. Wille |
1943 |
| Dr. Thon |
1944, 1945 |
| Div. Nachschub Tr. |
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| Eggersdorf |
1942 |
| Wolferseder |
1943 |
| Honsell |
1944, 1945 |
| Wirtschafts Btl. 5 |
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| Meier |
1940, 1941, 1942 |
| Derda |
1943 |
| Dr. Herdach |
1944, 1945 |
| Instandsetzungsabteilung 5 |
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| Sporn |
1940, 1941, 1942 |
| Endress |
1943 |
| Bretterbauer |
1944, 1945 |
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Sources: (read literature for title specifications) Klietmann, Waffen-SS, eine Dokumentation; Strassner, Europäische Freiwillige; Steiner, Die Freiwilligen; Stein, Geschichte der Waffen-SS; In 't Veld, De SS en Nederland; Vincx en Schotanius, Nederlandse vrijwilligers in Europese krijgsdienst part 4.
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Text: EM © 2000 - 2004  Translations by: Folkert van Beijma © 2003
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The nazi symbols on this site have no political or ideological purpose. The author has no intention to express or promote national-socialistic ideas.
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SS Division 'Wiking'