32nd_SS_Volunteer_Grenadier_Division_30_Januar

32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division

32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division

German infantry division

The 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30th January" (German: 32. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division „30. Januar“) was formed in December 1944 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troops. A significant cadre came from Hungarian and Romanian fascists who had joined the SS, but their numbers are unknown.[citation needed] The division fought as part of the V SS Mountain Corps, on the Oder front, just north of Fürstenberg (now part of Eisenhüttenstadt) [1] and in the Battle of Berlin. The division was destroyed in the Halbe pocket, but parts of the unit surrendered to the Americans at Tangermünde.

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The division's name referred to 30 January 1933, the date that Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Zhukov at the Oder By Tony Le Tissier, p.132
  2. [2]
    Rikmenspoel, M. (1999:197). Soldiers of the Waffen-SS: many nations, one motto. Canada: J.J. Fedorowicz.
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