Divisyen Ke-2 Panzer SS Das Reich

Divisyen Ke-2 Panzer SS Das Reich adalah sebuah divisyen elit Nazi Waffen-SS semasa Perang Dunia II. Ia merupakan salah satu daripada 38 buah divisyen yang diketengahkan oleh Waffen-SS. Ia bertugas sewaktu pencerobohan Perancis dan mengambil bahagian dalam beberapa pertempuran besar di Barisan Timur (terutamanya dalam Pertempuran Prokhorovka menentang Tentera Darat Ke-5 Pengawal Kereta Kebal didalam Pertempuran Kursk). Ia kemudian dipindahkan ke Barat dan mengambil bahagian dalam pertempuran di Normandy dan Pertempuran Bulge, mengakhiri perang dengan pertempuran sengit di Hungary dan Austria.

Divisyen Ke-2 Panzer SS Das Reich
Wolfsangel
Aktif	1939–45
Negara	Jerman Nazi
Cawangan	Waffen-SS
Jenis	Panzer
Moto	Meine Ehre heißt Treue ("Maruahku ialah Kesetiaan")
Pertempuran	Pertempuran Perancis 1940 Operasi Barbarossa 1941 Operasi Typhoon Pertempuran Kursk 1943 Normandy 1944 Pertempuran Bulge 1944
Komander
Komander terkenal	Paul Hausser

Simbol bagi divisyen Das Reich ialah kuku serigala, atau Wolfsangel. Kesudahannya, Waffen-SS telah didapati bersalah kerana jenayah perang di Tribunal Nuremberg, dengan Das Reich sendiri terkenal melakukan, antara lain, pembunuhan beramai-ramai Tulle dan Oradour-sur-Glane.

Para komander

• SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Kment, Prior to 1935
• SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser, 19 October 1939 – 14 October 1941
• SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Bittrich, 14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941
• SS-Brigadeführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, 31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942
• SS-Gruppenführer Georg Keppler, 19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943
• SS-Brigadeführer Herbert-Ernst Vahl, 10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943
• SS-Standartenführer Kurt Brasack, 18 March 1943–29 March 1943
• SS-Gruppenführer Walter Krüger, 29 March 1943–23 October 1943
• SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding, 23 October 1943–24 July 1944
• SS-Obersturmbannführer Christian Tychsen, 24 July 1944–28 July 1944
• SS-Oberführer Otto Baum, 28 July 1944–23 October 1944
• SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding, 23 October 1944–20 January 1945
• SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz, 20 January 1945–4 February 1945
• SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff, 4 February 1945–9 March 1945
• SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Lehmann, 9 March 1945–13 April 1945
• SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz, 13 April 1945–8 May 1945

Susunan tempur

1941 – 1942

• SS Infantry Regiment Deutschland
• SS Infantry Regiment Der Führer
• 11th SS Infantry Regiment
• 2nd SS Artillery Regiment
• 2nd SS Sturmgeschütz Battery
• 2nd SS Motorcycle Battalion
• 2nd SS Reconnaissance Battalion
• 2nd SS Panzerjäger (anti-tank) Battalion
• 2nd SS Pionier Battalion
• 2nd SS Signal Battalion
• 2nd SS Rocket Battalion
• 2nd SS Supply Battalion
• 2nd SS Medical Battalion
• 2nd SS Reserve Battalion

1944 – 1945

• 2nd SS Panzer Regiment
• 3rd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Deutschland
• 4th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Der Führer
• 2nd SS Panzer Artillery Regiment
• 2nd SS Motorcycle Battalion
• 2nd SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion
• 2nd SS Reconnaissance Battalion
• 2nd SS Panzerjager Battalion
• 2nd SS Flak Battalion
• 2nd SS Pionier Battalion
• 2nd SS Signal Battalion
• 2nd SS Rocket Launcher Battalion
• 2nd SS Supply Battalion
• 2nd SS Maintenance Battalion
• 2nd SS Medical Battalion

Lihat juga

• Senarai Divisyen Waffen-SS
• Panzer
• Divisyen panzer
• Briged SS Schuldt
• Kor II Panzer SS

Bibliografi

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