31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division

31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division

Insignia of the 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division
Active 1944 - 1945
Country Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Allegiance Adolf Hitler
Branch Waffen SS
Type Grenadier
Size Division
Nickname(s) Corn Division
Division Batschka
Division Lombard

The 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division was a unit of the German armed forces during World War II. It was formed from Germans, Hungarians and Volksdeutsche, mostly from the Bačka in September 1944. The division is sometimes given the title Batschka. By November 1944 it was in action on the Hungarian Front.

In January 1945 it was sent to Austria and reformed as a type 45 Division, with only two battalions in each regiment and only three platoons in each company.[1]

The division then joined the 17th Army in Silesia where it was surrounded by the Red Army; it surrendered near Hradec Králové in May 1945.[1] After surrendering, more than 4,000 members were massacred by Czech partisans and Soviet troops.

Commander

Order of battle

References

  1. 1 2 3 German Order of Battle, Volume 3 By Samuel W. Jr Mitcham p.188
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