19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)

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The 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) was formed in 1943 when the 2nd Latvian SS Volunteer Brigade was upgraded to a division. They fought the Red Army until the the war ended in the Kurland pocket.

Lineage

• May 1943 - October 1943: Latvian SS Volunteer Brigade
• October 1943 - January 1944: 2nd Latvian SS Volunteer Brigade
• January 1944 - May 1944: 19th Lativan SS Volunteer Division
• May 1944 - May 1945: 19th Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)

Commanders

• January 7th, 1944 - March 15th, 1994: SS-Brigadeführer Hinrich Schuldt
• March 15th, 1994 - April 13th, 1944: SS-Standartenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
• April 15th, 1944 - May 8th, 1945: SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Steckenbach

Chief of staff

• ??, 1944 - March 1st, 1945: SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Koop

Areas of operation

March 1944 - May 1945: Eastern front, northern sector

Manpower strength

• December 1943: 8.033
• June 1944: 10.592
• December 1944: 9.396

Knight's Crosses

12 Knight's Crosses were awarded to soldiers of the division.

Order of battle

• 42nd Armed Infantry Regiment of the SS Voldemars Veiss
• 43rd Armed Infantry Regiment of the SS Heinrich Schuldt
• 44th Armed Infantry Regiment of the SS
• Waffen-Artillerie Regiment 19
• SS-Füsilier Battalion 19
• SS-Panzerjäger Abteilung 19
• SS-Flak Abteilung 19
• SS-Pionier Battalion 19
• SS-Nachschub Truppen 19
• SS-Sanitäts Abteilung 19
• SS-Feldpostamt 19
• SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 19

Divisions of the Waffen-SS (see complete list)

1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Division Das Reich 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 4th SS Polizei Division 5th SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking 6th SS Mountain Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galizien (1st Ukrainian) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresa 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland 24th Waffen Mountain (Karstjäger) Division 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Russian) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow 38th SS Division Grenadier Nibelungen

 

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