9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
	Divisional insignia
Active	February 1943 – May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Engagements	Battle of Tarnopol; Falaise pocket; Operation Market Garden; Battle of the Bulge; Operation Spring Awakening;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Wilhelm Bittrich; Sylvester Stadler

The 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" (German: 9. SS-Panzerdivision "Hohenstaufen") was a Waffen-SS armoured division of Nazi Germany during World War II. It participated in battles on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. The division was activated in December 1942. Many of the men of the division were young German conscripts, with a cadre of NCOs and staff from the SS Division Leibstandarte and other Waffen SS divisions. Hohenstaufen took part in the relief of German forces in the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket, the Normandy battles, Operation Market Garden, the Ardennes Offensive and Operation Spring Awakening. The division surrendered to the United States Army on 8 May 1945, at Steyr.

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