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

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Corporal Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Unterscharführer of the Waffen-SS
Corporal Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Unterscharführer of the Waffen-SS

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.

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[edit] Lineage

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Chief of staff

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

[edit] Areas of operation

March 1944 - May 1945: Eastern front, northern sector

[edit] Manpower strength

  • December 1943: 8033
  • June 1944: 10592
  • December 1944: 9396

[edit] Knight's Crosses

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

[edit] 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


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