German Sixth SS Panzer Army

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The German Sixth Panzer Army (6.Panzer-Armee) was formed as part of the Wehrmacht in Fall 1944. On April 2, 1945, it was transferred to the Waffen-SS and became known as Sixth SS Panzer Army (6.SS-Panzerarmee). It is most noted for its leading role in the Battle of the Bulge.

Although it didn't receive the SS designation until after the Battle of the Bulge, the SS designation came into general use after the Second World War for the unit assembled prior to that campaign.

After the Ardennes Offensive, the Sixth lead the Operation Frühlingserwachen offensive around Hungary's Lake Balaton. Towards the end of the war it neared Vienna.

[edit] Commander

[edit] Order of Battle - Ardennes Offensive

Direct command of 6.SS Panzerarmee:

Skorzeny Brigade 150 - Kdr:SS-Ostubaf.Otto Skorzeny

Volks-Artillerie-Korps 388/402/405

Volks-Werfer-Brigade 4/9/17

2 Flak Division - Kdr:Oberst Fritz Laicher

246 Volks-Grenadier Division (reserve for Amree, 19.12.44) Kdr:Generalmajor Peter Korte

LXVII Armee Korps:

Kdr:General der Infanterie Otto Hitzfeld

272 Volks-Grenadier Division - Generalleutnant Eugen Konig

326 Volks-Grenadier Division - Kdr:Generalmajor Dr.Erwin Kaschner

2 Flak-sturm-Regiment

LXVI Armee Korps:

Kdr:General der Artillerie Walther Lucht

12 Volks-Grenadier Division - Kdr:Generalleutnant Gerhard Engel

62 Volks-Grenadier Division - Kdr:Generalmajor Fritz Warnecke

560 Volks-Grenadier Division - Kdr:Generalmajor Rudolf Bader

Korps Felber:

Kdr:General der Infanterie Hans Felber

18 Volks-Grenadier Division (1.1.45 attached) - Kdr:Generalmajor Gunther Hoffman-Schonborn

62 Volks-Grenadier Division (1.1.45 attached)- Kdr:Generalmajor Fritz Warnecke

Also included the I.SS Panzerkorps (SS-Gruf.Hermann Priess) and II.SS Panzerkorps (Kdr:SS-Ogruf.Wilhelm Bittrich)


[edit] References

  • Trevor N. Dupuy, David L. Bongard, Richard C. Anderson Jr., Hitler's Last Gamble, The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945,1994, Harper Collins, pg 504. 1994. ISBN 0-06-016627-4.
  • Axis History
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