35th SS-Police Grenadier Division

35th SS- und Polizei Grenadier Division
35th SS- und Polizei Grenadier Division
	Division emblem
Active	1 March 1945 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Battle of the Seelow Heights; Battle of Halbe;
Commanders
Oberfuhrer	Johannes Wirth
Standartenführer	Ruediger Pipkorn

The 35th SS- und Police Grenadier Division (Template:Lang-de)^[1]^{[Note 1]} was an infantry division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was created from SS-Police units transferred to the Waffen-SS. It was formed in the spring of 1945, and its actual strength is not known. As part of the German Ninth Army, it was badly mauled on the approaches to Berlin during the Battle of the Seelow Heights, and was destroyed during the Battle of Halbe. Various remnants surrendered to American and Soviet forces near the demarcation line of the Elbe.

Organisation

English designation

German designation

SS-Police Grenadier Regiment 89 (I, II and III battalion)
SS-Police Grenadier Regiment 90 (I – II)
SS-Police Grenadier Regiment 91 (I – II)
SS-Police Artillery Regiment 35 (I – III)
- SS-Police Fusilier Battalion 35
- SS-Panzer Antitank Battalion 35
- SS-Panzer Engineer Battalion 35
- SS-Panzer Communications Battalion 35
SS-Supply Regiment 35

SS-Polizei-Grenadier-Regiment 89 (I – III)
SS-Polizei-Grenadier-Regiment 90 (I – II)
SS-Polizei-Grenadier-Regiment 91 (I – II)
SS-Polizei-Artillerie-Regiment 35 (I – III)
- SS-Polizei-Füsilier-Abteilung 35
- SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 35
- SS-Polizei-Pionier-Bataillon 35
- SS-Polizei-Nachrichten-Abteilung 35
SS-Versorgungs-Regiment 35

Bishop, Chris. The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide - Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-1945, Amber Books, 2007
Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945; Band 5: Die Landsreitkräfte 31–70 Frankfurt am Main: E. S. Mittler, [1971] OCLC 462224456