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'''16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS''' was formed Nov 1943 when [[volksdeutsche]] recruits were added to the ''Sturmbrigade Reichsführer-SS'' and it was upgraded to divisional status. 

A kampfgruppe from the division fought the Allied landings at [[Anzio]] while the rest took part in the occupation of [[Hungary]]. It fought in [[Italy]] as a unit from May 1944 until being transferred to Hungary Feb 1945. 

It surrendered to [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] forces near [[Klagenfurt]], Austria at the end of the war.

==Lineage==  
*Begleit-Bataillon Reichsführer-SS   (May 1941 - Feb 1943)
*Sturmbrigade Reichsführer-SS   (Feb 1943 - Oct 1943)
*SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS   (Oct 1943 - May 1945)

==Commanders==
*SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon   (3 Oct 1943 - 24 Oct 1944)
*SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum   (24 Oct 1944 - 8 May 1945)

==Chiefs of Staff==
*SS-Obersturmbannführer Albert Ekkehard   (20 Oct 1943 - ? Dec 1944)
*Major Lothar Wolf   (? Jan 1945 - ? May 1945)

==Quartermasters== 
*SS-Sturmbannführer Fritz Steinbeck   (1 July 1944 - 1 Mar 1945)
*SS-Hauptsturmführer Heinz Zabel   (? 1945 - ? May 1945)

==Area of Operations==
*Yugoslavia  (Oct 1943 - Feb 1944)
*Italy & Hungary  (Feb 1944 - May 1944)
*Germany  (May 1944 - June 1944)
*Italy  (June 1944 - Dec 1944)
*Hungary & Austria  (Dec 1944 - May 1945)

==Manpower==
1 [[Knight's Cross]] was awarded to a soldier in this division.

*December 1943: 12,720
*June 1944: 14,218
*December 1944: 14,223

==Order of Battle==
*SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 35
*SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 36
*SS-Artillerie Regiment 16
*SS-Panzer Abteilung 16
*SS-Flak-Abteilung 16
*SS-Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 16
*SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 16
*SS-Pionier-Btaillon 16
*SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 16
*SS-Nachschub-Truppen 16
*SS-Wirtschafts-Bataillon 16
*SS-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 16
*SS-Sanitäts-Abteilung 16
*SS-Feld-Ersatz-Btaillon 16
*Feldgendarmerie-Kompanie
*Div.Kampfschule 16.SS-Pz.Gren.Div
*Div.Begleit-Kompanie

{{SS Divisions}}

[[Category:Waffen-SS divisions|1*16]]

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