Army Group C
On 7 September 1944, it was renamed to "Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS (italienische Nr. 1)" under Generalkommando "Lombardia" of Army Group C. By December 1944, the unit comprised 15,000 men. In the spring of 1945, the division under the command of Ernst Tzschoppe as "Kampfgruppe Binz" fought against French units in Lombardy and the Partisans in Piedmont. On 30 April 1945, the division surrendered to US troops in Gorgonzola, Lombardy.