page_title: Operation Southwind
section_title: The Axis forces
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Southwind / Order of battle (16 February 1945) / The Axis forces
context_page_description: Operation Southwind was a German offensive operation on the Eastern Front in Hungary, from 17–24 February 1945. The Germans succeeded in eliminating the Soviet bridgehead on the west bank of the river Garam in preparation for Operation Spring Awakening. This was one of the last successful German offensives in the Second World War.
context_section_description: Elements of the German 8. Armee (General der Gebirgstruppe Hans Kreysing)
  I. SS Panzerkorps (SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess)
  1. SS-Panzer-Division “Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler” (SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm)
  Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101
  12. SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend” (SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas)
  Panzerkorps “Feldhernnhalle" (General der Panzertruppe Ulrich Kleemann)
  46. Infanterie Division (Generalmajor Erich Reuter)
  44. Reichsgrenadier-Division “Hoch- und Deutschmeister” (Generalleutnant Hans-Günther von Rost)
  211. Volksgrenadier Division (Generalmajor Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt))
  Kampfgruppe of Panzerkorps "Feldhernnhalle" (Oberstleutnant Hans Schöneich)
  Schwere Panzer Abteilung “Feldhernnhalle”
  Panzer Abteilung 208
  Kampfgruppe Staubwasser (3 battalions of 357. Infanterie Division)( Oberst i. G. Anton Staubwasser)
  Elements of the German 6. Armee (General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck)
  Elements of I. Kavallerie-Korps (General der Kavallerie Gustav Harteneck)
  Kampfgruppe Hupe (part of 96. Infanterie Division)( Oberstleutnant Joachim-Friedrich Hupe)
  711. Infanterie Division (Generalleutnant Josef Reichert)
caption: General der Gebirgstruppe Hans Kreysing
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