Divisyen Ke-12 Panzer SS Hitlerjugend

**Divisyen Ke-12 Panzer SS ''Hitlerjugend*** ("[[Belia Hitler]]") adalah sebuah divisyen armor [[Waffen-SS]] Jerman semasa [[Perang Dunia II]]. *Hitlerjugend* unik kerana majoriti anggotanya adalah dari para remaja  [[Belia Hitler]], manakala [[Pegawai Tanpa Tauliah|PTT]] kanan dan pegawai-pegawai merupakan veteran dari Barisan Timur.

Divisyen tersebut, dengan 20,540 anggota, pertama kali beraksi pada 7 Jun 1944 sebagai sebahagian daripada benteng pertahanan Jerman di kawasan [[Caen]] semasa [[Pertempuran Normandy|kempen Normandy]]. Pertempuran Normandy mengorbankan banyak nyawa untuk divisyen itu dan ia keluar dari [[Kepungan Falaise]] dengan hanya kekuatan 12,000 orang.

Selepas pertempuran tersebut, divisyen Belia Hitler telah dihantar ke Jerman untuk pembaikan. Pada 16 Disember 1944, divisyen itu telah diamanahkan menentang Tentera Darat AS dalam [[Pertempuran Bulge]]. Selepas kegagalan penyerangan [[Ardennes]] divisyen tersebut telah dihantar ke timur  untuk menentang [[Tentera Merah]] berhampiran [[Budapest]]. SS Ke12 akhirnya berundur kedalam Austria; pada 8 Mei 1945 10,000 anggotanya yang terselamat menyerahkalah kepada [[Divisyen Ke-65 Infantri (Amerika Syarikat)|Divisyen Ke-65 Infantri Amerika]], Tentera Darat Ke-7, berhampiran bandar [[Enns (bandaraya)|Enns]].

Reputasi divisyen tersebut telah terjejas oleh [[jenayah perang]] yang dilakukan oleh anggota-anggota divisyen semasa pertempuran awal di Normandy.

==Susunan Tempur Jun 1944==
**'Markas Divisyen **
**[[Brigadeführer]] [[Fritz Witt]] (Terbunuh dalam pertempuran pada 14 Jun 1944)
**[[Oberführer]] [[Kurt Meyer (Panzermeyer)|Kurt Meyer]] (dari 14 Jun 1944)
**[[Sturmbannführer]] [[Hubert Meyer]] (dari 6 September 1944)
**Brigadeführer [[Fritz Kraemer]] (dari 24 Oktober 1944)
**Brigadeführer [[Hugo Kraas]] (dari 13 November 1944&nbsp;– 8 Mei 1945)

***25th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend**, Standartenführer [[Kurt Meyer (Panzermeyer)|Kurt Meyer]] (until 14 June 1944), [[Obersturmbannführer]] [[Karl-Heinz Milius]] (from 14 June 1944)
*I. Battalion, [[Sturmbannführer]], [[Hans Waldmüller]] (Killed in action 8 September 1944)
**1st Company
**2nd Company
**3rd Company
**4th (Heavy) Company
*II. Battalion, Sturmbannführer [[Hans Scappini]] (Killed in action 7 June 1944)
**4 x Companies as per I.Btn
*III. Battalion, Obersturmbannführer [[Karl-Heinz Milius]] (until 14 June 1944), Obersturmbannführer [[Fritz Steiger]] (from 14 June 1944)
**4x Companies as per I.Btn
*13th ([[Panzerabwehrkanone]]) Company, [[Erwin Kaminski]]
*14th [[Flak]] Company, Hauptsturmführer Brantl
*15th Reconnaissance Company, [[Horst von Büttner]] (Killed in action 8–9 June 1944)
*16th (Pionier) Company, [[Emil Werner]]

***26th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend**, Standartenführer [[Wilhelm Mohnke]]
*I. Battalion, Sturmbannführer [[Bernhard Krause]]
**1st Company
**2nd Company
**3rd Company
**4th (Heavy) Company
*II. Battalion, Sturmbannführer [[Bernhard Siebken]]
**4x Companies as per I.Btn
*III. Battalion, Sturmbannführer [[Erich Olboeter]]
**4x Companies as per I.Btn
*13th ([[Panzerabwehrkanone]]) Company, Obersturmführer Polanski
*14th [[Flak]] Company, Obersturmführer [[Martin Stolze]]
*15th Reconnaissance Company, Obersturmführer Bayer
*16th (Pionier) Company, Obersturmführer Trompke

***12th SS Panzer Regiment**, Obersturmbannführer [[Max Wünsche]]
*I. Battalion (66+ x [[Panther tank]]s), Sturmbannführer [[Arnold Jürgensen]]
**1st Company
**2nd Company
**3rd Company
**4th Company
**Repair Company
*II. Battalion (96 x [[Panzer IV]]), Sturmbannführer [[Karl-Heinz Prinz]]
**5th Company
**6th Company
**7th Company
**8th Company
**9th Company
**Repair Company

***12th SS Artillery Regiment**, Sturmbannführer [[Fritz Schröder]]
*I. Battalion (12 x [[Wespe]] SP-Artillery, 6 x [[Hummel (artillery)|Hummel]] SP-Artillery)
*II. Battalion (18 x 105&nbsp;mm LeFH 18 (towed howitzers))
*III. Battalion (12 x 150&nbsp;mm SFH (towed heavy howitzers), 4 x 105&nbsp;mm Kanone (towed howitzers))

***12th SS Motorcycle Regiment**

***12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion**, Sturmbannführer [[Gerhard Bremer]]
**1st Company, Obersturmführer Peter Hansmann
**2nd Company, Obersturmführer [[Walter Hauck]]
**3rd Company, Obersturmführer Keue
**4th Company, Obersturmführer [[Heinz Beiersdorf]]
**5th (Heavy) Company, Hauptsturmführer [[Gerd von Reitzenstein]]

***12th SS Panzerjäger Battalion**, Sturmbannführer [[Jacob Hanreich]]
**1st Battery
**2nd Battery

***12th SS Werfer Battalion**, Hauptsturmführer [[Willy Müller]]
**I Battery (4 x 150&nbsp;mm [[Nebelwerfer]])
**II Battery (4 x 150&nbsp;mm Nebelwerfer)
**III Battery (4 x 150&nbsp;mm Nebelwerfer)

***12th SS Flak Battalion**, Hauptsturmführer [[Rudolf Fend]]
**I Battery (4 x [[88mm flak gun]])
**II Battery (4 x 88&nbsp;mm flak gun)
**III Battery (4 x 88&nbsp;mm flak gun)
**IV Battery (9 x [[3.7 cm FlaK 43]])

***12th SS Pioneer Battalion**, Sturmbannführer [[Siegfried Müller (SS officer)|Siegfried Müller]]
**1st Company
**2nd Company
**3rd Company
**Motorised Bridging Unit

***12th SS Panzer Signals Battalion**, Hauptsturmführer [[Erich Pandel]]

***12th SS Instandsetzungs**, Hauptsturmführer [[Artur Manthei]]

***12th SS Nachschub Truppen**, Hauptsturmführer [[Rudolf Kolitz]]

***12th SS Wirtschafts Battalion**

***12th SS Fuhrerbewerber Lehrgange**

***12th SS War Reporter platoon (mot)**

***12th SS Feldgendarmerie Company**

***12th SS Field post office**

***12th SS Medical Battalion*', Sturmbannführer [[Rolf Schulz]] M.D.

==Lihat juga==
*[[Senarai Divisyen Waffen-SS]]

==Nota kaki==


==Rujukan==
*
*Meyer Kurt, *Grenadiers*, JJ Fedorowicz Publishing ltd, 2001, ISBN 0-921991-59-2
*Meyer Hubert, *The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division*, Stackpole Books, 2005, ISBN 0-8117-3198-7
*Meyer Hubert, *The 12th SS Volume Two: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division*, Stackpole Books, 2005, ISBN 0-8117-3199-5
*Mitcham Samuel W, *Panzers in Winter: Hitler's Army and the Battle of the Bulge*, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, ISBN 0-275-97115-5
*Reynolds Michael, *Steel Inferno'', Spellmount Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-86227-410-5

## Pautan luar
*12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend entry at Axishistory.com
*12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend Research Forum
*Reenacting group