Divisyen Ke-2 Panzer SS Das Reich

Divisyen Ke-2 Panzer SS Das Reich adalah sebuah divisyen elit Nazi Waffen-SS semasa Perang Dunia II. Ia merupakan salah satu daripada 38 buah divisyen yang diketengahkan oleh Waffen-SS. Ia bertugas sewaktu pencerobohan Perancis dan mengambil bahagian dalam beberapa pertempuran besar di Barisan Timur (terutamanya dalam Pertempuran Prokhorovka menentang Tentera Darat Ke-5 Pengawal Kereta Kebal didalam Pertempuran Kursk). Ia kemudian dipindahkan ke Barat dan mengambil bahagian dalam pertempuran di Normandy dan Pertempuran Bulge, mengakhiri perang dengan pertempuran sengit di Hungary dan Austria.

Simbol bagi divisyen Das Reich ialah kuku serigala, atau Wolfsangel. Kesudahannya, Waffen-SS telah didapati bersalah kerana jenayah perang di Tribunal Nuremberg, dengan Das Reich sendiri terkenal melakukan, antara lain, pembunuhan beramai-ramai Tulle dan  Oradour-sur-Glane.

Para komander
 SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Kment, Prior to 1935
 SS-Obergruppenführer Paul Hausser, 19 October 1939 – 14 October 1941
 SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Bittrich, 14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941
 SS-Brigadeführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, 31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942
 SS-Gruppenführer Georg Keppler, 19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943
 SS-Brigadeführer Herbert-Ernst Vahl, 10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943
 SS-Standartenführer Kurt Brasack, 18 March 1943–29 March 1943
 SS-Gruppenführer Walter Krüger, 29 March 1943–23 October 1943
 SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding, 23 October 1943–24 July 1944
 SS-Obersturmbannführer Christian Tychsen, 24 July 1944–28 July 1944
 SS-Oberführer Otto Baum, 28 July 1944–23 October 1944
 SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding, 23 October 1944–20 January 1945
 SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz, 20 January 1945–4 February 1945
 SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff, 4 February 1945–9 March 1945
 SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Lehmann, 9 March 1945–13 April 1945
 SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz, 13 April 1945–8 May 1945

Susunan tempur

1941 – 1942

SS Infantry Regiment Deutschland
SS Infantry Regiment Der Führer
11th SS Infantry Regiment
2nd SS Artillery Regiment
2nd SS Sturmgeschütz Battery
2nd SS Motorcycle Battalion
2nd SS Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd SS Panzerjäger (anti-tank) Battalion
2nd SS Pionier Battalion
2nd SS Signal Battalion
2nd SS Rocket Battalion
2nd SS Supply Battalion
2nd SS Medical Battalion
2nd SS Reserve Battalion

1944 – 1945
2nd SS Panzer Regiment
3rd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Deutschland
4th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Der Führer
2nd SS Panzer Artillery Regiment
2nd SS Motorcycle Battalion
2nd SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion
2nd SS Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd SS Panzerjager Battalion
2nd SS Flak Battalion
2nd SS Pionier Battalion
2nd SS Signal Battalion
2nd SS Rocket Launcher Battalion
2nd SS Supply Battalion
2nd SS Maintenance Battalion
2nd SS Medical Battalion

Lihat juga
 Senarai Divisyen Waffen-SS
 Panzer
 Divisyen panzer
 Briged SS Schuldt
 Kor II Panzer SS

Nota

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Tentera Jerman
Unit kereta kebal
Nazi
Perang Dunia Kedua
Nazi SS