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 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 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, Tentera Darat Ke-7, berhampiran bandar 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 (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 – 8 Mei 1945)

25th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend, Standartenführer 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 tanks), 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 SP-Artillery)
II. Battalion (18 x 105 mm LeFH 18 (towed howitzers))
III. Battalion (12 x 150 mm SFH (towed heavy howitzers), 4 x 105 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 mm Nebelwerfer)
II Battery (4 x 150 mm Nebelwerfer)
III Battery (4 x 150 mm Nebelwerfer)

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

12th SS Pioneer Battalion, Sturmbannführer 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
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