Global Information22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia information
| 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division | |
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| 22. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division 22. SS-Önkéntes-Lovashadosztály | |
 Divisional symbol of the 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division, used as early as October 1944.[1][2] | |
| Active | 29 April 1944 - 14 February 1945[3][4] |
| Country |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch |  Waffen-SS |
| Type | Grenadier |
| Role | Cavalry |
| Size | 12,453 (20 September 1944)[5] 13,911 (25 October 1944)[6][7] 11,345 (26 December 1944)[7] |
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| Garrison/HQ | Bicske, Budapest, Győr, Kisbér, Rétság and Zsámbék.[8][9] |
| Nickname(s) | 'Maria Theresia'[3] (Hungarian: 'Mária Terézia')[10] 'Wonder Weapon Division'[8][11] (German: 'Wunderwaffe Division')[11] |
| Motto(s) | "Meine Ehre heißt Treue!" |
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The 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division (German: 22. SS-Freiwilligen Kavallerie-Division)[14] (Hungarian: 22. SS-Önkéntes-Lovashadosztály)[5] was a German Waffen-SS cavalry division which was active on the Eastern Front during World War II. The division was composed primarily of Royal Hungarian Army Volksdeutsche conscripts who were transferred to the Waffen-SS following an agreement between Germany and Hungary. The division is commonly known under the Maria Theresia name in publications, although no documents have been found to confirm this name.[15]
- ^ Landwehr 1997, p. 29.
- ^ Tucker-Jones 2016, p. 45.
- ^ a b Mitcham 2007, p. 211.
- ^ Landwehr 1997, p. 21.
- ^ a b 17: 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division 'Maria Theresia' - Arcanum.
- ^ Pencz 2010, p. 155.
- ^ a b Battles of the 22nd SS Cavalry Division in Budapest - Arcanum.
- ^ a b Landwehr 1997, p. 13.
- ^ Landwehr 1997, p. 14.
- ^ Holčík 1986, p. 36.
- ^ a b Landwehr 1997, p. 15.
- ^ Bishop 2012, p. 182.
- ^ Landwehr 1997, p. 22.
- ^ Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv" in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
- ^ (in Polish) Jan-Hendrik Wendler: 22. ochotnicza dywizja kawalerii SS (22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division) in: "Militaria XX Wieku" No. 4/2009(31), pp. 74–75