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5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
5. SS-Panzerdivision Wiking
Unit insignia
Active
1941–45
Country
Nazi Germany
Branch
Waffen-SS
Type
Infantry Panzer
Role
Armoured warfare
Size
Division
Engagements
Eastern Front
Operation Barbarossa
Case Blue
Third Battle of Kharkov
Operation Citadel
Operation Spring Awakening
Operation Harvest Festival
Commanders
Notable commanders
Felix Steiner
Herbert Gille
Eduard Deisenhofer
Johannes Mühlenkamp
Karl Ullrich
Military unit
The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking (German: 5. SS-Panzerdivision Wiking) or SS Division Wiking was an infantry and later an armoured division among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. During World War II, the division served on the Eastern Front. It surrendered on 9 May 1945 to the American forces in Austria.
The division contained small contingents of foreign volunteers from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Iceland, the Netherlands and Belgium. These contingents were elevated in wartime propaganda and postwar mythology, including from the former German officers of the division, to give the Wiking Division the reputation of a pan-European force. In truth, the division was at all times equipped with a vast majority of German personnel.
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Global Information
Nazi Germany
Waffen-SS