18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel


The 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel" |Eastern front], with the exception of one regiment that fought the Slovak [National Uprising] in August 1944. During this period, the 1st Battalion of the SS [Volunteer Sturmbrigade France|Sturmbrigade Frankreich] fought with the division as the 4th Battalion of SS Rgt. 40 commanded by Sturmbannführer Schaeffer in Galicia. The division later fought as a single unit in Hungary |Hungary] and in Czechoslovakia where it was destroyed.
The Division was named after SA member Horst Wessel, known for being the author of the lyrics to the Nazi Party anthem, the Horst-Wessel-Lied, and glorified by the Nazi regime as a martyr of the party's early years.

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