The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" (German: 3. SS-Panzerdivision "Totenkopf") [1] was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the Standarten of the SS-TV.

SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV; lit. 'Death's Head Units'[2]) was a major branch of the Nazi Party 's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. It was responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps for Nazi Germany, among similar duties. [3] .

SS-Totenkopfverbände ('Death's Head Units') was the Schutzstaffel (SS) organization responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps for Nazi Germany, among similar duties.

SS-Division „Totenkopf“, auch als SS-Totenkopf-Division bekannt, war zwischen dem 16. Oktober 1939 und 9. November 1942 die Bezeichnung eines militärischen Verbandes der Waffen-SS, der seinen Ursprung in den 1933/34 aufgestellten KZ-Wachverbänden hatte, die seit 1936 unter dem Namen SS-Totenkopfverbände zusammengeschlossen waren und ...

The 3.SS Division “Totenkopf” was formed in October, 1939, following the invasion of Poland. The division was formed of new recruits, men from SS-Totenkopfstandarten 1, 2, and 3, as well as a cadre of officers and NCOs from the SSVT.

The 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf (skull), also known as the 3rd SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf and 3rd SS Division Totenkopf during its existence, was one of 38 divisions of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the...

On July 12, advancing Soviet tank forces slammed into the Totenkopf on the collective farm near Andre'evka. In the ensuing battle, both the advancing Soviets and the defending Germans suffered heavy armour losses. Only the arrival of the Totenkopf's Tiger company averted defeat.

Sep 28, 2021 · SS-Oberscharführer SS-Artillerie Regiment 3 “Totenkopf”: was formed in October 1939 from concentration camp guards of the SS Totenkopfverbände with the addition of officers from the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and men from SS-Heimwehr Danzig.

Dec 17, 2010 · SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf was formed October 1939 from concentration camp guards of the SS-Totenkopfverbände with the addition of officers from the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and men from SS-Heimwehr Danzig. Generaloberst Fedor von Bock visited the division on 19 April 1940 and later wrote:

Since mid-October 1939, the Totenkopf Division in Wehrkreis VII has been set up as a horse-drawn infantry division by Gruppenführer Eicke as ‘Inspector of the SS Totenkopf Units’ from the younger soldiers of the existing four SS Standarten.