31st Waffen-SS Division

31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division

31. SS Freiwilligsten division

History

SS-Freiwilligen Division

SS-Freiwilligen

After battle of Batina, remains of divisions were split between Army Groups South and F fighting delaying actions across southern Hungary. Once new front line at lake Balaton begun to stabilize these remains were withdrawn to the rear.

After assembly, remains of division were transferred to Lower Styria (Steiermark), Slovenia which was annexed into Third Reich in 1941. Communications was set up in Maribor (Marburg an der Drau), divisional staff in a castle near Slovenske Konjice (Gonobitz),
Battles & Campaigns

Batina operation

Reference

For the Homeland: The 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division in World War II by Rudolf Pencz

German Defeat in the East, The: 1944-45 by Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.