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THE 3RD SS PANZER REGIMENT

THE 3

RD

SS PANZER

REGIMENT

RD

SS PANZER DIVISION TOTENKOPF

PIERRE TIQUET

CIS0011

This book is published in cooperation with and under license from Editions Heimdal.

Adapted from

Souvenirs de Vtrans du SS-Pz.-Rgt. 3 Totenkopf

Editions

Heimdal, 2017

Print Edition: ISBN 978-1-61200-7311

Digital Edition: ISBN 978-1-61200-7328

Kindle Edition: ISBN 978-1-61200-7328

Casemate Publishers 2020

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any

form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording

or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the

publisher in writing.

Design by Battleeld Design

Color proles by Battleeld Design

Translated by Hannah McAdams

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Title page: Panzer III 502, 3rd SS Panzer Regiment Totenkopf. Note that

three crewmembers wear the camouaged overalls of the Waffen-SS.

This photo was taken in July 1943 in the Belgorod region. Gunner Werner

Sldner has his back turned to the camera.

Contents page: Ernst Walter Kirschs Panzer Badge (

Panzerkampfabzeichen

)

with case, and SS ring.

Note: vehicle illustrations and proles are not to scale.

I would like to thank my wife for her unappable patience, as well as Gregory

Gochgarian, Roberto Christiani, and Andrii Zubkobv for their help and

encouragement.

Contents

Timeline of Events

.............................................

Introduction

.......................................................

To the Eastern Front

........................................

Kursk

.................................................................

The Mius Front

................................................

Kharkov to the Dnieper

..................................

Balta to Radzymin

...........................................

Hungary

..........................................................

Aermath

.......................................................

Sources

............................................................

Timeline of Events

The history of the Totenkopf Division is one of two partsthe three-year

period from October 1939 to October 1942 when the division was not

designated a panzer division, and the period November 1942 to May

1945, when it was. It was in this latter period that the 3rd SS Panzer

Regiment was formed.

November 1942:

3rd SS Panzer Regiment

formed, in France.

November 1943:

Totenkopf involved in

the battle for Krivoi Rog,

lasting several weeks.

February 1943:

Totenkopf Division

transferred to the Eastern Front.

February 19, 1943:

Third battle

of Kharkov opens. 3rd SS Panzer

Regiment receives its rst Tiger tanks.

March 15, 1943:

The third

battle of Kharkov closes with

a German victory.

July 5, 1943:

Operation

Citadel

,

the German attempt to close

the Kursk salient, opens.

July 14, 1943:

With the

Wehrmacht having exhausted

itself, Hitler shuts down

Citadel

.

August 2, 1943:

The Soviets penetrate

the Mius Front. After bitter ghting,

3rd SS Panzer Regiment reduced to 20

tanks.

August 3, 1943:

3rd SS Panzer Regiment

involved in the fourth battle of Kharkov.

August 23, 1943:

Red Army victorious

at Kharkov. Totenkopf begins ghting

withdrawal to the Dnieper.

1943

1942

Left and opposite:

A collection of veterans

decorations on a battered album decorated

with an ofcers armband. The set includes an

Iron Cross 2nd class with original pouch, an Iron

Cross 1st class in a presentation box and yellow

cardboard outer box, and a bronze Panzer Badge.

The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment

1944

July 9, 1944:

3rd SS Panzer

Regiment transferred to

Poland, ghting for 5 months

to halt Soviet Operation

Bagration

.

December 25, 1944:

3rd SS Panzer

Regiment transferred

to Hungary.

January 120, 1945:

Operations

Konrad I, II

and

III

launched, to relieve

Budapest, but fail.

February 13, 1945:

Budapest falls to the

Red Army.

May 8, 1945:

German unconditional surrender.

May 9, 1945:

Totenkopf Division surrenders to

11th U.S. Armored Division, in Czechoslovakia.

May 14, 1945:

U.S. forces hand German POWs

over to Red Army, to begin transfer to Odessa.

February 1944:

3rd

SS Panzer Regiment

attempts to relieve the

Korsun Pocket.

April 4, 1944:

3rd SS Panzer

Regiment retreats

over the Dniester,

into Romania.

May 7, 1944:

3rd SS

Panzer Regiment

successfully holds

the Red Army at

the second battle of

Trgu Frumos.

1945

Totenkopf: the deaths head.

Timeline of Events

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