10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

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10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
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The 10.SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg was a German Waffen SS panzer division that saw action on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II. The honor title Frundsberg refers to 16th Century German landsknecht commander Georg von Frundsberg.

It, and its "twin" Division, the 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen played an important part in holding the British Forces back in Normandy, particularly during Operation Epsom. Later, the Division was instrumental in stemming the Allied onslaught during Operation Market Garden at Nijmegen, in the Netherlands, at which time it, along with the 9th SS Panzer, constituted the II SS Panzer Corps.

In August 2006, German writer and Nobel laureate Günter Grass admitted to having been a tank gunner with the division after having been conscripted into the Waffen-SS at the age of 17 in November 1944. As Grass had always been an outspoken critic of Germany's treatment of its Nazi past, his surprise admission caused a great stir in the press.

[edit] Commanders

(January 1943 - 15 February 1943) SS Standartenfuehrer Michel Lippert
(15 February 1943 - 15 November 1943) SS Gruppenfuehrer Lothar Debes
(15 November 1943 - 27 April 1945) SS Gruppenfuehrer Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld
(27 April 1945 - April 1945) SS Gruppenfuehrer Heinz Harmel
(April 1945 - 8 May 1945) SS Obersturmbannfuehrer Franz Roestel