38th SS Division ''Nibelungen''

38th SS Division Nibelungen
Active	March–May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Commanders
Notable commanders	Richard Schulze-Kossens

The 38th SS Division "Nibelungen" (German: 38. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nibelungen")^[1] was a Waffen-SS military unit of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was formed in March 1945 from the staff and trainees of the SS-Junkerschule (SS leadership training school) at Bad Tölz.^[2]

Commanders

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Citations

↑ Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv“ in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
1 2 O'Donnell 2001, p. 99.

Bibliography

O'Donnell, James P. (2001) [1978]. The Bunker. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80958-3.

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