Order of Battle June 1944
- Divisional HQ
- Brigadeführer Fritz Witt (Killed in action 14 June 1944)
- Oberführer Kurt Meyer (from 14 June 1944)
- Sturmbannführer Hubert Meyer (from 6 September 1944)
- Brigadeführer Fritz Kraemer (from 24 October 1944)
- Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas (from 13 November 1944 - 8 May 1945)
- 25th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend, Standartenführer Kurt Meyer (until 14 June 1944), Obersturmbannführer Karl-Heinz Milius (from 14 June 1944)
- I. Battalion, Sturmbannführer, Hans Waldmüller (Killed in action 8 September 1944)
- 1st Company
- 2nd Company
- 3rd Company
- 4th (Heavy) Company
- II. Battalion, Sturmbannführer Hans Scappini (Killed in action 7 June 1944)
- 4 x Companies as per I.Btn
- III. Battalion, Obersturmbannführer Karl-Heinz Milius (until 14 June 1944), Obersturmbannführer Fritz Steiger (from 14 June 1944)
- 4x Companies as per I.Btn
- 13th (Panzerabwehrkanone) Company, Erwin Kaminski
- 14th Flak Company, Hauptsturmführer Brantl
- 15th Reconnaissance Company, Horst von Büttner (Killed in action 8–9 June 1944)
- 16th (Pionier) Company, Emil Werner
- 26th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend, Standartenführer Wilhelm Mohnke
- I. Battalion, Sturmbannführer Bernhard Krause
- 1st Company
- 2nd Company
- 3rd Company
- 4th (Heavy) Company
- II. Battalion, Sturmbannführer Bernhard Siebken
- 4x Companies as per I.Btn
- III. Battalion, Sturmbannführer Erich Olboeter
- 4x Companies as per I.Btn
- 13th (Panzerabwehrkanone) Company, Obersturmführer Polanski
- 14th Flak Company, Obersturmführer Martin Stolze
- 15th Reconnaissance Company, Obersturmführer Bayer
- 16th (Pionier) Company, Obersturmführer Trompke
- 12th SS Panzer Regiment, Obersturmbannführer Max Wünsche
- I. Battalion (66+ x Panther tanks), Sturmbannführer Arnold Jürgensen
- 1st Company
- 2nd Company
- 3rd Company
- 4th Company
- Repair Company
- II. Battalion (96 x Panzer IV), Sturmbannführer Karl-Heinz Prinz
- 5th Company
- 6th Company
- 7th Company
- 8th Company
- 9th Company
- Repair Company
- 12th SS Artillery Regiment, Sturmbannführer Fritz Schröder
- I. Battalion (12 x Wespe SP-Artillery, 6 x Hummel SP-Artillery)
- II. Battalion (18 x 105 mm LeFH 18 (towed howitzers))
- III. Battalion (12 x 150 mm SFH (towed heavy howitzers), 4 x 105 mm Kanone (towed howitzers))
- 12th SS Motorcycle Regiment
- 12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion, Sturmbannführer Gerhard Bremer
- 1st Company, Obersturmführer Peter Hansmann
- 2nd Company, Obersturmführer Walter Hauck
- 3rd Company, Obersturmführer Keue
- 4th Company, Obersturmführer Heinz Beiersdorf
- 5th (Heavy) Company, Hauptsturmführer Gerd von Reitzenstein
- 12th SS Panzerjäger Battalion, Sturmbannführer Jacob Hanreich
- 1st Battery
- 2nd Battery
- 12th SS Werfer Battalion, Hauptsturmführer Willy Müller
- I Battery (4 x 150 mm Nebelwerfer)
- II Battery (4 x 150 mm Nebelwerfer)
- III Battery (4 x 150 mm Nebelwerfer)
- 12th SS Flak Battalion, Hauptsturmführer Rudolf Fend
- I Battery (4 x 88mm flak gun)
- II Battery (4 x 88 mm flak gun)
- III Battery (4 x 88 mm flak gun)
- IV Battery (9 x 3.7 cm FlaK 43)
- 12th SS Pioneer Battalion, Sturmbannführer Siegfried Müller
- 1st Company
- 2nd Company
- 3rd Company
- Motorised Bridging Unit
- 12th SS Panzer Signals Battalion, Hauptsturmführer Erich Pandel
- 12th SS Instandsetzungs, Hauptsturmführer Artur Manthey
- 12th SS Nachschub Truppen, Hauptsturmführer Rudolf Kolitz
- 12th SS Wirtschafts Battalion
- 12th SS Fuhrerbewerber Lehrgange
- 12th SS War Reporter platoon (mot)
- 12th SS Feldgendarmerie Company
- 12th SS Field post office
- 12th SS Medical Battalion, Sturmbannführer Rolf Schulz M.D.
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