16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS
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The 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS" (German: 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer SS")[1] was a motorised infantry formation in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS | |
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16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Reichsführer SS" | |
Active | 1943–1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Waffen-SS |
Type | Panzergrenadier |
Size | Division |
Patron | Heinrich Himmler, Karl Hanke |
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The division, during its time in Italy, committed a number of war crimes, and, together with the 1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring, was disproportionally involved in massacres of the civilian population.[2] One possible reason for the division's increased involvement in war crimes has been identified by the fact that much of its leadership originally came from the SS-Totenkopfverbände.[3]