Thomas Müller ( him. Thomas Müller , February 2, 1902 , Munich -?) - German officer, participant in the Second World War , in 1944-1945 - commander of the 9th, 17th, 27th SS divisions.
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Member of the Nazi Party since April 10, 1933 (No. 3447996), member of the SS (No. 109770).
In June-July 1944, he commanded the 9th SS Panzer Division , which fought against the British and Canadian forces in the area of Caen and suffered heavy losses (for 2 weeks, under the command of Muller, the division lost 1,200 men).
In September 1944, on the personal order of Hitler, Muller temporarily commanded the 17th SS tank-grenadier division , replacing the wounded division commander Daisenhofer .
In October 1944, Muller, with the rank of army colonel, headed the volunteer brigade, which almost immediately received divisional status - the 27th Volunteer Grenadier Division of the SS Langemark (1st Flemish) . At the head of this division, he participated in the battles in the Ardennes , later the division was transferred to the Eastern Front in the area of the Oder River. In May 1945, Mueller and most of the division surrendered to Soviet troops in the area of Schwerin .
Muller was alive for a very long time, the date of death is unknown.
Ranks
- January 15, 1934 Scarführer SS
- June 5, 1934 SS Troupeführer
- July 1, 1934 Obertruppführer SS
- November 9, 1934 Untersturmführer SS
- June 1, 1935 Obersturmführer SS
- November 9, 1936 Hauptsturmführer SS
- October 31, 1939 SS Sturmbannführer
- April 20, 1942 Obersturmmbannführer SS
- June 21, 1943 Standartenführer SS
Army service
- July 1, 1934 to October 1, 1934 - Adjutant politbereitschaft "Munich"
- October 1, 1934 to September 16, 1935 - Adjutant I / 1 / VT
- September 16, 1935 to March 1938 - Adjutant I / Deutschland
- March 1938 to September 9, 1938 - in VT Standard 3
- June 1, 1938 to September 16, 1938 - Commander 4./ "Deutschland"
- September 9, 1938 to June 29, 1939 - Führer in the SS regiment " Der Führer "
- June 29, 1939 to December 15, 1941 - Führer I / Der Führer
- December 15, 1941 to December 31, 1942 - teacher of tactics at the cadet school of the SS "Radolfzell"
- December 31, 1942 to October 26, 1943 - Commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 9th SS Division
- October 26, 1943 to June 10, 1944 - Commander of the 20 PzGr SS regiment
- June 11, 1944 to July 15, 1944 mdF 9 SS divisions
- July 14, 1944 to August 16, 1944 - on courses with 12 SS divisions
- September 30, 1944 to October 1944 - Commander (as mdF) of the 17 SS division
- October 1944 to November 2, 1944 - Commander of the SS Dobdiviziya (later became the 25th division of the SS "Hunyadi")
- November 2, 1944 to May 8, 1945 - Commander of the 27 division of the SS "Langemark"
Awards
- Iron cross of the second (1940) and first (1940) classes
- bronze in bronze
- SA-sportsnick in bronze
- impersign in silver