Prinz Eugen Division

7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
Insignia of 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen (Odal rune)
Active	1942–45
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Type	Gebirgsjäger
Role	anti-Partisan operations
Size	Division
Nickname(s)	Prinz Eugen
Motto(s)	Vorwärts, Prinz Eugen! (Forwards, Prinz Eugen!)
Engagements	World War II Case White Case Black Operation Kugelblitz Operation Maibaum Operation Rösselsprung Operation Heiderose Operation Hackfleisch
Commanders
Notable commanders	Artur Phleps Karl von Oberkamp August Schmidthuber Otto Kumm

World War II

The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II in Yugoslavia. Formed in 1941 from Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) volunteers and conscripts from the Banat, Independent State of Croatia (NDH), Hungary and Romania, it fought a counter-insurgency campaign against communist-led Yugoslav Partisan resistance forces in the occupied Serbia, NDH and Montenegro. It was given the title Prinz Eugen after Prince Eugene of Savoy, an outstanding military leader of the Habsburg Empire who liberated the Banat and Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18. It was initially named the SS-Freiwilligen-Division Prinz Eugen (SS-Volunteer Division Prinz Eugen).