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19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)

German infantry division

Field	Value
unit_name	19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
image	19th SS Division Logo.svg
image_size	195
caption	Unit insignia
dates	1944–45
country	Nazi Germany
branch	[[Image:Flag Schutzstaffel.svg	23px]] Waffen-SS
type	Infantry
size	Division
command_structure	VI SS Army Corps (Latvian)
battles	World War II
notable_commanders	Hinrich Schuldt

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The 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) (, ) was an infantry division of the Waffen-SS during World War II. It was the second Latvian division formed in January 1944, after its sister unit, the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) with which it formed the Latvian Legion. It was surrounded in the Courland Pocket at the end of the war where it surrendered to the Red Army.

The division was formed in January 1944, from 2 SS Infantry Brigades with the addition of a newly raised third regiment, Waffen Grenadier Regiment 46 (Latvian No. 6). Simultaneously, the designations of the two other grenadier regiments were changed from 39 and 40 to 42 and 43 respectively. The commander of the SS brigade, SS-Oberführer Hinrich Schuldt became the first commander of the division. After Schuldt was killed in action on 15 March 1944, SS-Standartenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock temporarily took command, being replaced on April 13 by SS-Oberführer Bruno Streckenbach, who led the division until the end of war.

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Tessin, p. 127

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