26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian)

Waffen-SS Gránátos Hadosztály (2. magyar)), was a short-lived infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Established in November 1944 following the German overthrow of the Hungarian regime of Miklós Horthy, it was never properly formed, trained, or equipped, and after being evacuated from its training camp in the face of the advancing Soviet Red Army, it surrendered to the United States Army in Austria in May 1945.

[2][3] By the time it was given this designation, it had reached a strength of 8,000, comprising 3,000 former Royal Hungarian Army troops, along with 5,000 civilian conscripts.

Around the same time, while scavenging for food, members of the division came under occasional attack by elements of the Polish Home Army.

Elements of the division joined a kampfgruppe left behind as a rearguard at Neuhammer, which was destroyed.