[1] The division was hastily formed during the Slovak National Uprising of 1944 when the Germans feared that Slovakia might break away from the Axis powers[1] and open the way for the advancing Red Army.

In March 1945, it was reorganized into the 232nd Panzer Division and was lost fighting in western Hungary.

[1] The division began by suppressing resistance in southern Moravia, and on 29 August 1944, moved to Žilina in north-western Slovakia.

[1] It crushed the Slovaks, who were being aided by Soviet advisers, and recaptured Bratislava (German: Pressburg).

Divisional commander Generalmajor Hans-Ulrich Back was wounded on 29 March and escaped captivity.