on 8 february 1944, the division was attached to "ss-obergruppenführer" and general of the waffen-ss felix steiner's iii ss (germanic) panzer corps, then defending the narva bridgehead. the division was to replace the remnants of the 9th and 10th luftwaffe field divisions, which were struggling to hold the line against a soviet bridgehead north of the town of narva. upon arriving at the front on 20 february, the division was ordered to eliminate the soviet bridgehead. in nine days of heavy fighting, the division pushed the soviets back across the river and restored the line. the division remained stationed in the siivertsi and auvere sectors, being engaged in heavy combat.