The 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen and 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg started forming in September 1942 but did not become operational and part of II SS Panzer Corps until March 1944. Then, instead of remaining as intended in France as part of the anti-invasion force, they found themselves being rushed to the Ukraine to deal with a new Soviet offensive. Three months later the Allies landed in Normandy and SS General Paul Hausser's Corps, having dealt with one crisis, was brought back to face another.