• the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942. The 3rd Panzer Group (German: Panzergruppe 3) was formed on 16 November 1940. It was a constituent part of Army Group...
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     30. ISBN 978-1-84176-857-1. Operation Barbarossa 1941 (3): Army Group Center (Campaign) (v. 3)Robert Kirchubel. Osprey Publishing. 2007. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-84603-107-6...
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  • was also known as Gruppe Hoth / Panzergruppe Hoth during the invasion of France. It was reorganized into Panzergruppe 3 on 16 November 1940. The Corps...
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    Mitteilungen. 2 (7). 1922. OCLC 602538332. Panzer-Operationen: Die Panzergruppe 3 u.d. operativ Gedanke d. dt. Führung. Sommer 1941 (in German). Heidelberg:...
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  • 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941. Panzer Group Guderian (German: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 and named after its commander, general...
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    staff of the XV Army Corps, led by Hermann Hoth. With the now renamed Panzergruppe 3 he participated in Operation Barbarossa. On 7 February 1943 Hünersdorff...
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  • the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command. Panzer Group...
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  • Order of battle from Mithcam (vol. 3), p. 15. Order of battle from Mitcham (vol. 1), p. 81. Mitcham (vol. 2), p. 3. Order of battle from Mitcham. Order...
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  • structure in Africa, forming a new headquarters, Panzer Group Africa (Panzergruppe Afrika, Gruppo Corazzato Africa). On 15 August 1941, Panzer Group Africa...
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    Armii Dmitriy Pavlov attempted a counterattack against Hermann Hoth's Panzergruppe 3. With air superiority and no air opposition, Dornier Do 17s of III./KG...
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    commander Gustav von Vaerst. The army was reformed on 24 January 1944 as Panzergruppe West ("Panzer Group West"), the armoured reserve for Oberbefehlshaber...
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  • advance Panzergruppe 3 near Barysaw. Flying from this airfield, Nemitz claimed his first aerial victories, two Ilyushin DB-3 bombers shot down on 3 July...
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  • aircraft on the ground. Thereafter they formed part of the air support for Panzergruppe 3 advancing on the 'Central Front'. Featuring in the capture of Minsk...
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    General Dmitriy Pavlov attempted a counterattack against Hermann Hoth's Panzergruppe 3. With air superiority and no air opposition, Dornier Do 17s of III./KG...
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    1944 by aircraft of the Royal Air Force against the headquarters of Panzergruppe West during Operation Overlord the Allied invasion of France, which led...
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    4th Panzer Army (German: 4. Panzerarmee), operating as Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was a German...
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  • Maladzyechna, supporting the advance Panzergruppe 3 near Barysaw. Flying from this airfield, Resch claimed an Ilyushin DB-3 bomber shot down on 2 July. Two...
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  • Northwest Reich – (11 November 1944 – 4 May 1945) OB Ost (Oberost) – East – (3 October 1939 – 21 July 1940) OB Oberrhein – Upper Rhine – (26 November 1944...
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    with the most damaged units; the effective units were reorganized as Panzergruppe Eberbach. Eberbach was directed to lead this force in the counterattack...
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    Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) was introduced on 3 June 1940 to further distinguish those who had already received the Knight's...
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    motorised infantry divisions on a special independent operational level in Panzergruppe Kleist (XXII Corps). Army Group B (Fedor von Bock), comprised 29+1⁄2...
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    March 1940 he became chief of staff to General von Kleist, commanding Panzergruppe A, later redesignated 1st Panzer Army. During the Battle of France, Zeitzler...
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    the French would use for a counter-offensive. Five panzer divisions of Panzergruppe von Kleist advanced through the Ardennes; XIX Panzer Corps with three...
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    November had been put back to 24 November due to supply difficulties. Panzergruppe Afrika (General Erwin Rommel since July 1941) Deutsches Afrika Korps...
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  • Maladzyechna, supporting the advance Panzergruppe 3 near Barysaw. Flying from this airfield, Semelka claimed an Ilyushin DB-3 bomber shot down on 2 July. Two...
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    Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) was introduced on 3 June 1940 to further distinguish those who had already received the Knight's...
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    General der Panzertruppe and commander of 3. Panzergruppe Swords on 26 May 1944 as Generaloberst and commander of 3. Panzer-Armee Great Cross of Merit (24...
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  • of Panzergruppe West (General Geyr von Schweppenburg), was killed during the raid by the Royal Air Force (RAF) attack on La Caine, the Panzergruppe HQ...
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  • for movement and combat developed for SPI's bestselling 1976 wargame Panzergruppe Guderian: In an alternating "I Go, You Go" system, players move and then...
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    tank losses, the two operations secured a bridgehead 6 mi (9.7 km) wide and 3 mi (4.8 km) deep south of the Orne. The Germans retained their hold on the...
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