The 2nd Panzer Army (German: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941....
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9th Army, 4th Army, 2nd Panzer Group, z. Vfg. 2nd Army August 1941 order of battle 3rd Panzer Group, 9th Army, 2nd Army, Panzer Group Guderian (2nd Panzer...
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The 2nd Panzer Division (English: 2nd Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Heer, during World War II. Created as one of the...
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XXXXI Panzer Corps (also written as: XLI Panzer Corps) was a Panzer (armoured) corps in the German Army during World War II. The corps was originally...
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1st SS, 2nd SS, and 12th SS Panzer Divisions managed to disengage and withdraw the same day. Almost all support units of the 6th SS Panzer Army were pulled...
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The 6th Panzer Army (German: 6. Panzerarmee) was a formation of the German Army, formed in the autumn of 1944. The 6th Panzer Army was first used as an...
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The 1st Panzer Army (German: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II. When originally...
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The 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...
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The Army Group included for much of the war the 2nd Panzer Army in Yugoslavia and Albania, and the Army Group E in Greece. 2nd Panzer Army Army Staff...
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November 1940, when the unit was renamed Panzer Group 2 (German: Panzergruppe 2) and later 2nd Panzer Army (German: 2. Panzerarmee). It took part in...
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General Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front during the Battle of Berlin. On 25 April the Soviets broke through 3rd Panzer Army's line around the bridgehead...
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XLVII Panzer Corps (also: 47th Panzer Corps or XXXXVII. Panzerkorps or XXXXVII Panzer Corps) was a panzer corps of the German Army in World War II that...
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Felber Army Group Frießner Army Group Blumentritt Army Group Steiner 1st Panzer Army 2nd Panzer Army 3rd Panzer Army 4th Panzer Army 5th Panzer Army 6th...
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A Panzer division was one of the armored (tank) divisions in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II. Panzer divisions were the key element of German...
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Heinz Guderian (category German Army personnel of World War I)
overwhelmed the Allied defenses at the Battle of Sedan. He led the 2nd Panzer Army during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. The...
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Operation Kutuzov (category Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II)
situation soon became serious for the 2nd Panzer Army. Army Group Centre transferred command of the 2nd Panzer Army to Model by the end of the second day...
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Battle of Kursk (section XLVIII Panzer Corps)
2012, pp. 475–477, The 2nd Panzer Army and 2nd Army are not included in the order of battle in the source. The 2nd Panzer Army did not take part in Operation...
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Second Army or 2nd Army may refer to: 2nd Army (German Empire), a World War I field army 2nd Army (Wehrmacht), a World War II field army 2nd Panzer Army Second...
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XXXXVI Panzer Corps (46th) was a tank corps of the German Army during World War II that participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia. The Corps was created...
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spearheads would be the German 9th Army and the 2nd Panzer Army from the north and the 4th Panzer Army along with Army Detachment Kempf from the south....
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Battle of Moscow (category Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II)
Moscow Oblast against the Western Front south of Tula, by the 2nd Panzer Army, while the 4th Army advanced directly towards Moscow from the west. Initially...
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Rudolf Schmidt (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 2nd Panzer Army on the Eastern Front. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the...
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diverted north and the 2nd Panzer Army be diverted south. Army Group Centre's infantry formations, the 4th Army and 9th Army were ordered to dig in and...
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motorized army corps. In May 1941, the corps was transferred to German-occupied Poland, where it was assigned to the 2nd Panzer Army of Army Group Centre...
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was an offensive conducted by parts of the Red Army's Western Front against the German 2nd Panzer Army in southwestern Kaluga Oblast on the Eastern Front...
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Vienna offensive (category Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II)
Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen), Sepp Dietrich's 6th SS Panzer Army retreated in stages to the Vienna area. The Germans desperately prepared...
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Deßloch as both commander-in-chief and chief of staff) - Air support for Army Group South VIII Fliegerkorps (8th Air Corps) Luftflotte 6 (6th Air Fleet)...
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The 9th Panzer Division was a panzer division of the German Army during World War II. It came into existence after 4th Light Division was reorganized in...
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XXXXVIII Panzer Corps (also: XXXXVIII Army Corp or XXXXVIII. Armeekorps), was a corps-level formation of the German Army which saw extensive action on...
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this reassignment. XXXXIII Army Corps was also added to 2nd Panzer Army at the same time. LIII Army Corps joined 2nd Panzer Army at the Oka River on 26 October...
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