General der Panzertruppe (lit. 'General of the Armoured Corps') was a General of the branch rank of the German Army, introduced in 1935. A General der...
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Panzertruppe Heinrich Eberbach (22 Oct 1943 – 14 Nov 1943) General der Panzertruppe Hermann Balck (15 Nov 1943 – 4 Aug 1944) General der Panzertruppe...
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Hermann Balck (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
served in both World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe. Balck was born in Danzig - Langfuhr, present-day Wrzeszcz in Poland...
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Friedrich Paulus (redirect from General Paulus)
never commanded a larger unit than a battalion, was promoted to General der Panzertruppe and appointed commander of the Sixth Army. However, Paulus took...
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Rudolf Veiel (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
Rudolf Veiel (10 December 1883 – 19 March 1956) was a German general (General der Panzertruppe) during World War II. Veiel joined the army 1904, and was...
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Walther Nehring (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
1944 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the XXIV. Panzerkorps 124th Swords on 22 January 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding...
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(cavalry), General der Artillerie (artillery), and General der Infanterie (infantry). The Wehrmacht also introduced General der Panzertruppe (armoured...
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Panzer-Division 74th Oak Leaves on 17 February 1942 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the XXXXI. Panzerkorps 28th Swords on 2 April 1943...
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Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
July 1941, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as General der Panzertruppe. By early November 1941, Geyr's Panzer Corps commanded the 3rd...
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Georg Stumme (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
then participated in the invasion of Greece. He was promoted to General der Panzertruppe. In Operation Barbarossa Stumme served under Field Marshal Fedor...
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Otto von Knobelsdorff (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
spent three months out of the lines during this time. Now a General der Panzertruppe (General of Panzer Troops), during this period he was awarded the Oak...
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der Panzertruppe (tank troops), General der Gebirgstruppen (mountain troops), General der Fallschirmtruppen (parachute troops), and General der Nachrichtentruppen...
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1940) General der Panzertruppe Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp (8 September 1940 – 27 December 1941) General der Panzertruppe Dietrich...
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Dietrich von Choltitz (redirect from General von Choltitz)
Allied breakout from Normandy. On 1 August 1944, Choltitz was promoted to General der Infanterie, and on 7 August was appointed the military governor of Paris...
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Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
and German officer who served in both World Wars, retiring as a General der Panzertruppe. Lüttwitz's team competed at the 1936 Summer games in Berlin but...
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Joachim Lemelsen (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
July 1941 as General der Panzertruppe and commander of the XXXXVII. Panzerkorps Oak Leaves on 7 September 1943 as General der Panzertruppe and commander...
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troops (General der Panzertruppe) General of the engineers (General der Pioniere) General of the medical corps (Generaloberstabsarzt) General of the veterinary...
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Albert Kesselring (redirect from General Kesselring)
General der Panzertruppe Hans Röttiger, putting them at the disposition of the OKW for a possible court martial. They were replaced by General der Infanterie...
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Werner Kempf (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
(motorized), and became its commander, along with a promotion to General der Panzertruppe, on 1 April 1941. With this corps Kempf took part in Operation...
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Friedrich Kühn (redirect from Friedrich Kuhn (general))
General Friedrich Kühn (7 August 1889 – 15 February 1944) was a General der Panzertruppe in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the...
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by Lieutenant-General Charles Keightley and German units of LXXVI Panzer Corps commanded by Lieutenant General (General der Panzertruppe) Gerhard von Schwerin...
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Dietrich von Saucken (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
commander of the 4. Panzer-Division 27th Diamonds on 8 May 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commander in chief of AOK Ostpreußen Promotions In German personal...
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Josef Harpe (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the XXXXI. Panzerkorps German Cross in Gold on 19 February 1943 as General der Panzertruppe and...
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Heinrich Eberbach (redirect from General Eberbach)
Soviet Union. In early 1944 Eberbach was promoted to the rank of General der Panzertruppe. During the Allied invasion of Normandy, he fought against the...
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Friedrich Kirchner (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
February 1944 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the LVII. Panzer-Korps Swords on 26 January 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding...
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Hermann Breith (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
Panzer-Division 48th Swords on 21 February 1944 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the III. Panzer-Korps Wegmann 2004, p. 193. Scherzer...
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Generalmajor der Polizei Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, General der Panzertruppe Helmut Thumm, General der Infanterie Kurt von Tippelskirch, General der Infanterie...
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Heinrich von Vietinghoff (redirect from General Heinrich von Vietinghoff)
with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 24 June 1940 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of XIII. Armeekorps 456th Oak Leaves on 16 April 1944...
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Ludwig Crüwell (category Generals of Panzer Troops)
reasons he took actual command on 15 September, and was promoted to General der Panzertruppe on 17 December 1941.[citation needed] On 29 May 1942, Crüwell was...
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Walther Wenck (redirect from General Wenck)
ISBN 9780700614905. DER SPIEGEL 19/1982 - GESTORBEN - Walter Wenck Bradley, Dermot (1985). Walther Wenck, General der Panzertruppe. Biblio. p. 399. ISBN 9783764814595...
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