2nd Panzer Army (redirect from 2. Panzerarmee)
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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Panzer Army Africa (redirect from Panzerarmee Afrika)
The Panzerarmee Afrika, referred to as Gruppo Corazzato Africa in Italy, was a combined German-Italian field army that fought in the North African campaign...
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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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World War II. Terms such as M40 and M43 were never designated by the Wehrmacht, but are names given to the different versions of the Model 1936 field...
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Siegfried Westphal (category Generals of Cavalry (Wehrmacht))
Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Upon the outbreak of the war,...
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General der Panzertruppe and commander-in-chief of 5. Panzerarmee Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the Debate on Rearmament...
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of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of the Panzerarmee Afrika (Generaloberst Erwin Rommel) consisting of German and Italian...
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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (L) (redirect from Walter Lange (Wehrmacht officer))
Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. According to Scherzer as leader of the IV./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"...
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Second Battle of El Alamein (section D + 2: 25 October)
opened his offensive against the Axis forces. In a 13-day battle the Axis Panzerarmee Afrika was crushed and forced to retreat from Egypt and Libya to the...
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Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "150" was assigned by the Association of Knight's...
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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (M) (redirect from Anton Müller (Wehrmacht officer))
Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./leichte...
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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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5th Panzer Army (German: 5. Panzerarmee) was the name of two different German armoured formations during World War II. The first of these was formed in...
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Afrika Korps (category War crimes of the Wehrmacht)
was the major German component of Panzerarmee Afrika, which was later renamed the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee and finally renamed Heeresgruppe Afrika...
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1945 as als General der Panzertruppe and commanding officer of the 4. Panzerarmee Informational notes Fritz-Hubert Gräser's nomination by the troop was...
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3rd Panzer Army (section 2 October 1941)
5th Inf Div 15th Inf Div 11th Armd Div The 3rd Panzer Army (German: 3. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the...
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campaign in Libya during the Second World War. The battle was fought by the Panzerarmee Afrika (Armata Corazzata Africa in Italian), a German–Italian military...
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illness. The Panzerarmee had only 180 mi (290 km) of fuel per vehicle. By 27 October, the Panzerarmee was down to 114 German tanks and by 2 November the...
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Heinz Ziegler (category Generals of Artillery (Wehrmacht))
Heinz Ziegler (19 May 1894 – 21 August 1972) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II acting commander of the 5th Panzer...
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General der Panzertruppe and acting commander of the 4. Panzerarmee Promotions in the Wehrmacht Balck, Hermann (1981). Ordnung im Chaos / Erinnerungen...
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the offensive. Heinz Guderian is also assigned to lead one of the two panzerarmees to be used in the operation, which aims to reach Antwerp. Like the real-life...
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Eberhard von Mackensen (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
Army Corps in Hamburg, the successor of the cavalry in the newly-formed Wehrmacht. In 1937, Mackensen became commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade in Insterburg...
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(German: Wüstenfuchs, pronounced [ˈvyːstn̩ˌfʊks] ), he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar...
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Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "861" was assigned by the Association of Knight's...
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Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 4: C–Dow [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry...
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Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee. According to Scherzer name is spelled Kurt Wewelsiep who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as chief of the 2./Heeres-PionierBataillon...
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Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "153" was assigned by the Association of Knight's...
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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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Gotthard Heinrici (category Colonel generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht))
Heinrici is considered to have been the premier defensive expert of the Wehrmacht. His final command was Army Group Vistula, formed from the remnants of...
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armoured spearheads driving towards Bohodukhiv. At the same time 4th Panzerarmee's XXIV Panzercorps prepared to attack the western flank with Großdeutschland...
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