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  2. 2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) - Wikipedia

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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 original three German tank divisions in 1935, it was stationed in Austria after the Anschluss and then participated in the campaigns in Poland (1939) and France (1940) [1] before it returned to Poland for occupation duties (1940–1941).

  3. Category : Panzer divisions of the German Army in World War II

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    Pages in category "Panzer divisions of the German Army in World War II" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  4. List of Waffen-SS divisions - Wikipedia

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    Division Name (in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower 1st: Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler: Germans and 300 Italians after 8/9/1943: Life Regiment Adolf Hitler: 1933–1945: 22,000 (1944) [2] 2nd: Das Reich: Germans: Greater Germanic Reich: 1939–1945: 19,021 (1941) [1] 3rd: Totenkopf: Germans: Totenkopf ...

  5. List of German divisions in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Bodenständige A static unit. Normally assigned to units who were deficient in transport and unable to move their own artillery.Many of these were divisions that had been mauled on the Eastern Front and were sent west to serve as coastal defence garrisons until sufficient resources were available to rehabilitate the division.

  6. Aufklärungsabteilung - Wikipedia

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    Panzer Aufklärungsabteilungen were attached to Panzer divisions, and were generally equipped with armoured vehicles, with all troops transported in half-tracks. The Abteilung had to be able to move quickly, and as its mission was reconnaissance, it was not intended to engage enemy medium or heavy tanks , although these engagements did happen ...

  7. Luchs (tank) - Wikipedia

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    In its course, by August 17, 1943, only 5 tanks remained in an operational state in the 2nd tank reconnaissance company. By September 1, out of 29 vehicles, 10 remained in the company in one form or another. In these formations the Luchs were used until the end of World War II. [13]

  8. Panzer division (Wehrmacht) - Wikipedia

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    The World War II German equivalent of a mechanized infantry division is Panzergrenadierdivision ('armored infantry division'). This is similar to a panzer division, but with a higher proportion of infantry and assault guns and fewer tanks.

  9. XIX Army Corps - Wikipedia

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    Guderian at that point intended to take 10th Panzer Division via Hesdin and Saint-Omer towards Dunkirk, whereas 2nd Panzer Division was to attack Boulogne-sur-Mer and 1st Panzer Division Calais, but this operation would be cut short by intervention from Panzer Group Kleist, which determined at 06:00 on 22 May to hold back 10th Panzer Division ...