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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).
Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 (previously 13th Infantry Division, ... World War II Data Book: The Wehrmacht 1935-1945. London: Amber Books.
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 success in the blitzkrieg operations of the early years of World War II.
The XIX Army Corps (German: XIX. Armeekorps) was an armored corps of the German Wehrmacht between 1 July 1939 and 16 November 1940, when the unit was renamed Panzer Group 2 (German: Panzergruppe 2) and later 2nd Panzer Army (German: 2.
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Two training schools existed for panzer crews throughout the war, Panzertruppenschule I and II. The mainstay of the Panzerwaffe was the Panzer division. These consisted of a panzer brigade (two tank regiments) and two motorized or mechanized infantry regiments. All forces of a Panzer division were mobile.
The 21st Panzer Division was a German armoured division best known for its role in the battles of the North African Campaign from 1941 to 1943 during World War II when it was one of the two armoured divisions making up the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK).
The 12th Panzer Division was an armoured division in the German Army, established in 1940. In October 1940 the 2nd Motorised Infantry Division was reorganized as the 12th Panzer Division , and in June 1941 it joined Operation Barbarossa , fighting in the battles of Minsk and Smolensk .