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The 8th Panzer Division was a formation of the Wehrmacht Heer.The division was formed by reorganising the 3rd Light Division in October 1939. It was transferred to the west and fought in the Battle of France, in May 1940, and the German invasion of the Balkans in April 1941.
3rd Panzer Division 391 215 4th Panzer Division 341 166 5th Panzer Division 335 N/A b: 10th Panzer Division 150 182 Panzer Division Kempf 164 N/A e: 1st Light Division / 6th Panzer Division 226 245 d: 2nd Light Division / 7th Panzer Division 85 265 d: 3rd Light Division / 8th Panzer Division 80 212 d: 4th Light Division / 9th Panzer Division 62 ...
Division Name (in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower — Kempf [a] Germans: General der Panzertruppe Werner Kempf: 1939: 164–180 tanks — Böhmen-Mähren [b] Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 1944–1945: 1st: Kosaken Nr. 1: Cossacks: 1943–1945: 17,500 [citation needed] — RONA (Russische Nr ...
The 3rd Light Division (sometimes described as Light Mechanized or Light Panzer to distinguish it from the later Light infantry divisions) was raised in November 1938. [1] In 1939 it fought in the Invasion of Poland. On 4 September 1939, soldiers from the division entered the region of Katowice where they met resistance from the local Polish ...
Panzer Group Africa commanded by General der Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel. German Afrika Korps (commanded by Generalleutnant Ludwig Crüwell) 15th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Walter Neumann-Silkow until 6 December (killed in action), then Generalmajor Gustav von Vaerst) 8th Panzer Regiment (2 bns) 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment
The 8th Panzer Division launched an attack on Shimsk, moving along the highway on the left bank of the Shelon River in the direction of Novgorod. The remnants of the 3rd Tank Division of the 1st Mechanized Corps were trying to hold back the German offensive, retreating from line to line.
2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht) 5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 6th Panzer Division; 7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 8th Panzer Division; 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 11th Panzer Division; 12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 13th Panzer Division; 14th Panzer Division; 15th Panzer ...
Promoted to Generalmajor in 1938, he assumed command of the 3rd Light Division on 10 November 1938. This unit was reorganized as the 8th Panzer Division in 1939 and Kuntzen led the division in Poland and France. On 15 March 1941 he was appointed to command the LVII Panzer Corps, which he led in Russia until 1942. [1]