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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 .
The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (German: 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend") was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II. [7] The majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from members of the Hitler Youth, while the senior NCOs and officers were from other Waffen-SS divisions.
Under the 12th SS Panzer Division was Battle Group Kuhlmann, containing the 1st SS Panzer Battalion (80 tanks) and the 560th SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. [68] Also in the Sixth Panzer Army was the II SS Panzer Corps, offering the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich and the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen. [69]
10th Panzer Division; 11th Panzer Division; 12th Panzer Division (previously 2nd Motorized Infantry Division) 13th Panzer Division (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division; later Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2) 14th Panzer Division (previously 4th Infantry Division)
The 12th Army was activated on October 13, 1939, with General Wilhelm List in command. [1] First seeing defensive action along the Siegfried Line, the army was part of Rundstedt's Army Group A responsible for the Ardennes offensive. It had under its command seven infantry divisions and one mountain division in May 1940.
Renamed 12th Panzer Division 10 January 1941: ... Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945. Vol.
2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht) 3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 4th Panzer Division; 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 ...
II SS Panzer Corps; 2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich; 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen; 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg; 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend; 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen; 21st Panzer Division; 94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion ...