12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
German army division during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with 12th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) or 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
The 12th Panzer Division was an armoured division in the German Army, established in 1940.
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12th Panzer Division | |
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12. Panzer-division — 12. PzDiv — | |
Active | 10 January 1941 – 8 May 1945 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | German Army |
Type | Panzer |
Role | Armoured warfare |
Size | Division |
Part of | Army Group North |
Garrison/HQ | Wehrkreis II: Stettin |
Engagements | World War II |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Fedor von Bock |
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Original insignia | |
Insignia from summer 1943 |
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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. It fought the rest of the war on the Eastern Front and surrendered to the Red Army in the Courland Pocket in May 1945.