1st PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
15th October 1935
Disbanded:
9th May 1945
Headquarters:
Weimar
Linage:
3rd Kavallerie
1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Commanders:
General der Kavallerie Maximilian Freiherr von Weichs 1st October 1935 to 30th September 1937
Generalleutnant Rudolf Schmidt 1st October 1937 to 2nd November 1939
Generalmajor Friedrich Kirchner 2nd November 1939 to 17th July 1941
Generalmajor Walter Krüger 17th July 1941 to 1st January 1944
Generalmajor Richard Koll 1st January 1944 to 19th February 1944
Generalmajor Werner Marcks 19th February 1944 to 25th September 1944
Generalmajor Eberhard Thunert 25th September 1944 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Sudetenland
Operation Fall Weib
Operation Fall Gelb
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Typhoon
Rzhev Salient
Kiev
Zhitomir
Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
Budapest
Served:
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Luxembourg
Belgium
France
Russia
Greece
Hungary
Austria
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
1st Panzer Regiment
1st Panzergrenadier Regiment
113th Panzergrenadier Regiment
37th Panzer Artillery Regiment
299th Army Flak Battalion
37th Panzerjäger Battalion
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
37th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
37th Panzer Signals Battalion
81st Feld Ersatz Battalion
81st Supply Troop
81st Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
