2nd PANZER DIVISION

2nd PANZER DIVISION
2nd PANZER DIVISION

Formed:
15th October 1935

Disbanded:
7th May 1945

Headquarters:
Vienna

Linage:
2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

Commanders:
Oberst Heinz Guderian October 15th 1935 to 4th February 1938
Generalmajor Rudolf Veiel 1st March 1938 to 16th February 1942
Generalmajor Hans-Karl Frhr. Von Esebeck 17th February 1942 to 1st June 1942
Generalmajor Arno Von Lenski 1st June 1942 to 5th September 1942
Oberst Vollrath Lubbe 5th September 1942 to 1st February 1944
Generalleutnant Heinrich Frhr. Von Lüttwitz 1st February 1944 to 5thMay 1944
Generalleutnant Franz Westhoven 5th May 1944 to 27th May 1944
Generalleutnant Heinrich Frhr. Von Lüttwitz 27th May 1944 to 31st September 1944
Oberst Gustaf-Adolf Von Nostitz-Wallwitz 1st September 1944 to 20th September 1944
Oberst Henning Schonfeld 21st September 1944 to 14th December 1944
Oberst Meinrad Von Lauchert 15th December 1944 to 19th March 1945
Generalmajor Oskar Munzel 20th March 1945 to 1st April 1945
Oberst Carl Stollbrock 1st April 1945 to 8th May 1945

Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Weib
Operation Fall Gelb
Salonika
Athens
Operation Typhoon
Operation Citadel
Normandy
Operation Lüttich
Faliase Pocket
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Rhineland

Served:
Austria
Poland
Belgium
France
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
Germany

Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
2/3rd Panzer Regiment
2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment
304th Panzergrenadier Regiment
74th Panzer Artillery Regiment
273rd Army Flak Battalion
2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
38th Panzerjäger Battalion
38th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
38th Panzer Signals Battalion
82nd Feld Ersatz Battalion
82nd Supply Troop
82nd Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies