6th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
18th October 1939
Disbanded:
5th May 1945
Headquarters:
Wuppertal
Linage:
1st Light Division
6th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Erich Hoepner 10th November 1938 to 23rd November 1938
Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm Von Loeper 24th November 1938 to 12th October 1939
General der Panzertruppen Werner Kempf 18th October 1939 to 6th January 1941
Generalleutnant Franz Landgraf 6th January 1941 to June 1941
General der Panzertruppen Wilhelm Ritter Von Thoma June 1941 to 15th September 1941
Generalleutnant Franz Landgraf 15th September 1941 to 1st April 1942
Generaloberst Erhard Raus 1st April 1942 to 7th February 1943
Generalleutnant Walther Von Hünersdorff 7th February 1943 to 16th July 1943
Generalmajor Wilhelm Crisolli 16th July 1943 to 21st August 1943
Generalleutnant Rudolf Freiherr on Waldenfels 21st August 1943 to 8th February 1944
Generalleutnant Werner Marcks 8th February 1944 to 21st February 1944
Generalleutnant Rudolf Freiherr Von Waldenfels 21st February to 13th March 1944
Generalleutnant Walter Denkert IV 13TH March 1944 to 28th March 1944
Generalleutnant Rudolf Freiherr Von Waldenfels 28th March 1944 to 23rd November 1944
Oberst Friedrich-Wilhelm Jürgens 23rd November 1944 to 20th January 1945
Generalleutnant Rudolf Freiherr Von Waldenfels 20th January 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Weib
Operation Fall Gelb
Operation Barbarossa
Leningrad
Operation Typhoon
Rzhev-Vyazma Salient
Operation Unternehmen Wintergewitter
Kharkov
Operation Citadel
Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
Budapest
Vienna
Served:
Poland
Belgium
France
Russia
East Prussia
Hungary
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
11th Panzer Regiment
4th Panzergrenadier Regiment
114th Panzergrenadier Regiment
76th Panzer Artillery Regiment
298th Flak Battalion
6th Reconnaissance Battalion
41st Panzerjäger Battalion
57th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
82nd Panzer Signals Battalion
57th Feld Ersatz Battalion
57th Supply Troop
57th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
