7th PANZER DIVISION
Nick Name:
Gespensterdivision (Ghost Division)
Formed:
18th October 1939
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Gera
Linage:
2nd Light Division
7th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalmajor Georg Stumme 18th October 1939 to 5th February 1940
Generalmajor Erwin Rommel 5th February 1940 to 14th February 1941
Generalmajor Hans Freiherr Von Funck 15th February 1941 to 17th August 1943
Oberst Wolfgang Gläsemer 17th August 1943 to 20th August 1943
Generalmajor Hasso Von Manteuffel 20th August 1943 to 1st January 1944
Generalmajor Adelbert Schulz 1st January 1944 to 28th January 1944
Oberst Wolfgang Gläsemer 28th January 1944 to 30th January 1944
Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss 30th January 1944 to 2nd May 1944
Generalmajor Gerhard Schmidhuber 2nd May 1944 to 9th September 1944
Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss 9th September 1944 to 31st October 1944
Generalmajor Hellmuth Mäder 31st October 1944 to 30th November 1944
Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss 30th November 1944 to 5th January 1945
Generalmajor Max Lemke 5th January 1945 to 23rd January 1945
Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss 23rd January 1945 to 25th March 1945
Oberst Hans Christern 26th March 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Gelb
Arras
Operation Barbarossa
Smolensk
Vyazma
Operation Typhoon
Donets
Kharkov
Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
Courland
Gdynia
Served:
Belgium
France
Russia
Lithuania
East Prussia
Poland
Germany
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
25th Panzer Regiment
6th Panzergrenadier Regiment
7th Panzergrenadier Regiment
78th Panzer Artillery Regiment
296th Army Flak Battalion
7th Reconnaissance Battalion
42nd Panzerjäger Battalion
58th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
83rd Panzer Signals Battalion
58th Feld Ersatz Battalion
58th Supply Troop
58th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
