8th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
16th October 1939
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Cottbus
Linage:
3rd Light Division
8th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Commanders:
General der Panzertruppe Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen 16th October 1939 to 20th February 1941
General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger 20th February 1941 to 21st February 1941
Generalleutnant Walter Neumann-Silkow 21st February 1941 to 26th May 1941
General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger 26th May 1941 to 8th December 1941
Generalleutnant Werner Hühner 8th December 1941 to 28th January 1942
General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger 29th January 1942 to 6th August 1942
Generalleutnant Josef Schrötter 6th August 1942 to 10th November 1942
General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger 10th November 1942 to 17th January 1943
Generalleutnant Sebastian Fichtner 17th January 1943 to 20th September 1943
Generalmajor Gottfried Fröhlich 20th September 1943 to 1st April 1944
Generalmajor Werner Friebe 1st April 1944 to 21st July 1944
Generalmajor Gottfried Fröhlich 21st July 1944 to 5th January 1945
Generalmajor Heinrich-Georg Hax 5th January to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Gelb
Meuse Crossing
Operation Barbarossa
Leningrad
Tikhvin
Kholm
Velikiye Kuki
Kiev
Budapest
Served:
Poland
France
Yugoslavia
Russia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
10th Panzer Regiment
8th Panzergrenadier Regiment
28th Panzergrenadier Regiment
80th Panzer Artillery Regiment
286th Army Flak Battalion
8th Reconnaissance Battalion
43rd Panzerjäger Battalion
59th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
84th Panzer Signals Battalion
59th Ost Company
59th Supply Troop
59th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
