9th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
3rd January 1940
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Vienna
Linage:
4th Light Division
9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Alfred Ritter von Hubicki 3rd January 1940 to 14th April 1942
Generalleutnant John Baeßler 15th April 1942 to 26th July 1942
Generalmajor Heinrich Hermann sleeves 27th July 1942 to 3rd August 194
Generalleutnant Walter Scheller 4th August 1942 to 21st July 21
Generalleutnant Erwin Jollasse 22nd July 1943 to 20th October 1943
Generalmajor Dr. John Schulz 20th October 1943 to 27th November 1943
Oberst Max Sperling 27th November 1943 to 28th November 1943
Generalleutnant Erwin Jollasse 28th November 1943 to 10th August 1944
Oberst Max Sperling 10th August 1944 to 2nd September 1944
Generalmajor Gerhard Müller 3rd September 1944 to 16th September 1944
Generalleutnant Harald Baron Elverfeldt 16th September 1944 to 28th December 1944
Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin 28th December 1944 to February 1945
Generalleutnant Harald Baron Elverfeldt February 1945 to 6th March 1945
Oberst Helmut Zollenkopf 6th March 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Fall Gelb
Dordrecht
Dunkirk
Operation Barbarossa
Uman
Kiev
Operation Citadel
Odessa
Dnieper
Normandy
Faliase
Aachen
Arnhem
Geilenkirchen
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Ramagen Bridgehead
Cologne Ruhr Pocket
Served:
Holland
Belgium
France
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
Germany
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
33rd Panzer Regiment
10th Panzergrenadier Regiment
11th Panzergrenadier Regiment
76th Panzer Artillery Regiment
287th Army Flak Battalion
59th Reconnaissance Battalion
50th Panzerjäger Battalion
86th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
85th Panzer Signals Battalion
60th Supply Troop
60th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
