11th PANZER DIVISION

11th PANZER DIVISION
11th PANZER DIVISION

Nick Name:
Gespenster-Division (Ghost Division)
Formed:
1st August 1940

Disbanded:
2nd May 1945

Headquarters:
Sagan

Linage:
11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

Commanders:
Generalleutnant Ludwig Crüwell 1st August 1940 to 15th August 1941
Oberst Günther Angern 15th August 1941 to 24th August 1941
Generalmajor Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck 24th August 1941 to 20th October 1941
Generalmajor Walter Scheller 20th October 1941 to 16th May 1942
Oberst Hermann Balck 16th May 1942 to 31st July 1942
Generalleutnant Hermann Balck 1st August 1942 to 4th March 1943
Generalleutnant Dietrich von Choltitz 5th March 1943 to 15th May 1943
Generalmajor Johann Mickl 15th May 1943 to 11th August 1943
Oberst Wend von Wietersheim 12th August 1943 to 31st October 1943
Generalmajor Wend von Wietersheim 1st November 1943 to 24th February 1944
Oberst Friedrich von Hake 25th February 1944 to 30th April 1944
Generalleutnant Wend von Wietersheim 1st May 1944 to 14th April 1945
Generalmajor Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels 15th April 1945 to 3rd May 1945
Generalleutnant Wend von Wietersheim 3rd May 1945 to 8th May 1945

Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation 25
Belgrade
Operation Barbarossa
Kiev
Operation Typhoon
Operation Fall Blau
Voronezh
Stalingrad
Rostov
Operation Citadel
Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
Belford Gap
Nizhna Kalinovski
Operation Wacht am Rhein
Ramagen
Ruhr

Served:
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Russia
France
Belgium
Germany

Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
15th Panzer Regiment
110th Panzergrenadier Regiment
4th Panzergrenadier Regiment
76th Panzer Artillery Regiment
277th Army Flak Battalion
11th Reconnaissance Battalion
61st Panzerjäger Battalion
209th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
89th Panzer Signals Battalion
61st Feld Ersatz Battalion
61st Supply Troop
Medical and Administration Companies