12th PANZER DIVISION
Nick Name:
Pommerische Division (Pomeranian Division)
Formed:
5th October 1940
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Stettin
Linage:
2nd Motorised Division
12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Commanders:
Generalmajor Josef Harpe 5th October 1940 to 14th January 1942
Generalleutnant Walter Wessel 15th January 1942 to 1st March 1943
Oberst Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen 1st March 1943 to 1st May 1943
Generalleutnant Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen 1st May 1943 to 2nd June 1944
Oberst Hans-Joachim Kahler 3rd June 1944 to 25th June 1944
Generalmajor Gerhard Müller 26th June 1944 to 16th July 1944
Generalleutnant Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen 16th July 1944 to 12th April 1945
Oberst von Usedom 13th April 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Minsk
Smolensk
Leningrad
Orel
Operation Citadel
Dnieper
Courland Pocket
Served:
Russia
Estonia
Unit Structure Mid-1943:
Divisional Staff
29th Panzer Regiment
5thPanzergrenadier Regiment
25thPanzergrenadier Regiment
2nd Panzer Artillery Regiment
303rd Army Flak Battalion
12th Reconnaissance Battalion
2nd Panzerjäger Battalion
32nd Panzer Pioneer Battalion
2nd Panzer Signals Battalion
2nd Supply Troop
2nd Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
