14th PANZER DIVISION
Nick Name:
Kleist Aufteilung (Kleist Division)
Formed:
15th August 1940
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Dresden
Linage:
4th Infantry Division
14th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Erick-Oskar Hansen 15th August 1940 to 30th September 1940
Generalleutnant Heinrich Von Prittwitz und Gaffron 1st October 1940 to 21st March 1941
General der Panzertruppen Friedrich Kühn 22nd March 1941 to 30th June 1942
Generalleutnant Ferdinand Heim 1st July 1942 to 1st November 1942
Generalleutnant Hans Freiherr Von Falkenstein, 1st October 1942 to 1st November 1942
Generalleutnant Johannes Bäßler 1st November 1942 to 26th November 1942
Generalmajor Martin Lattmann 26th November 1942 to January 1943
Oberst Günther Ludwig January 1943 to 30th January 1943
Generalleutnant Friedrich Sieberg 1st April 1943 to 29th October 1943
Oberst Martin Unrein 1st November 1943 to 31st August 1944
Generalmajor Oskar Munzel 5th September 1944 to 24th November 1944
Generalleutnant Martin Unrein 25th November 1944 to 31st January 1945
Oberst Friedrich-Wilhelm Jürgen 1st February 1945 to 23rd February 1945
Oberst Karl Grässel 24th February 1945 to 19th March 1945
Oberst Walter Palm 20th March 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation 25
Sarajevo
Operation Barbarossa
Kharkov
Stalingrad
Courland Pocket
Served:
Yugoslavia
Russia
France
Latvia
Unit Structure August 1943:
Divisional Staff
36th Panzer Regiment
103rd Panzergrenadier Regiment
108th Panzergrenadier Regiment
4th Panzer Artillery Regiment
276th Army Flak Battalion
14th Reconnaissance Battalion
13th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
4th Signals Battalion
4th Supply Troop
4th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
