17th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
1st November 1940
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Augsburg
Linage:
27th Infantry
17th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Hans-Jürgen Von Arnim 5th October 1940 to 28th June 1941
Generalmajor Karl Ritter von Weber 28th June 1941 to 17th July 1941
Generalmajor Wilhelm Ritter Von Thoma 17th July 1941 to 14th September 1941
Generalleutnant Hans-Jürgen Von Arnim 15th September 1941 to 11th November 1941
Oberst Rudolf-Eduard Licht 17th November 1941 to 31st January 1942
Generalmajor Rudolf-Eduard Licht 1st February 1942 to 9th October 1942
Generalleutnant Fridolin Von Senger und Etterlin 10th October 1942 to 15th June 1943
Generalleutnant Walter Schilling 16th June 1943 to 21st July 1943
Generalmajor Karl-Friedrich Von der Meden 22nd July 1943 to 30th November 1943
Generalmajor Rudolf Henrici 1st December 1943 to January 1944
Generalmajor Karl-Friedrich Von der Meden January 1944 to 9th February 1944
Generalmajor Hans Tröger 10thFeb 1944 to May 1944
Generalleutnant Karl-Friedrich Von der Meden May 1944 to 20th September 1944
Oberst Rudolf Demme 20th September 1944 to 2nd December 1944
Oberst Albert Brux 2nd December 1944 to 19th Jan 1945
Oberst Theodor Kretschmer 1st Feb 1945 to 30th Mar 1945
Generalmajor Theodor Kretschmer 1st April 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Bialystok-Minsk
Orsha
Smolensk
Operation Typhoon
Tula
Orel
Rostov
Belgorod
Dnieper River
Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket
Oder
Served:
Russia
Poland
Germany
Unit Structure Early-1943:
Divisional Staff
39th Panzer Regiment
40th Panzergrenadier Regiment
63rd Panzergrenadier Regiment
27th Panzer Artillery Regiment
297th Army Flak Battalion
6th Reconnaissance Battalion
27th Panzerjäger Battalion
27th Panzer Pioneer Battalion
82nd Panzer Signals Battalion
27th Feld Ersatz Battalion
27th Supply Troop
27th Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
