20th PANZER DIVISION
Formed:
15th October 1940
Disbanded:
8th May 1945
Headquarters:
Jena
Linage:
19th Infantry Division
20th Panzer Division
Commanders:
Generalleutnant Horst Stumpff 13th November 1940 to 10th September 1941
Oberst Georg von Bismarck 10th September 1941 to 13th October 1941
Generalmajor Wilhelm Ritter Von Thoma 14th October 1941 to 30th June 1942
Generalmajor Walther Düvert 1st July 1942 to 10th October 1942
Oberst Heinrich Freiherr Von Lüttwitz 10th October 1942 to 11th May 1943
Generalleutnant Mortimer Von Kessel 12th May 1943 to 1st January 1944
Oberst Werner Marcks 1st January 1944 to 1st February 1944
Generalleutnant Mortimer Von Kessel 2nd February 1944 to 5th November 1944
Oberst Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski 6th November 1944 to 31st December 1944
Generalmajor Hermann Von Oppeln-Bronikowski 1th January 1945 to 8th May 1945
Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Barbarossa
Minsk
Smolensk
Operation Typhoon
Voronezh
Operation Citadel
Orel
Bautzen
Served:
Russia
Romania
East Prussia
Hungary
Poland
Germany
Unit Structure Early-1943:
Divisional Staff
1/21st Panzer Regiment
59th Panzergrenadier Regiment
112th Panzergrenadier Regiment
92nd Panzer Artillery Regiment
92nd Reconnaissance Battalion
92nd Panzerjäger Battalion
92nd Panzer Pioneer Battalion
92nd Panzer Signals Battalion
92nd Feld Ersatz Battalion
92nd Supply Troop
92nd Truck Park
Medical and Administration Companies
