21st PANZER DIVISION

21st PANZER DIVISION
21st PANZER DIVISION

Formed:
1st August 1941

Disbanded:
8th May 1945

Linage:
5th Light Division
21st Panzer Division

Commanders:
Generalmajor Johann Von Ravenstein 1st August to 29th November 1941
Oberstleutnant Gustav-Georg Knabe 29th November to 1st December 1941
Generalmajor Karl Böttcher 1st December 1941 to 11th February 1942
Generalmajor Georg Von Bismarck 11th February to 21st July 1942
Oberst Alfred Bruer 21st July to 1st August 1942
Generalmajor Georg Von Bismarck 1st August to 31st August 1942
Oberst Karl-Hans Lungershausen 31st August to 18th September 1942
Generalmajor Heinz Von Randow 18th September to 21st December 1942
Oberst Kurt Freiherr Von Liebenstein 21st December 1942 to 1st January 1943
Generalmajor Hans-Georg Hildebrandt 1st January to 25th April 1943
Oberst Heinrich-Hermann Von Hülsen 25th April to 13th May 1943
Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger 15th May 1943 to 15th January 1944
Generalmajor Oswin Grolig 15th January to 8th March 1944
Generalleutnant Franz Westhoven 8th March to 8th May 1944
Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger 8th May 1944 to 25th January 1945
Oberst Helmut Zollenkopf 25th January to 12th February 1945
Generalleutnant Werner Marcks 12th February to 8th May 1945

Battles, Operations and Campaigns:
Operation Sommernachtstraum
El Agheila
Benghazi
Gazala
Mersa Matruh
El Alamein
Operation Capri
Kasserine Pass
Normandy
Caen
Faliase
Operation Nordwind
Halbe Pocket

Served:
Libya
Egypt
Tunisia
France
Germany
Poland

Unit Structure August 1942:
Divisional Staff
5th Panzer Regiment
104th Schützen Regiment
155th Artillery Regiment
Flak Battalion
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
39th Panzerjäger Battalion
200th Pioneer Battalion
200th Signals Battalion
200th Feld Ersatz Battalion
Service Forces and Medical Units