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	Achtung Panzer! - Panzer Divisions 1940-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Divisions involved in combat were 2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th and 14th Panzer Division.
		In February of 1942, 25th Panzer Division was formed at Eberswalde and in Norway and from October of 1943, it served exclusively on the Eastern Front.
		Panzer Division "Clausewitz" / "Schlesien" was formed in February of 1945 as "Kampgruppe Holstein" from units of 233rd Panzer Division.
	www.achtungpanzer.com /pzdiv2.htm (1351 words)

	Juno Beach - German Defences
		Within striking distance of the coast were five first-class divisions: the 21st Panzer Division with an estimated 350 tanks, the 12th SS with 150 tanks, the Panzer Lehr Division in the Le Mans area and two more tank divisions in the Seine.
		The German plan was for the 716th Division to delay the Allied advance with artillery, mortars, mines and anti-tank guns until reinforcements from the 12th SS and 21st Panzer Divisions positioned near Caen could arrive.
		The plan to rapidly commit armoured divisions to prevent the Allies from consolidating their positions had assumed that the armour would be in position and coastal defences were capable of holding the allied advance.
	members.shaw.ca /junobeach/juno-5.htm (1213 words)

	Afrika_Korps encyclopedia and info, forum and guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the spring the 5th Light Division was joined by the 15th Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until Rommel had already re-taken most of Cyrenaica and gone back over to the defensive.
		On February 23, 1943 Panzer Army Afrika was redesignated as the 1st Italian Army and put under the command of an Italian general, while Rommel was placed in command of a new Army Group Afrika created to control both the 1st Italian Army and the 5th Panzer Army.
		The 15th Panzer Division was reconstituted as the 15th Panzergrenadier Division, the 90th Light Division was reconstituted as the 90th Panzergrenadier Division, and the 21st Panzer Division was reconstituted under its own name.
	grenada.caribbean-forum.com /encyclopedia.php?title=Afrika_Korps (899 words)

	List of German divisions in WWII - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many of these were divisions that had been mauled on the Russian Front and were sent west to serve as coastal defense garrisons until sufficient resources were available to rehabilitate them.
		After being reorganized as the 26th Panzer Division, some of the 23rd Infantry Division's original components were used to create a new 23rd Infantry Division.
		Though named FallschirmjÃ¤ger ("paratrooper") divisions, most were not actually trained for airdrops, and in practice all operated as ordinary motorized infantry throughout their existence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SS_Order_of_Battle (2100 words)

	Deutsches Afrika Korps Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until Rommel had already re-taken most of Cyrenicia and gone back over to the defensive.
		On August 15 Panzer Group Afrika was activated with Rommel in command, and command of the DAK was turned over to Ludwig Crüwell.
		Panzer Division was reformed as a Panzergrenadier division, and renumbered as the 115
	www.internshipasia.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/d/de/deutsches_afrika_korps.html (717 words)

	Achtung Panzer! - Erwin Rommel!
		In preparations for German Invasion of Low Countries and France, codenamed Fall Gelb, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division became the part of 15th Panzer Corps, which was positioned, in the central sector.
		The 15th Panzer Corps was under the command of General Hoth.
		On February 14th of 1941, leading elements 5th Leichte (Panzer) Division along with their commander Erwin Rommel landed in Tripoli and was joined in early May by 15th Panzer Division.
	www.achtungpanzer.com /gen1.htm (3081 words)

	Germans; the old enemy
		The 21st Panzer was still in France when the Allies launched their invasion of Normandy in June of 1944, and the division was thrown into action against the Allied positions as the only Panzer unit to do so on the 1st day of the attack, June 6th.
		The 21st Panzer was then used in the Southern Sector of the Western Front until it was pulled from the lines to refit and reform in Germany in August, 1944.
		In Early 1945, the 21st Panzer was used in a drive on Strasbourg, and was then shifted to the Eastern Front in February, 1945 where it fought in defensive actions until being taken by the Soviets later in April, 1945.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-enemy/ww2/germans.htm (1013 words)

	German 21st Panzer Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Created as 5th Light Division or 5th Light Afrika Division in Africa in early 1941, from an ad hoc collection of smaller units rushed to support the collapsing Italian army.
		Fought throughout the African campaign, participating in all the major battles, and was greatly worn down by the Battle of El Alamein and the long retreat to Tunisia (1942).
		Reconstituted in France (1943) and remained there for rehabilitation and garrison duty until the Allied landings at Battle of Normandy (1944), whereupon it was heavily engaged in the fighting at the Normandy beachheads, being the only Panzer division to engage the Allies on the first day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_5th_Light_Division (302 words)

	Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
		Fifth Light Division was formed from a cadre of the Third Panzer Division, and contingents of the division arrived in Tripoli in February 1941.
		The division saw much combat as part of the Afrika Korps in the ensuing six months, and on 1 October 1941 the division was reorganized and renamed 21st Panzer Division.
		The division was placed in reserve during the Tunisian fighting, but in March was twice thrown into action, and with the rest of the Axis forces left in North Africa fought on to the bitter end, surrendering to British forces at 1250 hrs on the 9th of May.
	members.shaw.ca /madorosh/divsger.htm (340 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - D-Day June 6, 1944
		Many of 21st Panzer's men were inextricably committed against the paratroops, and in an order issued at 1pm, Feuchtinger attempted to make the best of a bad situation.
		His armored units were to divide their efforts, three of his panzer battalions were to move against the sea borne landings, whilst the fourth, with Panzergrenadier regiment 125, and attached elements, was to continue operations against the paratroops.
		The other nearest mobile reserves, 12th SS Panzer and Panzer Lehr Divisions, were not released by OKW to 7th Army until 7 pm, too late for either, harassed as they were by air attacks, to intervene that day.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/dday/counterattack.aspx (1340 words)

	Battle of Caen: The Stalingrad of the Hitler Youth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One partner of the I. SS Panzer Korps, the 21st Panzer Division, was in action north of Caen on D Day, but the other, the 1st SS Panzer (Body Guard) Division, was still in Belgium, recuperating from bloody combat in Russia.
		The Division lost 80 percent of its tanks, 70 percent of its armored vehicles, 60 percent of its artillery and mortars and 50 percent of the rest of its vehicles.
		SS Major General Hugo Kraas, the last commander of the 12th SS Panzer Division, gave his men free reign to follow their natural inclination to escape the clutches of the approaching Russian troops by moving west toward the American lines.
	mars.acnet.wnec.edu /~grempel/tours/normandy/battle.html (5976 words)

	The Hammer of Hell
		On the 14th of February, the 21st Panzer Division assaulted Combat Command A of the 1st Armored Division at Faid Pass, and the Afrika Corps survivors attacked the French and Americans on an axis from Gafsa to Feriana to Kasserine.
		Two critical German combat elements were not yet on the battlefield: the 10th Panzer Division was marching south from General Arnim and the Luftwaffe was grounded due to the low cloud cover and rain.
		Although he had anticipated operating in a division area, neither Madden, his superiors nor the instructors at the Antiaircraft Artillery School at Camp Davis had expected the AW battalions to be along the line of contact.
	www.skylighters.org /hammer/chapter3.html (3924 words)

	AVault \| PC \| Panzer Commander Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Panzer Commander offers an element I first became familiar with in Sierra's Aces of the Deep -- the ability to "trade" up your current vehicle (vessel) when a new one becomes available.
		No description of Panzer Commander would be complete without mentioning one of the game's best features, a detailed mission editor that let players create their own scenarios from scratch.
		Panzer Commander is not a perfect game (as indicated in the review's criteria section on the next page), but it does offer simmers quite a complete package -- great graphics, multiplayer options, and a powerful mission editor.
	www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=panzcom&page=2 (773 words)

	Favourite Heer and Waffen SS Panzer Divisions...and why!!! - www.ezboard.com
		Third Place- 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Jugend"- Now, I know a lot of people will say, "what about "Wiking" or "Totenkopf" they were better!", and these people may very well be right.
		Formed from the 5th Leichte Division this was also known as the "Afrika Division." It would only make sense that I choose this one for as far as I know, I'm the closest thing we have to a North Africa/Rommel expert.
		All of the Waffen-SS Panzer Divisions fought well and were often in the thick of battle, no matter what front they fought on.
	p223.ezboard.com /fpanzer4520frm14.showMessage?topicID=68.topic (1530 words)

	Panzer II
		Panzer II's and III's of the African Korps, 15th Panzer Division drive towards Arcoma during the epic battles for the Gazala line.
		As allied forces pressed inland towards Caen, the 21st panzer Division launched a counterattack along a narrow three mile corridor between the Canadians on Juno beach and the British on Sword.
		Depicting Panzer IVF2 tanks of the 6th Panzer Division attempting to fight their way through to the beleaguered Sixth Army at Stalingrad, 12th December 1942.
	www.davidpentland.co.uk /panzer.htm (1591 words)

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		The 15th and 21st Panzer Divisions were ordered to position themselves near Gambut and be ready to move in any direction when called upon.
		Scobie's 70th British Division along with 32nd Army Tank Brigade tolled over the Afrika and Bologna Divisions, and Rommel was forced to throw everything he had at them to close the hole in his Tobruk lines.
		A second kampfgruppe from 15th Panzer Division was ordered to head over the escarpment to capture the railhead and adjoining fuel dump at Bir Habata.
	www.geocities.com /firefly1002000/crusader.html (4801 words)

	10.SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsburg"
		The reconaissance battalion from the 9th SS Panzerdivision "Hohenstaufen", temporarily assigned to Kampfgruppe "Frundsberg", attempt to cross the bridge at between 1930 and 2000.
		Division split into three groups; 1) 10.SS.PzAfkl.Abt., located south of Cottbus, 2) logistical and out of fuel elements of the division, located at Bautzen, and 3) the bulk of the division, including SS.PzGr.Rgts.21 and 22, located northwest of Spremberg.
		In October, 1943, this division was given the number 10 and bestowed with the offical title of Frundsberg, while the 1st and 2nd SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiments were renumber as the 21st and 22nd Panzergrenadier-Regiments.
	www.feldgrau.com /10ss.html (1450 words)

	The 25th Panzer-Grenadier Division
		As an infantry division made up of Swabians and Bavarians, it participated in the invasions of Poland and France, but it was reorganized as a motorized infantry division in late 1940.
		In its final form, the Division was initially committed to the defensive action against US Third Army near Sierck-les-Bains (near the convergence of the German/Luxembourg/French borders), but was pulled out and recommitted near Bitche in December.
		Together, these divisions were to exploit the penetrations made by either the XIII SS Corps in the west, or the LXXXIX and XC Corps in the east, and subsequently drive to the Alsatian Plain to cut off US Seventh Army from the 1st French.
	www.100thww2.org /25th.html (406 words)

	Panzer Division Profiles
		In action with Fallschirm Panzer Corps survivors (Hermann Goering 2), evacuated Heiligenbeil by Baltic after abortive defence of E. Prussia, May most of remnant surrendered to the Russians, others to the US.
		Associated formations raised with help of cadres from Grossdeutschland were, Brandenburg Division, Fuhrer Begleit (escort) Panzer Division, Fuhrer Panzergrenadier Division, Panzergrenadier Division Kurmark, (these were all entitled to ware Grossdeutschland cuffbands).
		November SW France occupation upgraded to panzer grenadier division..
	www.vampire-bat.co.uk /panzer/Panzer_Divisions.htm (2014 words)

	21st Panzer Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This offensive saw the division fighting in intense battles for the Gazala line, eventually pushing the British from their postions, finally taking Tobruk, and then moving all the way into Eygpt, stoppping finally at Alma Halfa.
		The Division was halted before being able to reach the actual pass itself.
		The 21.Panzer was still in France when the Allies launched their invasion of Normandy in June of 1944, and the division was thrown into action against the Allied postions as the only Panzer unit to do so on the 1st day of the attack, June 6th.
	www.panzercampaignsclub.com /ax/21stPz.html (921 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From the south came General Erwin Rommel’s 21st Panzer division of DAK fame, with Rommel at its helm.
		On 13 February the 10th and 21st Panzer divisions launched an attack through US II Corps positions on the main passes through the Eastern Dorsal mountain range (see map below), thrusting with their usual tenacity, they crushed American forward positions, isolating whole battalions and sent others into retreat.
		Free-for-all is the Mission to represent the possible encounter battle between advance elements of the Panzers clashing with the newly arrived units of Old Ironsides.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /article.asp?articleid=306 (1462 words)

	Panzer Battles: Nordwind
		Two sources are credited with the 'kill': 1- A well placed bazooka shot; 2- A long-range precision round from a 90mm gun on a 776th 'Slugger' tank destroyer.
		A Company of Panther tanks from the 21st Panzer Division was attached to the Waffen SS 17th Panzer-Grenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" at the time of Nordwind.
		The Flamm Hetzer, or flamethrower Hetzer, was issued only to two specialized panzer units, Flammpanzer Kompanie 352 and 353.
	www.efour4ever.com /44thdivision/nordwindtiger.html (210 words)

	Afrika Korps History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		of May 1942, the unit was re-classified as the Aufklärungs Abteilung 580 (Reconnaissance Battalion 580).On 26 Feb 1943 the 580th Reconnaissance Battalion was assigned to the 21st Panzer Division and the 3rd Panzer Recon Battalion went to the 90th Lt Afrika Div as the 90th Panzer Recon Battalion.
		On November 27, 1941 the division was renamed the 90.
		The division was once again involved in heavy fighting during the Gazala battles (May-June 1942) particularly at Bir Hacheim.
	www.sa.apana.org.au /~brad/DAK2.html (622 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: 21st Panzer Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a keystone of the Deutsches Afrika Korps, this armoured division was involved in the hardest battles of that theatre of World war Two, until it was finally driven out of North Africa along with the rest of the Axis forces in May 1943.
		On D-Day, 21 Panzer Division was heavily involved in the counter attack against the Allied landings: it held up the British attempt to capture Caen for a whole month.
		Finally, the 21st was despatched to the eastern front, where it was annihilated in the Halbe pocket shortly before the end of the war.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/284048157X (460 words)

	Books on German Panzers of WWII
		Nevertheless, there are almost no truly integrated studies of the panzer or armor branch, dealing with the organizational, economic, personnel, doctrinal, and tactical factors that affected the panzer arm's performance.
		It was the decisive victories of the German Panzer divisions in North Africa in World War II that taught the Allies the importance of an integrated combat team consisting of tanks, infantry, and artillery.
		PANZER BATTLES is a vivid account of the major campaigns of that war, especially the legendary desert battles fought by Rommel, who found the desert to be the perfect terrain in which to wage almost purely theoretical armored warfare with large-scale tank formations.
	www.dropbears.com /b/broughsbooks/military/panzer.htm (927 words)

	eToys: Elite Force: WWII 21st Panzer Division Gunner Corporal "Franz Haas" 12" Military Action Figure from Blue-Box
		Originally formed during October 1941 from the 5th Leichte Division and elements of the 3rd Panzer Division, the 21st formed a part of the renowned Afrika Corps.
		The 21st reformed from various units at Normandy in July of 1943, and from 1944 to 1945, it was involved in campaigns at Normandy and throughout France.
		WWII 21st Panzer Division Gunner Corporal "Franz Haas" is a 1:6 scale, fully-poseable military action figure.
	www.etoys.com /genProduct.html?PID=1851079&ctid=17 (293 words)

	21.Panzer Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		T he mission of the 21st Panzer is to achieve a high battle success rating through organized unit cooperation, training, and strategic planning.
		If you feel that you cannot follow orders or be co-operative, the 21st Panzer is Not for you.
		The 21st Panzer does not require you to be a veteran player to join.
	www.21pz.com (348 words)

	21st Panzer Division: Rommel's Africa Korps Spearhead (Spearhead Series) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In his first offensive, Rommel swept across the desert, driving the British back to the Egyptian frontier and capturing much of the 2nd Armoured Division in the process.
		The 21st Panzer Division gained greatest fame in North Africa, but also served in Normandy and on the Russian Front.
		Each Spearhead title includes an evaluation of the units combat effectiveness as seen by the unit, its opponents and subsequent researchers, and a research section including a bibliography and a listing of museums, websites, re-enactment groups and memorials.
	www.enotalone.com /books/0711028532.html (417 words)

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