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  German 1st Panzer Division - Biocrawler
The 1st Panzer Division was formed October 15th, 1935 from the 3rd Cavalry Division, and was headquartered in Weimar.
In September 1944 the division was withdrawn to the Carpathian Mountains, as the Germans strove in vain to stem the Russian advance.
By October the division was in Hungary, and in January, 1945 it fought in Operation Konrad, the abortive attempt to relieve the the encircled city of Budapest.
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 Battles & Campaigns: Italy, 1943
The 90th Panzergrenadier Division was led in 1943-44 by the eccentric Ernst Baade.
The Germans were further assisted by Italy's climate, which at crucial points during the campaign intervened to close down the Allied advance.
The Allies tried to counterattack German defenses by employing overwhelming firepower, but the mountain side was covered in deep caves and gullies that allowed the German defenders to seek cover from even the heaviest artillery barrages and bomber raids.
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 Lone Sentry: Photographs, Documents, and Research on World War II
The photos start with the division's landing in Normandy in August 1944 and continues through the fighting in France and Germany, and occupation duty.
German Photos - Photo sets of German heavy artillery in summer of 1940 and a Luftwaffe flak position.
The Story of the 8th Armored Division ◊ The 9th: The Story of the 9th Armored Division ◊ Terrify and Destroy: The Story of the 10th Armored Division ◊ The Story of the 11th Armored Division: Thunderbolt ◊ Speed is the Password: The Story of the 12th Armored Division
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  16th. Panzer Division
Panzer was held in Reserve during the Balkan Campaign, but took part in the Invasion of the Soviet Union in June, 1941, being used in the southern sector of the Front, advancing to Stalingrad via Lvov, Pervomaisk, Zaporozhe, Taganrog, Makeevka and Artemorsk.
Panzer was heavily engaged in the battles for Salerno after the Allied landings in that region, and then in the struggle for Naples.
Panzer was then transferred to the Eastern Front in November and December, 1943, arriving in Bobruisk on December 13th where it took part in defensive operations before seeing action in the massive counter-attacks for Kiev.
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 Boots & Tracks--SP-Our Backs to the Volga
Previously, on 23rd August 1942 units of the German 16th Panzer Division, sixth army raced across 35 miles of Steppe, and by nightfall had reached the Volga at Spartanovka, a Northern Suburb of Stalingrad.
German Jaeger companies supported by pioneers and armour make a renewed effort to reach the riverbank; the river was in sight, not far to go before the objective was reached.
In between the German army and the banks of the Volga stood a few factories, buildings and warehouses...occupied by Soviet Naval units prepared to fight to the bitter end.
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 16th SS-PANZER GRENADIER DIVISION
The 16th SS troops are reported to have set fire to neighbouring Farnocchia, before turning to raze Sant'Anna and kill a 'number' of 'citizens'.
The 16th SS-Panzer Grenadier Division had been a very effective formation during the defence of Italy, and its removal from the Front was considered a major potential propaganda/morale boost for the Allies.
Known as the "Himmler Division", during the campaigns in Italy, the 16th SS-Panzer Grenadier Division employed a vehicle recognition shield comprising the Reichsfuhrer's rank insignia.
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 German 4th Panzer Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the Munich Crisis and the subsequent Anschluss of Czechoslovakia it was shielding the border with Poland in case of a pre-emptive strike by the Allies.
During the Battle of France of 1940 the division was attached to Erich Hoepner's XVI Panzer Corps, part of von Kleist's Panzer Group in the German 6th Army under the command of Walther von Reichenau.
The German 36th Panzer Regiment was detached and assigned to the newly-formed German 14th Panzer Division, while the 103rd Artillery Regiment was reinforced with a third battalion.
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 German 1st Panzer Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Panzer Division was formed October 15th, 1935 from the 3rd Cavalry Division, and was headquartered in Weimar.
In September 1944 the division was withdrawn to the Carpathian Mountains, as the Germans strove in vain to stem the Russian advance.
By October the division was in Hungary, and in January, 1945 it fought in Operation Konrad, the abortive attempt to relieve the encircled city of Budapest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_1st_Panzer_Division   (1026 words)

  
 Avalanche Press
In the German exploitation movement phase, the German 20th and SS VT Motorized units move onto the same land mass as Nijmegen, cutting it off from supply, while the German 16th Panzer Corps launches another attack on Amsterdam.
All German units are in supply, and the Germans use their replacement to restore the powerful 30th Corps with Rommel (with 7th Panzer destroyed Rommel has no effect on play, but the German player has left him on the board to more easily identify the units with him) near Sedan.
The Germans in Belgium rush west, with a cavalry division from Eben Emael and a motorized and armored division from Ostend attacking the reduced French corps at St. Quentin.
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 TheHistoryNet | World War II | German 10th Panzer Division's Eastern Front Offensive Near Vyasma During World War II
German 10th Panzer Division's Eastern Front Offensive Near Vyasma During World War II In an amazing feat of arms, the fast-moving German 10th Panzer Division closed the noose around 55 Soviet divisions near Vyasma in October 1941.
The 10th Panzer Division and other German formations that were concentrated for the attack faced the challenge of attacking Soviet forces that had been preparing defenses for more than two months.
The Germans were also forced to attack a Soviet front that ran almost in a straight line north and south of the heights of Jarcevo, located 50 kilometers northeast of Smolensk.
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 German Organizations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
During the Po Valley Campaign, the 305th Division defended positions east of Bolgona and on April 20, 1945, the division was caught in a pincher.
The division took part in defensive in the Pfalz region to the Rhine River where it was destroyed in April of 1945.
General Baade lead this division during the North African campaign and it was one of the outstanding divisions of the Africa Korps.
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 THE GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN THE BALKANS (SPRING 1941): PART II
The mobile divisions of this assault group were to coordinate their advance with the other attack forces that were to close in on the Yugoslav capital from other directions so that the bulk of the enemy forces would be unable to make an orderly withdrawal into the mountains.
The XIV Panzer Corps, under the command of General der Infanterie (Lieutenant General) Gustav von Wietersheim, composed of the 5th and 11th Panzer, the 294th Infantry, and the 4th Mountain Divisions.
Under the command of the recently arrived LII Infantry Corps headquarters, the western group consisted of four infantry divisions under the XLIX and LI Corps as well as the 14th Panzer Division, the formation that was to spearhead the drive on Sarajevo from the west.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/balkan/20_260_2.htm   (13221 words)

  
 Boots & Tracks--SP-Our Backs to the Volga
Previously, on 23rd August 1942 units of the German 16th Panzer Division, sixth army raced across 35 miles of Steppe, and by nightfall had reached the Volga at Spartanovka, a Northern Suburb of Stalingrad.
German Jaeger companies supported by pioneers and armour make a renewed effort to reach the riverbank; the river was in sight, not far to go before the objective was reached.
In between the German army and the banks of the Volga stood a few factories, buildings and warehouses...occupied by Soviet Naval units prepared to fight to the bitter end.
www.bootsandtracks.com /ScenarioDetail.php?ScenarioID=48   (289 words)

  
 Osprey - The Demodernization of the German Army in World War 2
German equipment was superior: better design, manufactured to higher standards, and operated by consummate professionals, who would fight with diabolic efficiency right up to the spring of 1945 when all hope was lost.
The British and French did not realize that the agent of their destruction, the German panzer divisions had been concentrated for one throw of the dice, that the follow-on forces of infantry were little different from those of 1918; by contrast, the BEF was extensively mechanized.
The SS panzer divisions had higher establishments and many were rebuilt to full strength after Kursk and even after the fall of France.
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 War and Game
On 23 August 1942, the German 16th Panzer Division crossed the Don River as spearhead of the 6th Army and by the end of the day it had reached the Volga north of Stalingrad.
However, the counterattack of the newly arrived Soviet 35th Guards Rifle Division managed to cut the supply lines of the XIV Panzer Corps, isolating it from the rest of the 6th Army.
Germans attempt to cut off a whole Allied corps with the ultimate objective of retaking the highly symbolic city of Strasbourg.
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 Panzer-Brigades in the West 1944
Before the planned German counterattack at September 18th the Americans were moving the U.S. 4th Armoured Division into the area of Arracourt, just north of Lunéville, to stage their attack towards the Saar, planned on the 19th of September.
During the 17th the Germans were infiltrating the town again, because it was considered a vital key to the planned operations of the Panzer-Brigades against the Moselle bridgehead on the 18th of September.
Meanwhile the CCB of the U.S. 4th Armoured Division was advancing north and threatened the drive a wedge between the German 1st and 5th Panzer Armies.
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 Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 11
Despite reinforcement by the 15th Panzer Regiment, the 336th Infantry Division was unable to prevent the enemy from reaching Sovchos 79.
Manstein was forced to draw heavily from the Fourth Panzer Army to defend Rostov, and that sealed the fate of the Sixth Army in Stalingrad.
In what appears to be one of his few battlefield mistakes, Balck failed to fully reinforce the 16th Panzer Division, cautiously deciding to hold back a large portion of his forces to counter other landings instead of concentrating his forces opposite the area of the Allied landings at Salerno.
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 German Panzer Unit in Norway April - June of 1940
German use of armored fighting vehicles in the Norwegian Campaign is often ignored, since only very limited panzer force was present.
The rest of the company (single Kleiner Panzer Befehlswagen I command tank, twelve PzKpfw I and six PzKpfw II tanks) went down with "Antaris H" (and other transports), which was sunk in the North Sea by a British submarine.
There is no evidence of combat between German and French tanks, limiting use of German tanks to support the infantry operations, while being supported by the airforce itself.
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 Achtung Panzer! - Count Hyazinth Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz!
In the early stage of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Strachwitz commanded the 18th Panzer Battalion in 18th Panzer Division, where he became a popular and respected field commander with great tactical skills.
In 1942, Strachwitz was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and advanced with 16th Panzer Division in von Paulus' 6th Army to Stalingrad, where was wounded and evacuated escaping the fate that fell upon the 6th Army.
The 3rd Battalion of the panzer regiment was equipped with heavy Tiger I tanks.
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 3.SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf
From Kharkov, the Division was sent into the massive battles for the Kursk Salient, fighting in some of the most bloody and fierce combat of the war and the largest tank battle in all of History.
The Division stayed on defensive operation in the south and central sector of the German front for nearly a year, and during this time, in October, 1943, the Division was reformed and renamed as a Panzer Division.
The Panzer Grenadier Regiments of the new Panzer Division were renamed as "Thule" (5th SS PG Regiment) and "Theodor Eicke".
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 Eastern Front Campaign - Caught in the Crossfire
Army Group Center was led by von Bock and had Guderian’s 2nd Panzer Group with 3rd, 4th, 10th 17th and 18th Panzer Divisions and Hoth’s 3rd Panzer Group with 7th, 12th, 19th and 20th Panzer Division.
It was 18 August 1941 and an offensive by the 8th German Panzer Division was expected by the Soviet commanders.
The Germans were now boxed in by the burning wreckage and the marshy ground surrounding the road.
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 Avalanche Press
Veteran German units are usually 5, with a handful carrying a 6 and the fearsome Luftwaffe paratroopers rating 7.
So a German counter-attack that begins at mere 1:1 odds can quickly go up the scale if it has armor superiority (say, 4 vs. the standard American anti-tank strength of 2, for two "shifts") and better morale (say, 6 for the 16th Panzer's infantry against the usual American 4, for two more).
The Japanese have one division (nine battalions) of troops as good as the Americans, and though most of their other units are weaker they do usually get a benefit for jungle training where only some Americans do so.
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 World War II Plus 55 - Oct. 4, 1942
The Germans report the destruction of 17 city buses, 150,000 square meters of roof tiling and 150,000 square meters of glass.
German casualties are 41 killed and 101 injured.
German troops attack Soviet positions from the rear, surrounding 112th Division, battling through wooden housing quarters, which become infernos in the fighting.
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 Trade Token of 16.Panzer Division, 2.Panzer Regiment II.Battalion
The Division took part in the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and in May of 1940 took part in the campaign against France, driving through the Ardennes region, cutting off the Allies in Belgium and the Netherlands.
In October 1940, Panzer Regiment 2 was transferred to the 16.Panzer Division to serve as the nucleus armored Regiment of the Division.
By Novemeber 18, 1942, the German Army was on the outskirts of Stalingrad, USSR.
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 The Smolensk Campaign - An Historical Synopsis
With the 10th Panzer and the SS Das Reich motorized division advancing on Yelnya the ring was closing on the three Russian armies trapped at Smolensk.
By July 24th the Germans had almost succeeded in a full encirclement of the Russian forces in the Smolensk pocket but the pressure of the Russian counterattack prevented this.
The Panzer divisions were replaced in the line by the arriving infantry divisions.
www.wargamer.com /Hosted/panzercampaigns/articles/smolensksynop.htm   (1219 words)

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