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	German 7th Panzer Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 7th Panzer Division, which participated in the Battle of France, was nicknamed the "Ghost Division" because nobody knew where they were attacking from, not even the German High Command.
		In preparation of the invasion of the low countries, the 7th Panzer Division then became a part of the 15th Panzer Corps under the command of General Hoth.
		During the Battle of France, the 7th Panzer Division earned the name of the "Ghost/Phantom Division" because of this speed and because nobody seemed to know where it was, not even the German High Command.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_7th_Panzer_Division (414 words)

	DAS REICH HOME PAGE - Panzer Division Kempf and the Buildup
		Division Kempf was indeed a unique unit, since it was the first Heer division to be composed of both Heer and Waffen SS units.
		The "official" German government explanation for the sudden movement of large numbers of troops into East Prussia was they were part of a new Panzer Division and would participate as "Wehrmacht representatives" at the Tannenberg celebration.
		Division Kempf were brought together with the other units of the I Armee Korps to prepare for an advance into Poland.
	www.dasreich.ca /kempf.html (986 words)

	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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_4th_Panzer_Division (1771 words)

	Operation Overlord
		To impede the movement of German men, supplies and armour, road and rail communications across the north of France were subjected to intensive bombing raids prior to the landings.
		division was scheduled to land on the westernmost beach (Utah) at the foot of the Cotentin peninsula.
		The German situation was hampered by an absent Rommel and a refusal by Hitler and his staff to acknowledge that Normandy was the main thrust of the allied invasion.
	www.germandaggers.info /battles4.htm (4087 words)

	Panzer Tank
		The Light Tractor weighed ten tons and carried a 37mm gun and the Heavy Tractor was a 20-tonner with two turrets, one forward with a 77mm gun, and one at the rear carrying a machine-gun.
		In the spring of 1934 the German Army began using the Panzer I tank.
		In my opinion the German Panzer V, the 'Panther', was the most satisfactory of all, and would have been dose to the ideal had it been possible to design with a lower silhouette.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWpanzer.htm (817 words)

	Rommel at the Meuse
		The German offensive against France was decided by the swift advance of the Panzer columns through the Ardennes forest and a quick crossing of the Meuse River.
		Instead, the German recon elements were at the Meuse on the afternoon of May 12, with the armor close behind.
		Under cover of darkness a German motorcycle unit (the 7thMC of the 7th Pz) was able to cross the weir at Houx (hex 2004) on the footbridge and gain a foothold on the west bank of the river.
	members.tripod.com /SimulationsWorkshop/rommel.html (1090 words)

	Feldgrau :: 2.Panzer-Division
		The tracked elements of the division were loaded for sea transport in the Greek port of Patras to Tarent in the south of Italy.
		The division continued to see action in the East as a part of Armeegruppe Mitte fighting in the massive defensive battles of 1942 including Rzhev, the Kursk Summer Offensive in July, 1943, and the defensive battles along the Dnieper River later.
		The Division was nearly destroyed in France in 1944, and was reformed along with portions of the 352.Infantry-Division.
	www.feldgrau.com /PzDiv.php?ID=2 (913 words)

	7th Panzer Division -\|history\|-
		His crossing of the River Meusse on May 13th was a tactical triumph, and he began moving out of this bridgehead in the morning of the 15th.
		Within hours he encountered a French division of Char Bs, who had run their fuel tanks dry in their attemp to reach the battlefield.
		To break the created Panzer corridor, two British tank regiments broke into the 7th Panzer Division's line of march behind its armored spearhead near Arras on 21 May, inflicting serious losses.
	www.angelfire.com /nb/7pd/history.html (233 words)

	The Smolensk Campaign - An Historical Synopsis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hoth’s 7th Panzer was attacking towards Yartsevo but met heavy resistance from fresh Russian troops in the area.
		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.
		The Panzer divisions were replaced in the line by the arriving infantry divisions.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/panzercampaigns/articles/smolensksynop.htm (1219 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront: Alytus Bridgehead
		The tank battle near Alytus between German tanks and those of (the) Soviet 5th Tank division was probably the hardest combat ever conducted by 7th Panzer Division in the Second World War.
		During the morning of the 22nd the 7th Division's advance elements, consisting of Panzer Regiment 25 reinforced by Kradschutzen (Motorcycle Infantry) Battalion 7, raced toward Alytus.
		The arrival of the 21st Panzer Regiment of the 20th Panzer Division allowed for the 25th Regiment to go over to the offensive and break out of the bridgehead toward Vilnius and then on to Minsk.
	www.fireandfury.com /extra/scenalytus.shtml (1126 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: 2nd SS Panzer Division
		Originally formed on October 19, 1939 as the "Verfugungs" Division, this unit was redesignated as the 2nd SS Panzer Division ("Das Reich") in late 1943.
		The division should have taken approximately three days to reach northern France by rail, but the efforts of French resistance fighters, as well as Allied air superiority, made the move much slower, as the Germans were forced to move overland by road.
		In reality the 2nd SS Panzer Division did not arrive in strength in the Normandy area until around June 23rd, thus making it highly unlikely that any of its tanks would be near Ramelle on the 13th of June.
	www.sproe.com /s/2nd-ss-panzer.html (334 words)

	General Erwin Rommel
		During the invasion Rommel was well aware of the German Panzer units and the blending of artillery and air support, along with motorized infantry to achieve the desired Blitzkrieg results.
		By May 18th the 7th Panzer spearhead had reached Cambrai, but the rest of his forces were strung out precariously behind him.
		With the situation again in hand, Rommel's 7th Panzer rolled south of Arras, but on May 24th a halt was ordered by OKW to allow the infantry to move up to protect the exposed armored spearheads.
	users.pandora.be /dave.depickere/Text/rommel.html (2126 words)

	Panzer in Norway
		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.
		On April 25th, the one assigned to the Gruppe Pellangahr was immobilized by the British 25mm (French Hotchkiss) anti-tank gun position in the village of Kvam.
	www.nuav.net /panzer.html (1120 words)

	KURT MEYER
		Few German officers could claim more combat experience than Meyer, who had begun his service with the SS in 1933 as a member of Hitler's elite bodyguard.
		Meyer joined the SS in October, 1931, and entered its premiere division, the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, in the spring of 1934.
		Following the death of Fritz Witt on 14 June, 1944, he took command of the 12th SS, becoming the youngest division commander in the German armed forces.
	www.germandaggers.info /kurtmeyer.htm (817 words)

	Panzer Endkampf - book about German Panzer Divisions
		panzer grenadier divisions were the corset stays of the Eastern Front.
		Endkampf investigates the decline of German panzer divisions on the Eastern Front, by examining the frequently
		raised by the division as an emergency measure fled from the battlefield the moment their officers were hit.
	www.quikmaneuvers.com /panzer_endkampf.html (710 words)

	World at War: Erwin Rommel
		In the German push to the English Channel in 1940 Rommel headed the victorious 7th Tank Division.
		He was awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest decoration for bravery, for capturing 9,000 enemy soldiers during World War I. During the invasion of France of 1940, Rommel commanded the notorious Ghost Division--the German 7th Panzer Division.
		Hitler rejected the idea--France was to be defended to the last man. Shocked by the Führer's lack of understanding of the situation, Rommel discussed with other German officials the possibility of opening secret negotiations for peace with the Allied leaders.
	www.poopdeck90210.com /ww2his/rommel.htm (1192 words)

	German Tanks
		In an effort to restrain the Germans advance the British 1st Tank Brigade, 6th Durham Light Infantry and the French 3rd Light Armoured Division were quickly mustered under the command of Major General Franklyn.
		The subsequent attack on Rommel's 7th Panzer Division divided the panzers into two, devastated two rifle regiments, and some of the 3rd SS Division panicked and ran.
		Panzer II's and III's of the African Korps, 15th Panzer Division drive towards Arcoma during the epic battles for the Gazala line.
	www.military-art.com /new_page_3.htm (1826 words)

	Book Reviews
		A German breakthrough to Avranches would surround most of the Third Army and have the simultaneous effect of solidifying the German 7th Army positions.
		Although it got help at key points in the counterstrike against the German thrust from portions of the 2nd Armored Division (on the southern flank) and the 3 Armored Division (on the northern flank), the 30th bore the brunt of the initial onslaught.
		Additionally, Reardon faults the Germans for uninspired leadership, for not securing the southeast flank at Barenton, for failing to use recon units in their proper role of info gathering rather than combat units, for failing to coordinate with the Luftwaffe, and for mismanaging artillery assets.
	www.uni.edu /~licari/review13.html (871 words)

	Military Tanks of World War II
		The German King Tiger, for instance, was not included as it was unreliable, slow, and only 484 were produced.
		IV Panzer tank that was its main adversary early in the "Great Patriotic War," as it is known in Russia.
		IV Panzer tank was introduced in 1937 and used throughout WW II.
	www.chuckhawks.com /best_tanks_WWII.htm (1884 words)

	German 7th Army in Normandy - Message Board - ezboard.com
		Whilst I know that the 7th Army had no Panzer Divisions under command, there are certain photographs that show captured French Tanks being used by the occupation forces.
		My question is-were these vehicles from individual Regiments attached to Army or Corps Headquarters for internal security purposes, or as it has been suggested that they belonged to 21 Panzer Division, though other sources seem to indicate that that Division was operating Panzer IVs on 6 June 44.
		I think it is more likely that some of the Panzergrenadier divisions were equipped with lesser tanks, as these wouldn't be used as the immidiate spearheads during an assault...
	pub133.ezboard.com /fpanzer4520frm6.showPrevMessage?topicID=10.topic (216 words)

	Erwin Rommel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The "Afrika Korps" consisted of two divisions, the 5th Light Division which arrived at Tripoli on 14 February 1941 and followed in April by the 15th Panzer Division.
		These included the 10th Panzer Division and the Tigers of sPzAbt 501 and 1/sPzAbt 504.
		Rundstedt and Guderian expressed the opposite view, that adequate reserves of panzers were to be stationed far enough inland from the Atlantic Wall, so that they could be switched easily to the main invasion front once it had been recognised.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/Panzer/rommel.htm (1072 words)

	StrategyPage.com - Combat Information Center analysis, facts and figures about military conflicts and leaders - ...
		When the Germans invaded Poland, on September 1, 1939, he commanded the “Lodz” Army, five infantry divisions, plus a brigade of infantry and two of cavalry, deployed on the central portion of the German-Polish frontier.
		The Germans put enormous resources against Warsaw, virtually destroying the against the invading Germans until forced to surrender the devastated city on September 27, 1939, though not before arranging to organize an underground resistance army, what became the Polish “Home Army,” which staged an heroic but ultimately unsuccessful uprising in Warsaw in 1944.
		Nevertheless, the German Rommel was from Swabia, a poor area in southwestern Germany from which many people migrated, not only to America but in earlier times to other parts of Europe as well.
	www.strategypage.com /cic/docs/cic83b.asp (529 words)

	Hasso Manteuffel
		He joined the German Army and as an early supporter of mechanized warfare came under the influence of Heinz Guderian.
		Manteuffel was given command of the 7th Panzer Division under Herman Hoth in August 1943.
		That was why he planned to transport all supporting elements of the panzer forces (infantry, artillery and engineers) in a similar way - that is, on tracks - and why the supply services (petrol, ammunition, food) were organically incorporated with the fighting troops.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERmanteuffel.htm (1127 words)

	German Breakthrough at Dinant
		General Hoth's 15th Panzer Corps broke through the French defensive line at Dinant.
		Attacks by the German 5th Panzer Division and 7th Pz.
		The French 1st Armored Division counterattacked on May 15th, engaging the German 7th Panzer Division (commanded by General Erwin Rommel) but to no avail.
	www.onwar.com /maps/wwii/blitz/dinant40.htm (60 words)

	Cybermodeler Online - ESCI 1/9 Panzer Grenadier Grossdeutschland
		The division continued to fight for the rest of the war with great courage in various sectors of the Russian front, until the spring of 1945.
		A Wehrmacht Obergerfreiter Panzer Grenadier of the 6th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 7th Panzer Division, with helmet and soft cap insignias, shoulder and collar insignia, iron cross ribbon, sleeve chevron, and a wound medal.
		A Waffen SS Oberscharfurer Panzer Grenadier of the 6th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment “Theodor Eicke”, 3rd SS Panzer Grenadier Division “Totenkopf” with helmet and soft cap insignias, iron cross ribbon, sleeve eagle and “Theodor Eicke” cuff title band.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/figures/esci/kit_esci_6001.shtml (1018 words)

	9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
		The division was moved to Germany for refit first in the Siegen area but as this was unsuitable for armoured warfare training the division was sent to the Paderborn-Muenster area.
		On 12.12.44, the division was moved to the Muenstereifel where it was to be reserve for "Unternehmen Herbstnebel" (Wacht am Rhein was the first name for the offensive, but it was changed at the end of November 1944).
		After increasing threats to along the Eastern Front, the German OKW shifted the a number of units east for an offensive aimed at stopping the Soviet drive through Hungary, and at relieving the encircled units in the Hungarian Capital of Budapest, mainly the 8.SS and 21.SS Kavallerie-Divisionen.
	www.feldgrau.com /9ss.html (1581 words)

	MuadDib161's Home Page 19
		Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was commander of German ground forces during
		On 6 June 1944, the construction and planning of German defenses in France
		German losses topped 100,000, yet only 6,000 replacement troops had arrived.
	members.aol.com /MuadDib161/Rommel.html (939 words)

	SkirmishCampaigns - Books
		These feelings of superiority would be tested to their limits in the next three weeks as German tanks encountered the might of the powerful Soviet tank corps of the Ukraine.
		This book covers the huge armored clashes between the 11th and 16th Panzer Divisions and the Soviet armor of the 15th and 8th Tank Corps.
		This book features 10 scenarios that follow Rommel's 7th Panzer- the unit was called the "Ghost Division" because it moved so fast, no one knew exactly where it was, this is exactly the way Rommel liked it.
	mysite.verizon.net /fisherts/skirmishcampaigns/books.htm (1392 words)

	uboat.net - Boats - Flotillas - Bases - Toulon, France
		The French port of Toulon was occupied on 27 November, 1942 by the German 7th Panzer division, supported by the SS battalion Langemarck (from the "Das Reich" division) and the 10th Panzer division.
		After the last preparation bombardments for Operation Dragoon (the Allied landings in Southern France) the German Headquarters reorganised the 29th flotilla to document that only U-466, U-967 and U-230 were operational.
		Finally on 17 August the only U-boat left fit was U-230 and she was the last U-boat to depart the Toulon base, leaving that same day.
	uboat.net /flotillas/bases/toulon.htm (562 words)

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