155th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
155th Panzer Division |
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active | April 1943 to April 1944 |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
Armed forces | army |
Branch of service | Armored force |
Type | Panzer Division |
structure | structure |
garrison | France |
Commanders | |
list | Commanders |
The 155th Panzer Division was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .
Division history
Operation area:
- France : April 1943 to April 1944
The 155th Panzer Division (PD) emerged from the 155th Infantry Division (motorized) and was renamed the 155th Reserve Panzer Division in August 1943 and deployed as an occupation force in Rennes and Nimes in France. In March 1944 the 9th Panzer Division , which had suffered heavy losses on the Eastern Front, was refreshed with large parts of the 155th Reserve Panzer Division . As a reserve division, the 155th PD was used to replenish active tank divisions.
people
period of service | Rank | Surname |
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April 5 to August 24, 1943 | Lieutenant General | Franz Landgrave |
August 24 to September 6, 1943 | Major general | Kurt von Jesser |
September 6 to October 1, 1943 | Lieutenant General | Franz Landgrave |
October 1, 1943 until dissolution | Lieutenant General | Max Fremerey |
structure
- Panzer Division 7
- 5th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
- Grenadier Regiment 25
- Artillery Division 260
- Reconnaissance Department 9
- Panzerjäger detachment 5
- Panzer News Company 1055
literature
- Samuel W. Mitcham Jr : The Panzer Legions: A guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of WWII and Their Commanders , Stackpole Military History, 2007, ISBN 978-0811733533 .
- Peter Schmitz, Klaus-Jürgen Thies, Günter Wegmann, Christian Zweng: The German Divisions 1941–1945 , Vol. 3, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996. ISBN 3-7648-2458-1 .
- Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand : The Army 1933-1945. Development of the organizational structure. Vol. III: The Two Front War. The army from the beginning of the campaign against the Soviet Union to the end of the war . Frankfurt am Main, 1969.
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 4. The Land Forces 15–30 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1976, ISBN 3-7648-1083-1 .
Web links
- Organizational History of the German Armored Forces 1939 - 1945. (PDF; 292 kB) Retrieved September 15, 2011 (English).