233rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

233rd Panzer Division
active
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Wehrmacht
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	Armored force
Type	Panzer Division
structure	structure
garrison	Frankfurt (Oder)
Commanders
list	Commanders

The 233rd Panzer Division was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .

Division history

Areas of application:

• Germany : April to August 1943
• Denmark : April to May 1945

The 233rd Panzer Division (PD) was set up in Frankfurt (Oder) in April 1943 when the Rapid Troops and the renamed 233rd Panzer Grenadier Division were disbanded and should serve as a motorized reserve division. In August 1943 it was renamed 233rd Reserve PD. In April 1945 the unit was relocated to Denmark and was to be reactivated for war operations and placed under the 45th Panzer Division "Clausewitz" . The 233rd PD was not involved in any major combat activities.

people

Division commanders of the 233rd Panzer Division:

period of service	Rank	Surname
April 5 to August 7, 1943	Lieutenant General	Heinrich Wosch
August 8 to June 6, 1944	Lieutenant General	Kurt Cuno
June 7 to May 8, 1945	Lieutenant General	Max Fremerey

structure

Changes in the organization of the 233rd Panzer Division from 1943 to 1945

1943	1945
Tank Replacement Division 5	Panzer Grenadier Regiment 42
Panzergrenadier Replacement Regiment 83	Panzer Grenadier Regiment 50
Grenadier-Ersatz-Regiment 3 (motorized)	83rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment
Panzerjäger Replacement Division 3	Panzerjäger detachment 1033
Motorbike Rifle Replacement Battalion 3	Armored Reconnaissance Division 233
Motorcycle Rifle Replacement Battalion 4	-
Artillery Replacement Division 59	1233rd Artillery Regiment
Engineer Replacement Battalion 208	Panzer Pioneer Battalion 1233
-	Panzer News Company 1233
-	Supply Department 1233

literature

• Rolf Stoves: 22nd Panzer Division, 25th Panzer Division. 27th Panzer Division and the 233rd Reserve Panzer Division Establishment, structure, deployment. Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1985, ISBN 3-7909-0252-7 .

Web links

• 233rd Reserve Panzer Division Chronicle from August 10, 1943 to May 20, 1944
• Organizational History of the German Armored Forces 1939–1945. (PDF; 292 kB) Accessed September 15, 2011 (English). 

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ 233rd Panzer Division ( Memento from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham : The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War , p. 217. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
3. ↑ http://www.diedeutschewehrmacht.de/233%20pz%20div.htm