9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
9th Panzer Division |
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Troop registration 1941 to 1945 |
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active | January 3, 1940 to May 8, 1945 (surrender) |
Country | German Empire |
Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
Armed forces | army |
Branch of service | Armored force |
Type | Panzer Division |
structure | structure |
Second World War |
Campaign in France Balkan Campaign War against the Soviet Union |
Commanders | |
list of | Commanders |
The 9th Panzer Division was a major unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II . It is not to be confused with the 9th SS Panzer Division of the Waffen SS.
history
The 4th light division was formed after the annexation of Austria on April 1, 1938 from the rapid division of the Austrian Armed Forces . The division subsequently took part in the occupation of the Czech Republic .
- Second World War
The 4th light division took part in the raid on Poland in 1939 and was reclassified to the 9th Panzer Division on January 3, 1940 . As such, she took part in the western campaign. In 1941, the division was initially used in the Balkan campaign to go to war against the Soviet Union in July . She operated in Ukraine . In the summer of 1942 it was part of the Blau company and in 1943 the Citadel company .
Weakened by heavy losses on the Dnieper , it was relocated to southern France in March 1944 , where it was completely refreshed and practically reorganized from the 155th Reserve Panzer Division on May 1st . After the Allies broke out of the invasion bridgehead in Normandy, it was relocated to the front and was involved in the Battle of Falaise . After the Ardennes offensive , it withdrew to the Eifel and the Ruhr . The division was completely destroyed in the Ruhr basin in April 1945 .
Commanders
- Lieutenant General Alfred Ritter von Hubicki - Listed until April 14, 1942
- Lieutenant General Johannes Baeßler - April 15 to July 26, 1942 (wounded)
- Colonel Heinrich-Hermann von Hülsen - July 27 to August 3, 1942 (Mdst.Fb)
- Lieutenant General Walter Scheller - July 28, 1942 to July 21, 1943
- Major General Erwin Jollasse - July 22 to October 20, 1943 (wounded)
- Colonel Johannes Schulz - October 20 to November 27, 1943 (fallen)
- Colonel Max Sperling - November 27 to November 28, 1943 (Mdst.Fb)
- Colonel Walter Boemers - December 1, 1943 to January 7, 1944 (Mdst.Fb)
- Major General Erwin Jollasse - January 8th to August 10th 1944
- Colonel Max Sperling - August 10 to September 2, 1944 (Mdst.Fb)
- Major General Gerhard Müller - September 3 to September 16, 1944 (Mdst.Fb)
- Major General Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt - September 16 to December 28, 1944 (wounded)
- Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Mellenthin - December 28, 1944 to February 1945 (Mdst.Fb)
- Lieutenant General Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt - February to March 6, 1945 (fallen)
- Colonel Helmut Zollenkopf - March 6, 1945 until the surrender ( mdFb )
structure
1940 (western campaign) | 1940 (August) | 1943 (Eastern Front) |
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33rd Panzer Regiment | ||
Rifle Brigade 9
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Rifle Brigade 9
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Heavy Infantry Gun Company 701 | - | |
Artillery Regiment 102 | Panzer Artillery Regiment 102 | |
Panzerjäger detachment 50 | ||
- | Army Flak Artillery Department 287 | |
Reconnaissance Regiment 9 | Reconnaissance Department (mot.) 9 | Panzer Reconnaissance Division 9 |
Engineer Battalion 86 | Panzer Pioneer Battalion 86 | |
News Department 85 | Panzer News Department 85 | |
Supply Troops 60 | Tank supply troops 60 |
- Replacement troops
- Rifle / Panzer Grenadier Replacement Battalion 10
- Field Replacement Battalion 60
Well-known members of the division
- Gert Bastian (1923–1992), later major general of the Bundeswehr and politician ( Die Grünen )
- Otto Ernst Remer (1912–1997)
literature
- 9th Panzer Division. In: Veit Scherzer (Ed.): German troops in the Second World War. Volume 4. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2008, ISBN 978-3-938845-14-1 , pp. 56-89.
- Samuel W. Mitcham : German Order of Battle.Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in World War II , Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3438-7 .
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 3: The Land Forces 6-14 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1974, ISBN 3-7648-0942-6 .
Web links
- Organizational History of the German Armored Forces 1939-1945. Accessed September 15, 2011 .