Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2

Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2
active	January to May 1945
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Wehrmacht
Armed forces	army
Type	Panzer Division
structure	structure
garrison	Danzig
Commanders
list	Commanders

The Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 was a large unit of the army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .

Division history

Areas of application

• Hungary , Slovakia : April 1945
• Austria : May 1945

The Panzer Division (PD) Feldherrnhalle 2 was set up in Military District XX (Danzig) as the successor division of the 13th Panzer Division and the broken Panzergrenadier Division "Feldherrnhalle" . The name was changed to PD Feldherrnhalle 2 in March 1945. When it was set up, it hardly reached any regimental strength . In the last months of the war, the division fought in retreat skirmishes in Slovakia and on the upper Danube . On May 8, 1945, the remnants of the division surrendered to the Red Army .

insignia

The designation " Feldherrnhalle " should express the connection with the SA standard "Feldherrnhalle" . The Feldherrnhalle runes were carried on the shoulder by officers of the division.

people

Division commanders of the Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2:

period of service	Rank	Surname
March 9, 1945 until the surrender	Major general	Franz Bäke

structure

• Panzer Regiment "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Panzer Grenadier Regiment "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Tank artillery regiment "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Tank reconnaissance department "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Tank Pioneer Battalion "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Panzerjäger department "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Army Flak Artillery Department "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Panzer News Company "Feldherrnhalle 2"
• Tank supply troops

literature

• Erich Jainek: Soldiers of the Standard Feldherrnhalle. Probation at the focal points of the Second World War. DVG - Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Rosenheim 1997, ISBN 3-920722-46-9 .
• Alfonso Escuadra Sanchez: Feldherrnhalle. Forgotten Elite. Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle and Antecedent Formations, Eastern and Other Fronts, 1939-1945 (= Stahlhelm Series. 166). Shelf Books, Bradford 2000, ISBN 1-899765-66-2 .

Web links

• Organizational History of the German Armored Forces 1939 - 1945. (PDF; 292 kB) Retrieved September 15, 2011 (English). 

See also

• Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1
• 60th Motorized Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ fell into Soviet captivity on May 8, 1945
2. ↑ was a dentist in the civil profession, was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
3. ↑ zweiter-weltkrieg-lexikon.de ( Memento of the original from 1 July 2011 at the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.