Tatras tank division

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Panzer Field Training Division Tatra / 232nd Panzer Division

active August 1944 to February 1945 (renaming), as the 232nd Panzer Division March 1945 (surrender)
Country German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire
Armed forces Wehrmacht
Armed forces army
Branch of service Armored troop (armed forces)
Type Panzer Division
Installation site Malacky
Second World War Slovak national uprising

The Panzer Field Training Division Tatra , Pz.Feldausb.Div Tatra for short , later the 232nd Panzer Division was set up in August 1944 from troops from the German reserve army to crush the Slovak National Uprising .

Surname

The name "Tatra" refers to the Tatra Mountains , a part of the Carpathian Mountains that lies in the territory of Slovakia and Poland .

history

The German tank division Tatra was put together in August 1944 from various tank divisions and pioneers of the German reserve army , who were subordinate to Army Group South . It essentially consisted of Wehrmacht training units that were supposed to put down the Slovak National Uprising. This happened from October 9, 1944 under the leadership of Lieutenant General Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper . In February 1945 the Tatra Panzer Division was renamed and became the 232nd Panzer Division . As such, it fought against the Red Army until it was crushed on the Raab in Austria .

Commanders

structure

Tank Field Training Division Tatra
1944 		232 Panzer Division
  • Panzer Company
  • Tatras tank department
  • Panzer Grenadier and Training Regiment 82
  • Panzer Grenadier and Training Regiment 85
  • Panzer Grenadier Regiment 101
  • Panzer Grenadier Regiment 102
  • Panzerjäger company
  • heavy tank destroyer company Tatra
  • Engineer Company
  • 1st and 2nd Pioneer Company (motorized) 80
  • Tatra Artillery Department
  • Anti-aircraft battery Tatra
  • Panzer News Company (motorized)
  • Division Supply Company (motorized)
  • Field Replacement Battalion

literature

  • Thomas L. Jentz : The German armored force. Volume 2: 1943-1945. Podzun-Pallas 1999, ISBN 978-3-7909-0624-0 .
  • Rolf Stoves: The armored and motorized large German formations 1935–1945. Divisions and independent brigades. Dörfler 2003, ISBN 978-3-89555-102-4 .
  • Ian Baxter: The German Tank War 1939-1945. 4th edition. Neuer Kaiser Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-7043-5035-0 .
  • Jan Gebhardt, Jan Simovcek: Partisans in Czechoslovakia 1941–1945. Berlin 1989.
  • Gustáv Husák : The Slovak National Uprising . Dietz, Berlin 1972.
  • Klaus Schönherr : The suppression of the Slovak uprising in the context of German military operations, autumn 1944. In: Bohemia . Volume 42, 2001, No. 1, pp. 39-61 (digitized version ) .
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945 . Volume 8: The Land Forces 201–280 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1174-9 .
  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 14. The Land Forces. Name associations. The air force. Flying bandages. Flak deployment in the Reich 1943–1945 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1980, ISBN 3-7648-1111-0 , p. 239 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Wolfgang Venohr : Uprising in the Tatra Mountains. The battle for Slovakia 1939–1944. Koenigstein / Ts. 1979.

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