5 th Panzer Division in the French Campaign

[tigre]

Hello to all ; the end of it..............

In the shade of Rommel (Im schatten Rommel) – 5. Pz Div. in the French Campaign 1940.

31 of May of 1940.

The 5 Pz moved towards Arras, it was split in several columns of march. In the order of Farewell of the AOK 4 and the XXXIX. AK (mot.) it was expressed: the members of the Army Corps can be proud of the victorious route that they followed; Cambrai - Arras - Heights of Loretto and Vimy - the channel of La Basée and Lille are their landmarks.

At noon the bridge of Billy - Berclau was reached. The new assembly zone was Montreuil sur Mer some 75 kilometers due west - northwest of Arras. The division returned to the sine of the XV AK (Mot). The following formations were detached from the unit: Beob-Abt. 44; Nebelwerfer-Abt. 5; Him. Flak-Abt. 35; MG-Btl. 8 and the Pz.Jäg.-Abt. 652.

In this day there were not casualties even not a wounded.

Sources: Historia de la 5. Pz. by Anton Detlev von Plato.
Die Roten Teufel Sind die Hölle.
15 Fotoalben mit über 1200 originalen Fotos ! bei eBay_de 1918-1945 (endet 16_08_09 185430 MESZ). Martes, 11 de Agosto de 2009, 19:04:52
El Tercer Reich. Tomo 4. ANESA 1975.
Die 62. Infanterie-Division 1938 - 1944, die 62. Volks-Grenadier-Division 1944 - 1945 - A. Reinicke/H.G. Hermann/Friedrich Kittel, Kameradenhilfswerk der ehem. 62. Division, Fulda 1968
Fuente: Private Sales List-Pz Rgt 15 - 5 Panzer Division. 19 de Diciembre de 2009, 00:10:34
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/regiments.h ... re_129.htm
http://users.skynet.be/ermeton1914/passage.html

It's all folks. Cheers. Raúl M .

[gajabhau]

Thank you very much, Raul M.
Gajabhau

[tigre]

Do not mention it . Regards. Raúl M .

[Bob_Mackenzie]

I enjoyed that thank you

[tigre]

You're welcome Bob . Cheers. Raúl M .

[gregoir]

I beleve that this Panzer is from Pz.Rgt. 15. can you please help me to comfirm and to have more information about the sign on it.

Thanks per advance.



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[gregoir]

Same Panzer.

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[Budd]

Hello,

I just identify this photo.

Hotton sur Ourthe Mai 1940

11 May 1940. At 05:00 hours Roncebach with 6 and 5./ PR 31. At 08:25 hours Regne. Two columns towards Hotton; northern ones: Liernueux – Grandmenil – Briscol – Erezee – Soy – Hotton (Marschgruppe Stegmann); the southern ones: Baraque de Fraiture – Odeigne – Amonines – Soy – Hotton (Marschgruppe Lübbe). At 18:00 hours the vanguard reached Hotton and the Ourthe river. At 21:00 hours the divisional CP at Soy.

Hotton-sur-Ourthe

[tigre]

Hello to all ; Budd thank you very much for those wonderful pictures of Hotton sur Ourthe..... . To gregoir taking a look here http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/emblems/tak ... lltact.htm I've found the circle was used by the signal elements as a tactical marking, however I can not confirm the tank belongs to the PR 15....why you're guessing it was.....a caption in the picture, the road sign in the picture....?. By the way the second picture was lost. Cheers. Raúl M .

[PF]

Parker's Crossroads aka Baraque de Fraiture
http://106thinfantry.webs.com/parkerscrossroads.htm

[tigre]

Thanks for sharing it here. Cheers. Raúl M .

[5rcs]

Hello,
To enrich this post, I present you a helmet of the Panzer regiment 15.
Fred