Does anyone have a list of the Panzer divisions recruited from Wehrkreis III, especially Frankfurt an der Oder? I'm aware of the 3rd Panzer Division (Berlin) and 24th Panzer Division (Frankfurt an der Oder), but I'm interested in finding more.
The famous Großdeutschland division recruited from throughout Germany, but as it began in Berlin, did it recruit most of its troops from Wehrkreis III?
Wehrkreis III Panzer Units?
- DixieDivision1418
- Member
- Posts: 43
- Joined: 21 Aug 2019, 18:13
- Location: Georgia, USA
-
- Member
- Posts: 6349
- Joined: 01 Jan 2016, 22:21
- Location: Bremerton, Washington
Re: Wehrkreis III Panzer Units?
Unlike the Infanterie-Divisionen and component parts of divisions, which were affiliated with specific Wehrkreis, the Panzer-Divisionen could be more complicated. This should be more or less correct, although most of the later war formations drew from multiple Wehrkreis.DixieDivision1418 wrote: ↑23 Jan 2020, 14:35Does anyone have a list of the Panzer divisions recruited from Wehrkreis III, especially Frankfurt an der Oder? I'm aware of the 3rd Panzer Division (Berlin) and 24th Panzer Division (Frankfurt an der Oder), but I'm interested in finding more.
The famous Großdeutschland division recruited from throughout Germany, but as it began in Berlin, did it recruit most of its troops from Wehrkreis III?
1. PzD - WK IX
2. PzD - WK XIII
3. PzD - WK III
4. PzD - WK XIII
5. PzD - WK VIII
6. PzD - WK VI (as 1. le.D.)
7. PzD - WK VII (as 2. le.D.)
8. PzD - WK III (as 3. le.D.)
9. PzD - WK XVII? (as 4. le.D.)
10. PzD - Protectorate
11. PzD - WK IX (as 11. mot. Brig.)
12. PzD - WK II (as 12. ID)
13. PzD - WK IV (as 13. ID)
14. PzD - WK IV (as 4. ID)
15. PzD - WK XII (as 33. ID)
16. PzD - WK VI (as 16. ID)
17. PzD - WK VII (as 27. ID)
18. PzD - WK IV (as 4. and 14. ID)
19. PzD - WK XI (as 19. ID)
20. PzD - WK IX (as 19. ID)
21. PzD - WK III (as 5. le.D.)
22. PzD - WK XII
23. PzD - WK III?
24. PzD - WK I
25. PzD - ?
26. PzD - WK III (as 23. ID)
27. PzD - ?
116. PzD - WK VI (as 16. ID)
Panzer-Lehr - WK III and XI
GD was formed in WK III, but drew personnel from all.
Richard C. Anderson Jr.
American Thunder: U.S. Army Tank Design, Development, and Doctrine in World War II
Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall
Hitler's Last Gamble
Artillery Hell
American Thunder: U.S. Army Tank Design, Development, and Doctrine in World War II
Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall
Hitler's Last Gamble
Artillery Hell