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2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

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but that attack failed and five of their tanks were lost. Although the 2nd Panzer Division was very experienced the German doctrine overall was flawed and could not be exploited in Normandy. All German Panzer divisions in Normandy suffered severe defeats when counterattacking. The division was
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of Austria in 1938, covering 680 kilometres (420 mi) in 48 hours but in the process losing 30 percent of its tanks to accidents and mechanical failures. It formed part of the garrison in Vienna, Austria's capital with most of its personnel now recruited from former Austria.
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and was involved in a battle with the under-equipped French 48th Regiment on 22 May. Having overcome the defenders, the 2nd Panzers made a direct attack on the port itself which was in complete chaos. Later, the division formed the armoured element which flanked the
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in Army Group's Center's sector. The division retreated, suffering heavy losses, having also lost two of its three tank battalions earlier in 1942 when they were sent to the southern sector of the front to assist with the German push towards the Volga and Caucasus.
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earlier in the year which had forbidden the country, among other things, from having tank forces, a treaty Germany had violated almost from the start by secretly developing tanks and operating a covert
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The deployment and planned advances for the invasion of Poland with 2nd Panzer Division moving towards the northeast from Slovakia, to take Kraków and continue to Warsaw through the Vistula valley.
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At the end of the campaign the 2nd Panzer Division returned to Vienna for refitting, with parts of the division transported by sea and suffering heavy losses when the transport ships
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In late 1943 the 2nd Panzer Division was sent to France for refitting after the heavy losses it suffered on the Eastern Front. The division was equipped with
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but was only able to take one part of the village. Nevertheless due to the efforts of the 2nd Panzer Division other German units, notably the
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for a moment but were too weak to cover the whole front. The division retreated and with its last 25 tanks it took part in
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took over and struck towards Point 67. After Operation Spring 2nd Panzer was sent to the US sector to help in halting
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Now operating at an extremely reduced effectiveness, in the spring of 1945 the 2nd Panzer Division took part in the
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assault guns in the division tank parks. During the attack, 2nd Panzer drove towards the crucial road junction of
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in the process and got involved in street fighting in St. Andre sur Orne. Kampfgruppe Zollhöfer of the
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of the 9th German Army of Army Group Centre. Following the operation's failure, the Red Army launched
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Created as one of the original three German tank divisions in 1935, it was stationed in
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in December 1944). On the eve of battle, 2nd Panzer was about full strength, with 27
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which was preparing for the German offensive in the Ardennes region of Belgium (the
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at St. Andre sur Orne and St. Martin. The Kampfgruppe took St. Martin, destroying
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a group of six Panther tanks of the Pz.Rg.3 was used for a counterattack to take
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The division was sent to the Western Front and attached to XLVII Panzer Corps,
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The 2nd Panzer Division was formed on 15 October 1935 and was headquartered in
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a Kampfgruppe from the division (Kampfgruppe Sterz) was sent to reinforce the
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during the first months of 1942. In 1943 the 2nd Panzer Division took part in
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in the winter of 1941, taking part in various battles as a component in the
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under the command of Guderian. The division was involved in fighting in
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and forced the surrender of the Greek Eastern Macedonia Army Section.
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German armoured advance (including 2nd Panzer Division) through the
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In early September 1939, the 2nd Panzer Division took part in the
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and north-western Czechoslovakia to the US forces on 7 May 1945.
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and formed a river crossing beachhead on the other side of the
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In October 1941, the 2nd Panzer Division was sent to the
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The final engagement of the unit was at the city of
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Index

2nd Panzer Division
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
2nd Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr)

Nazi Germany
German Army
Panzer
Armoured warfare
Division
Wehrkreis XIII
Würzburg
Wehrkreis XVIII
Vienna
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Battle of Greece
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Kursk
Invasion of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Heinz Guderian




German Army
World War II
Austria
Anschluss

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