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Infantry-division 2. Infantry Division (MOT.) 12. Panzer-Division Troop Troop mark of the 2nd infantry division Active October 1934 to May 8, 1945 Stands German Reich NS Deutsches Reich Armed forces Wehrmacht Partial dispute Grade Troops Tank force Type Panzer-Division outline outline Garrison Szczecin Second World War attack on Poland Western campaign German-Soviet war Commanders List Commanders The 12. Panzer-Division was a large association of the German Wehrmacht in World War II. It should not be confused with the 12th SS Tank Division “Hitler Youth” of the Waffen-SS. Pre -war period [ Edit | Edit the source text ] The division was made under the cod name Artillery leader II set up in Szczecin in October 1934. After the military sovereignty was announced in 1935, the association received its official name on October 15 2. Infantry-division. In 1937 the division was motorized, so that on October 12, 1937 it received the addition “motorized”. [first] The 12th Panzer Division was in October 1940 in the Eastern SyDenland, taking into account the Panzer Regiment 29 from the 2nd Inf.Div. set up. [2] 1939 [ Edit | Edit the source text ] After a one -month use in the attack on Poland under the XIX. Army corps was positioned in the Saarpfalz and the Eifel until June 1940. [3] 1940 [ Edit | Edit the source text ] The division on the Somme and Loire advanced in the western campaign. On October 5, 1940, the reverse to the 2nd infantry division followed, the renaming to the 12. Panzer-Division was only carried out on January 10, 1941. [3] 1941 [ Edit | Edit the source text ]  BMX R75 with sidecar of the division (troop mark on the front protective sheet), Eastern Front, June 26, 1941. The 12th Panzer Division took part in the raid on the Soviet Union as part of the armored group 3, Mitte army group. The aim of the operation of the army group was to extract the “Landbr\u00fccke” Vitebsk-Smolensk. [4] The division was part of the LVII at the time the campaign opened. Army corps (mot.). The army corps was used in the northern wedge. The division initially operated towards Minsk, intervened on July 9th in the Senno tank battle and was involved in the boiler battle near Smolensk. In September 1941, the division of the North Army Group, with which it took part in the Leningrad Blockade. [3] From October 16 to December 30, 1941, the division took part in the Battle of Tichwin. The losses of the 12th Panzer division were 552 officers and 13,394 non -commissioned officers and teams from June 22, 1941 to December 15, 1941. According to the number, this is a fully changed division. [5] 1942 [ Edit | Edit the source text ]  Slope, which was destroyed in August 1942 during the demolition of the forces of the Red Army transferred via the Neva. In the last days of 1941 to the early summer of 1942, there was a back and forth between constellation efforts in Estonia and exhausting missions as combat groups of all size up to individual tanks on the front of the 18th and 16th army. The division was torn apart until the resolution. In early summer it was summarized again and prepared for the Moorbrand company to remove the Pogostje kettle. Since the forces were not sufficient, they subsequently concentrated on the Northern Lights. On August 20, a group of Bayer was put together to seal off the Red Army forces overrided by the Newa. On August 27, the division was torn apart even more. The Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 was used to penetrate the bottle neck at Tortolowo. The provision of entire troops in different strengths for individual operations of the first Ladoga battle continued until the end of October. The shortage of forces and the need on the front obviously did not allow any major planning and leadership of longer operations. [6] At the command of the OKH, the division was moved to the Mitte army group in November 1942. The division should be used for an attack (cod name “pigeon strike”) at Weliki Luki, which was later canceled. From November 11th to 14th, 1942, the division carried out an operation (“monkey cage”) against partisans on the command of AOK 11. [7] From December 1942 to February 1943, she operated in the Bjeloj, Lutschessatal and Newel area. 1943 [ Edit | Edit the source text ]  Preparation of a news season from the 12th Pz.div. on the company Zitadelle. The cable drums are checked. In mid -February, the division to Orel was relocated to stop a deep and wide push of the Red Army towards Ssewsk. The unit took over a front section that was much too wide and the fights lasted until April. Then the division was pulled out of the front and prepared for use within the Zitadelle company. It belonged to the reserve of the Mitte army group (Esebeck group [8] ) and was only used on July 11th to attack the XXXXVI. To get the tank corps going again. [9] The following day the division “given the severe Soviet burglaries in the area of \u200b\u200bthe 2nd Panzer Army” [ten] pulled out of the attack operations and used to defend the counter -offensive of the Red Army near Bolchow. Until August 1943, the division spent operations in the Orel area, followed by retreat fights to the Desna in the Brjansk area. At the end of 1943 the division was subordinate to the LVI. Panzer corps of the 2nd Army on the Sosch section and went back to Bobruisk. 1944\u20131945 [ Edit | Edit the source text ]  PZKPFW IV of the 12th Panzer Division in Russia 1944 In the spring of 1944, the division was temporarily used as a reserve at the 18th Army in the Pleskau area after breaking up the Leningrad Blockade. From April, she was refreshed in the Ostrow area in the rear army area of \u200b\u200bthe North Army Group. After the success of the Russian summer offensive, the division was in a hurry back to the center section and tried in vain to open a path to the west via Marina Gorka in the Bobruisk area. The “Group Bodenhausen Group”, which had already been fled up, was cut off by Soviet troops and had to fight for their own withdrawal south of the Nalibocka forest via Stolpce to Nowogrodek. In mid -August 1944 it was withdrawn via Grodno and as a reserve for the Doppelkopf company as part of the XXXIX. Panzericorps of the 3rd armored army in the area northwest of Schauen. From October 1944, it was finally pushed in northern Latvia and trapped in the Kurland boiler, where she had to surrender in May 1945 as part of the 18th Army. [3] The 12th Panzer Division is divided into: [11] 2. Infantry-division (motorized) 1939 2. Infantry-division (motorized) 1940 12. Panzer-Division 1941 12. Panzer-Division 1943    Infantry Regiment (against.) 5 Infantry Regiment (against.) 25 Sch\u00fctzen-Brigade 12Sch\u00fctzen-Regiment 5 Sch\u00fctzen-Regiment 25 Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 5 Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25  Kradsch\u00fctzen-Battalon 22  Enlightenment department (mot.) 2  Panzer reconnaissance department 12   Artillery-Regiment (word.) 2 I.\/artillery-Regiment 38 Artillery-Regiment (word.) 2 I.\/artillery-Regiment 38 Artillery-Regiment (word.) 2 Panzer-Artillery-Regiment 2  Heeres-Flak artillery department 303   Pionier-Bataillon (word.) 32 Panzer pioneer battalion 32 Message department (mot.) 2     Addition guide 2 (Mot.)  The shooting replacement battalion (later Panzergrenadier replacement battalion) 5 was responsible for the replacement of the rod. 2. Infantry-division [ Edit | Edit the source text ] 12. Panzer-Division [ Edit | Edit the source text ] Franz Zejdlik (1906\u20131978), officer in Wehrmacht and the Armed Forces, was a military commander of Lower Austria from 1963 to 1964 as a Brigadier of the Austrian Armed Forces Sally Perel (1925\u20132023), German refugee of Jewish faith, was captured by members of the 12th Panzer Division during the German attack on the Soviet Union and joined the unit as a alleged “Volksdeutscher”. [13] Ulrich de Maizi\u00e8re (1912\u20132006), German officer, advocate of the management philosophy “Inner Leadership” in the Bundeswehr, 1966\u20131972 Inspector General of the Bundeswehr began his officer training in 1930 in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment. literature [ Edit | Edit the source text ] 12. Panzer-Division. In: Veit Scherzer (ed.): German troops in the Second World War. Band 4. Scherzers Military-Verlag, Ranis \/ Jena 2008, ISBN 978-3-938845-14-1, S. 295-237. Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle. Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS Divisions in World War II , Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3438-7. Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in World War II 1939\u20131945 . 2nd Edition. Band  2 : The land forces 1\u20135 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1973, ISBN 3-7648-0871-3.  Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in World War II 1939\u20131945 . 2nd Edition. Band  3 : The land forces 6\u201314 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1974, ISBN 3-7648-0942-6.  There are other sources of the history of divisions in the Federal Archives; see. Research Gerd Niepold: 12. PD: The history of the 12th Panzer Division-2nd Infantry Division (Mot.) 1921\u201345 . Gerd Niepold, self -published, Koblenz 1988. Weblinks [ Edit | Edit the source text ] Individually [ Edit | Edit the source text ] \u2191  Georg Tessin: Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in World War II 1939\u20131945 . 2nd Edition. Band  2 : The land forces 1\u20135 . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1973, ISBN 3-7648-0871-3.  ; S. 100.  \u2191  Scherzer 2008; S. 295.  \u2191 a b c d  See Scherzer 2008; Pp. 296-302.  \u2191  The German Reich and the Second World War, ed. v. Military History Research Office, Vol. 4: The attack on the Soviet Union, Stuttgart 1983. – p. 451  \u2191  Gerd Niepold: 12. PD: The history of the 12th Panzer Division-2nd Infantry Division (Mot.) 1921\u201345. Gerd Niepold, self -published, Koblenz 1988. p. 40  \u2191  Gerd Niepold: 12. PD: The history of the 12th Panzer Division-2nd Infantry Division (Mot.) 1921\u201345. Gerd Niepold, self -published, Koblenz 1988. p. 41 and 51  \u2191  \u201eia, Kriegstagebuch 3, Russland. War Journal Partying to the Division on the Northern Front in the Lyuban Area and to its transfer in Nov 1942 to the Roslavl Area on the Central Front Via Velikiye Luki, Nevel, and Gorodok. also, data concern operation \u201cAffenk\u00e4fig\u201d (The Destruction of Partisan Units in the Velikiye Luki Area). The Division Was Subordate to AOK 18, I., XXVIII., L., XXVI., and XXXX. A.k., Aok 11, Lix. A.k., h.gr. Mitte, Aok 9, XXXII. PZ.K., and the XXIII. A.K. at vousus times during this period. Apr 1 – Dec 31,1942\u201c  \u2191  “While the tanks were used for the breakthrough in Manstein’s associations, Model had his associations attacked deeply: in the first season there was only one tank division. Instead, he used infantry divisions that were mainly supported by storm guns to To achieve a first break -in. In the second season, he wanted to let three armored divisions push forward to expand the slump in the breakthrough. A but but held it back as a reserve so that she could throw it forward in the event of a successful breakthrough. ” – The German Reich and the Second World War, published by the Military History Research Office, Vol. 8: The Eastern Front 1943\/44 – The War in the East and on the side fronts, Stuttgart 2007, p. 106  \u2191  Roman T\u00f6ppel: Kursk 1943. The greatest battle of the Second World War. Paderborn 2017, p. 138.  \u2191  “While Model was supposed to attack the central front with his army towards the south, the Brjansk front was ready to attack in the back of his associations north of him. For this reason, he positioned the Esebeck corps so far in the hinterland The advance towards the Kursk, but also as a fire brigade against the Brjansk front. The second reason is that he was apparently not convinced of the success of this offensive himself. ” – The German Reich and the Second World War, published by the Military History Research Office, Vol. 8: The Eastern Front 1943\/44 – The War in the East and on the side fronts, Stuttgart 2007, p. 104 Walter Bussmann: Kursk-Orel-Dnjeper-experiences and experiences in the rod of the XXXXVI. Panzer Corps during the \u201ccompany Zitadelle\u201d, quarterly booklet for contemporary history, 41 (1993) 4. P. 511  \u2191  See Scherzer 2008; P. 295 f.  \u2191 a b c d It is f  Scherzer 2008; S. 303.  \u2191  “The tears flowed inside” . Der Spiegel, March 16, 1992  Infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht, 1st installation wave Infantry divisions (motorized) of the Wehrmacht Panzer divisions of the Wehrmacht  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki14\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki14\/12-panzer-division-wehrmacht-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"12. Panzer-Division (Wehrmacht) – Wikipedia"}}]}]