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The 25th Panzer Division was formed in Norway on 15 May 1941 as the 'Schützenverband Oslo', It was created to spearhead the possible invasion of Sweden and a full Panzer Division was not considered necessary for this task. When the Russian campaign did not end in 1941 as planned, the Verband was re-designated the 25th Panzer Division on 25 ...
The 25th Infantry Division (German: 25. Infanterie-Division) was a military unit of the German Wehrmacht.It was later reclassified to 25th Motorized Infantry Division (25. . Infanterie-Division (mot.)), and in June 1943 to the 25th Panzergrenadier Division
They were placed under Wehrmacht command in battle. zbV ... (previously 1st Cavalry Division) 25th Panzer Division; 26th Panzer Division (formerly 23rd Infantry Division)
In April 1943 he was appointed commander the 20th Motorized Infantry and 20th Panzer Grenadier Division and took part in the Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket. He then led the 25th Panzer Division at the Battle of Kiev. On 12 March 1945 he took command of the 'Panzer Corps Großdeutschland' with which he surrendered.
3rd Panzergrenadier Division (Germany) 10th Panzergrenadier Division (Germany) 15th Panzergrenadier Division; 16th Panzergrenadier Division; 18th Panzergrenadier Division; 20th Panzergrenadier Division; 25th Panzergrenadier Division; 29th Panzergrenadier Division (Germany) 90th Panzergrenadier Division
2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht) 3rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 4th Panzer Division; 5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 6th Panzer Division; 7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 8th Panzer Division; 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 11th Panzer Division; 12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 13th ...
2nd Light Division / 7th Panzer Division 85 265 d: 3rd Light Division / 8th Panzer Division 80 212 d: 4th Light Division / 9th Panzer Division 62 143 d: Panzer Regiment 25 225 N/A e: 11th Panzer Division N/A c: 143 12th Panzer Division N/A c: 293 13th Panzer Division N/A c: 149 14th Panzer Division N/A c: 147 16th Panzer Division N/A c: 146 ...
Between wars he served as a commander in the police force, before returning to the Wehrmacht in 1934. During World War II he was the commander of a Panzer Regiment of the 7th Panzer Division. Rothenburg was killed six days into the invasion of the Soviet Union on 28 June 1941 near Minsk, Belarus and was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor. [1 ...