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The 1st Panzer Army (German: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.. When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command.
The 1st Panzer-Division (short: 1.Pz.Div. German: 1. Panzer-Division, English: 1st Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II.. The division was one of the original three tank divisions established by Germany in 1935.
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The units of the 1st Panzer Army under investigation included the 1st, 6th, 7th, 16th, 17th and 19th Panzer Divisions, 20th Panzergrenadier Division, 1st, 75th, 82nd, 96th, 168th, 208th, 291st and 371st Infantry Divisions, 101st Jäger Division, 300th and 301st StuG Brigades, 88th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, as well as various small General ...
The Germans also built the Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzerbefehlswagen, the German Army's first purpose-designed command tank, converted from the Panzer I Ausf B, and was the primary German command tank in service at the beginning of World War II. Panzerbefehlswagen command tank Three Neubaufahrzeuge arriving in Oslo Harbour, April 1940
In November 1942, when General Paul Ewald von Kleist was given the command of Army Group A, Mackensen took up leadership of the 1st Panzer Army in the Third Battle of Kharkov in March 1943. For his achievements in the Second Battle of Kharkov , Mackensen was honoured on 26 May 1942 with the oak leaves to his knight's cross, and was promoted to ...
Raus commanded the 1st Panzer Army, then the 3rd Panzer Army (August 1944 – March 1945) which included the III SS Panzer Corps, XI SS Army Corps and Corps Group Tettau (early March 1945). After the war, Raus wrote and co-wrote a number of books and publications focusing on strategic analysis of the tank tactics used by his forces on the ...
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