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The 21st Panzer, along with 15th Panzer Division, did score a notable victory over XXX Corps (and in particular the 7th Armoured Division) on 22 November at Sidi Rezegh and broke through to the Egyptian border, posing a threat to the Eighth Army. Over-stretched supply lines and the urgent need to assist the Axis forces around Tobruk, which were ...
The regiment was mustered into Federal service for a term of three years as the 21st Illinois Infantry on June 28, 1861, with Grant as its colonel. It was ordered to move to Ironton, Missouri , on July 3, but instead operated on the line of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad until August.
21st Panzer Division: Rommel's Afrika Korps Spearhead. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 9780711028531. — 21st Panzer Division; Großmann, Horst (1958). Geschichte der rheinisch-westfälischen 6. Infanterie-Division 1939–1945 [History of the Rhenish-Westphalian 6th Infantry Division, 1939–1945] (in German). Bad Nauheim: Podzun. — 6th Infantry ...
Johann "Hans" Theodor von Ravenstein (1 January 1889 – 26 March 1962) was a German general (generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II.He commanded the 21st Panzer Division from May 1941 until being made a prisoner of war in late November 1941.
8th Panzer Regiment (2 bns) 1st Battalion, 115th Infantry Regiment; 2nd Machine Gun Battalion; 3rd Engineers Battalion; 33rd Recon Battalion; 33rd Anti-tank Battalion; 33rd Artillery Regiment; 21st Panzer Division (Generalmajor Johann von Ravenstein until 29 November (prisoner of war), then Generalmajor Karl Böttcher) 5th Panzer Regiment (2 bns)
1215th Regiment; 1216th Regiment; 1217th Regiment; 21st Panzer Division Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger. 22nd Panzer Regiment; 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment; 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment; 155th Panzer Artillery Regiment; 21st Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion; 200th Assault Gun Battalion; 200th Anti-tank Battalion; 200th Panzer Signals ...
21st Division or 21st Infantry ... 21st Panzer Division ... 21st Air Division (United States) See also. 21st Brigade (disambiguation) 21st Regiment (disambiguation) ...
Erwin Rommel discusses review of Feuchtinger's 21st Panzer Division. By May 1944 the reformed 21st Panzer was nearly fully equipped and stationed near Caen. Feuchtinger spent much of his time in Paris, ostensibly overseeing production of materials for his division, as Becker was using the Hotchkiss plant near Paris for his conversion facility. [6]