5th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

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German 5th Panzer Division
Active	24 November 1938 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Division
Role	Panzer
Engagements	World War II
Decorations	3 references in the Wehrmachtbericht
Insignia
1940
1941–1945
at Kursk

The 5th Panzer Division was an armored formation of the German Army from 1938 to 1945.

History [edit]

The 5th Panzer Division of the German Army was formed on 24 November 1938 and dissolved on 8 May 1945. It fought in Poland, France, the Balkans and in Russia; first as part of Army Group Center (1941–44) and then Army Group North. The division surrendered to the Russians in Danzig.

Commanding officers [edit]

• Generaloberst Heinrich von Vietinghoff-Scheel (2 September 1939 – 8 October 1939)
• Generalleutnant Max von Hartlieb-Walsporn (8 October 1939 – 29 May 1940)
• General der Panzertruppen Joachim Lemelsen (29 May 1940 – 25 November 1940)
• General der Panzertruppen Gustav Fehn (25 November 1940 – 10 August 1942)
• Generalleutnant Eduard Metz (10 August 1942 – 1 February 1943)
• Generalmajor Johannes Nedtwig (1 February 1943 – 20 June 1943)
• Generalleutnant Ernst Felix Fäckenstedt (20 June 1943 – 7 September 1943)
• General der Panzertruppen Karl Decker (7 September 1943 – 16 October 1944)
• Generalmajor Rolf Lippert (16 October 1944 – 5 February 1945)
• Generalmajor Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn (5 February 1945 – April 1945)
• Oberst der Reserve Hans-Georg Herzog (April 1945)

Notes [edit]

References [edit]

• Wendel, Marcus (2004). "5. Panzer-Division". Retrieved April 2, 2005.

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 5th Panzer Division Stab Karl Decker1 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Eduard Metz Anton-Detlev von Plato Panzer-Regiment 31 Heinrich Becker Wilhelm Buss Hans Christern Oskar Eysser Georg Gransee Otto Heymann Hans Hohmann Rolf Lippert Aegidius Mimra Gerhard Niemeck Friedrich-Karl Nökel Joachim Sander2 (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg Paul-Hermann Werner Panzer-Regiment 15 (attached during the Battle of France) Johannes Streich Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 13 Erich Abraham Kurt Bajorat Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Drewes (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Friedrich (Oak Leaves) Ewald Görsch Friedrich-Karl Henrici Otto Kuhn Paul Lange Karl Seckler Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 14 Prosper Graf zu Castell-Castell Hans Drude Gustav Ellmers Alfred Gudelius Hans-Georg Herzog (Oak Leaves) Alfred Jaedtke Josef Jenatschek August Keine Eduard Kraus Karl Lauch Karl-Heinrich Plöger Günther Schemmel Heinrich Schollen Panzerartillerie-Regiment 116 Wilhelm Okrent Heinrich Steinwachs Panzerjäger-Abteilung 53 Paul Jancke Eduard Radowski Hans-Georg von Ramin Georg Wyczisk Kradschützen-Bataillon 55 Hans Hauptmann Albert Hoffmann Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 5 Fritz Feßmann3 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Fritz Schreckenbach Panzerpionier-Bataillon 89 Edzard von Reden Feldersatz-Bataillon 116 Fritz Eschmann 1 Knight's Cross with Panzer-Regiment 3 (2nd Panzer Division), Swords with the XXXIX. Panzerkorps 2 Knight's Cross with Panzer-Regiment 23 3 Knight's Cross with Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 7, Oak Leaves with Kradschützen-Bataillon 64