23rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

German 23rd Panzer Division
Unit insignia
Active	1942–45
Country	Germany
Allegiance	Wehrmacht
Branch	Heer
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II Eastern Front

The 23rd Panzer Division was established on the 14th of March 1942 in France. It was built around the 101st Panzer Brigade and two infantry regiments. The units worked with "booty tanks".

In April the division went to the Eastern Front near Kharkov. It stayed on this front for the rest of the war and surrendered on the 8th of May, 1945. The division was interned at Tamsweg Mauterndorf.

Commanders

25 September 1941 Generalleutnant Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld
16 November 1941 Generalmajor Heinz-Joachim Werner-Ehrenfeucht
22 November 1941 Generalleutnant Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld
20 July 1942 Generalmajor Erwin Mack (died in battle on the 26th of August 1942.)
26 August 1942 Generalleutnant Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld
26 December 1942 General der Panzertruppen Nikolaus von Vormann
25 October 1943 Generalmajor Ewald Kräber
1 November 1943 Generalmajor Heinz-Joachim Werner-Ehrenfeucht
18 November 1943 Generalmajor Ewald Kräber
9 June 1944 Generalleutnant Joseph von Radowitz

German Armoured Divisions of World War II

Heer
Panzer Divisions

Numbered Panzer Divisions	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 116th

Named Panzer Divisions	Panzer Division Clausewitz Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1 Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 Panzer Division Holstein Panzer Division Jüterbog Panzer Division Kempf Panzer Division Kurmark Panzer Lehr Division Panzer Division Müncheberg Panzer Division Tatra

Reserve Panzer Divisions	155th Reserve Panzer Division 179th Reserve Panzer Division 233rd Reserve Panzer Division 273rd Reserve Panzer Division

Waffen-SS
Panzer Divisions

SA
Panzer Divisions

Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle

Luftwaffe
Panzer Divisions

Hermann Göring Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 23rd Panzer Division

Stab	Joseph von Radowitz (Oak Leaves) Nikolaus von Vormann

Panzer-Regiment 201	Robert Alber Rudolf Behr

Panzer-Regiment 23 (Panzer-Regiment 201 was renamed in August 1943)	Fritz Fechner Gerhard Fischer Norbert Kujacinski Joachim Sander¹ (Oak Leaves) Alfred Wolf

Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 126	Wilhelm Grünwaldt Hans Heiland Walter Henssler Karl Schuster Karl Zierhofer

Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 128	Hans Andres Willi Jansen Gerd Ruge (Oak Leaves) Friedrich Stichtenoth Paul Stoll

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 128	Bernhard Krauss

Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 23	Kurt Bade Kurt Bergerhoff Erich Eisermann Horst Hain Johannes Keck Rudolf Koppe Peter Schägger

Panzerpionier-Bataillon 51	Willy Kleemann Franz Zejdlik

¹ Oak Leaves with Panzer-Regiment 31 (5th Panzer Division)

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