15th Panzer Division

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German Army panzer division Wehrmacht military unit

The 15th Panzer Division was a German Wehrmacht armored division of the Afrika Korps that fought in North Africa during World War II, notably in major battles against British and Commonwealth forces.

Aliases (1)

German 15th Panzer Division ×2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German Army panzer division → Wehrmacht military unit →
alliance	Axis Powers →
branch	Heer →
commanderUnder	Erwin Rommel →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
deployment	Egypt → Libya → Tunisia →
disbanded	1943 →
engagedInBattle	Battle of Alam el Halfa → Battle of Gazala → First Battle of El Alamein → Operation Battleaxe → Operation Crusader → Second Battle of El Alamein → Tunisian Campaign →
equipment	Panzer III tanks → Panzer IV tanks → motorized infantry → self-propelled artillery →
fate	Destroyed and dissolved after Axis surrender in Tunisia →
formationDate	1940 →
formedFrom	33rd Infantry Division →
garrison	Germany (before deployment to Africa) →
historicalPeriod	20th century →
languageOfCommand	German →
militaryBranchType	armored division →
militaryRole	armored warfare →
notableCommander	Gustav von Vaerst → Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck → Heinz von Randow → Walter Nehring →
notableEngagementCharacteristic	mobile desert warfare against British and Commonwealth forces →
notableFor	participation in major tank battles in the North African desert →
opponent	British Commonwealth forces → British Eighth Army → United States Army forces in Tunisia →
partOf	Afrika Korps → German Africa Army (Panzergruppe Afrika / Panzerarmee Afrika) →
precededBy	33rd Infantry Division →
subordinateTo	Deutsches Afrikakorps → Panzerarmee Afrika → Panzergruppe Afrika →
surrenderedTo	Allied forces in North Africa →
theater	North African Campaign →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Bir Hakeim →	attackingForce
Operation Sonnenblume →	forceDeployed
German-Italian Panzer Army ("German 15th Panzer Division") →	hasPart
Battle of the Mareth Line ("German 15th Panzer Division") →	involvesUnit
Battle of Alam el Halfa →	militaryUnit
German Afrika Korps →	notableUnit
Operation Crusader →	opposedUnit