21st Panzer Division

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German military unit Wehrmacht armoured division World War II military formation

The 21st Panzer Division was a German Wehrmacht armored division that fought in North Africa under Rommel’s Afrika Korps during World War II.

Aliases (4)
  • German 21st Panzer Division ×4
  • 21st Panzer Division (2nd formation) ×1
  • Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155 ×1
  • Panzergrenadier-Regiment 192 ×1
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf German military unit →
Wehrmacht armoured division →
World War II military formation →
branch German Army (Heer) →
composition Panzer regiment →
Panzergrenadier regiments →
anti-tank battalion →
artillery regiment →
engineer battalion →
reconnaissance battalion →
conflict World War II →
country Nazi Germany →
engagement Battle of Caen →
Battle of Gazala →
Falaise Pocket →
First Battle of El Alamein →
Normandy Campaign →
Operation Crusader →
Operation Goodwood →
Second Battle of El Alamein →
Siege of Tobruk →
Tunisian Campaign →
equipment Panzer III →
Panzer IV →
armoured infantry half-tracks →
self-propelled anti-tank guns →
fate destroyed in North Africa in 1943 →
formationDate 1941 →
formationPlace North Africa →
formedFrom 5th Light Division →
notableCommander Edgar Feuchtinger →
Erwin Rommel →
Gustav Fehn →
Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron →
Karl Böttcher →
notableFor armoured counterattacks against Allied landings in Normandy →
service under Rommel in the Afrika Korps →
partOf Afrika Korps →
reformationDate 1943 →
reformationPlace France →
reformedAs 21st Panzer Division (2nd formation) →
role armoured warfare →
subordinateTo 15th Army (Wehrmacht) →
7th Army (Wehrmacht) →
Deutsches Afrikakorps →
Panzergruppe Afrika →
theatre North African Campaign →
Western Front (World War II) →
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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
21st Panzer Division ("Panzergrenadier-Regiment 192") →
21st Panzer Division ("Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155") →
subunit
Battle of Bir Hakeim →
attackingForce
Sword Beach ("German 21st Panzer Division") →
defendedBy
German-Italian Panzer Army ("German 21st Panzer Division") →
hasPart
Battle of El Guettar ("German 21st Panzer Division") →
involvedUnit
Battle of the Mareth Line ("German 21st Panzer Division") →
involvesUnit
Battle of Alam el Halfa →
militaryUnit
German Afrika Korps →
notableUnit
Operation Crusader →
opposedUnit
21st Panzer Division ("21st Panzer Division (2nd formation)") →
reformedAs
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