11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

11th Panzer Division
11. Panzerdivision
— 11. PzDiv —
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Active1 August 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country Germany
BranchGerman Heer
TypePanzer
RoleArmoured warfare
SizeDivision
Part of Wehrmacht
Garrison/HQWehrkreis VIII: Sagan
EngagementsWorld War II
Insignia
1940
at Kursk
Ghost

The 11th Panzer Division (English: 11th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II, established in 1940.

The division saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during the Second World War. The 11th Panzer Division did not participate in the war until the invasion of Yugoslavia. It fought in the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944 and, in the last year of the war, in southern France and Germany. The formation's emblem was a ghost.


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