15th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

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15th Panzer Division
15. Panzer-Division
15th Panzer Division Unit insignia
Active	1940–43
Country	Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Part of	Afrika Korps
Garrison/HQ	Wehrkreis XII: Landau
Equipment	Panzer II[a]
Engagements	World War II North African Campaign Second Battle of El Alamein[1] Battle of Tunisia
Commanders
Notable commanders	Walter Neumann-Silkow Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck Eduard Crasemann Gustav von Vaerst

The 15th Panzer Division (German: 15. Panzer-Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Wehrmacht, during World War II, established in 1940.

The division, formed from the 33rd Infantry Division, fought exclusively in North Africa from 1941 to 1943, eventually ceasing to exist after surrendering in Tunisia in May 1943.

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