The German 9th Panzer Division (Neunte Panzerdivision) came into existence after 4th Light Division was reorganized in January 1940. 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

The 4th Light Division (sometimes described as Light Mechanized or Light Panzer to distinguish it from the later Light infantry divisions) was created in April 1938 by converting a mobile division of the former Austrian army after the Anschluss. In 1939 it fought in the Invasion of Poland. Due to shortcomings that the campaign revealed in the organization of the Light Divisions, then part of the Cavalry, it was reorganized as the 9th Panzer Division afterward, in January 1940. Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... German troops march into Austria on 12 March 1938. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Combatants Poland Germany, Soviet Union, Slovakia Commanders Edward Rydz-Śmigły Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalov (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand Čatloš (Field Army Bernolak) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft Total: 950...

As the 9th Panzer Division it fought in the 1940 Battle of France (relieving airborne units at Rotterdam in the Battle of the Netherlands) and the Balkans Campaign of spring 1941, then took part in Operation Barbarossa starting in the summer. During the Battle of Kursk, the 9th Panzer was subordinate to the 9th Army and fought as part of the 47th Panzer Corps. Fighting alongside the 2nd, 4th and 20th Panzer divisions and the 6th Infantry Division, it tried unsuccessfully to break through the Soviet defensive belt. After an advance of only 15 km and suffering heavy casualties, it abandoned its attempt to reach Kursk. It fought under Army Group South and Army Group Center until the spring of 1944, when it was withdrawn to France for rehabilitation after great losses. In France it absorbed the assets of the 155th Reserve Panzer Division to recover full strength. Thereafter it fought in the Battle of Normandy and the Falaise Pocket. In October 1944 it absorbed the 105th Panzer Brigade to recover its losses. It then defended the West Wall at Aachen and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. It was eventually trapped in the Ruhr Pocket and surrendered to the Americans there in April 1945. Combatants France United Kingdom Canada Czechoslovakia Poland Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Germany Italy Commanders Maurice Gamelin, Maxime Weygand (French) Lord Gort (British Expeditionary Force) H.G. Winkelman (Dutch) Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group A) Fedor von Bock (Army Group B) Wilhelm von Leeb (Army Group C) H.R.H. Umberto di... Rotterdam Location Coat of arms The coat of arms of Rotterdam. ... Combatants Kingdom of the Netherlands Germany Commanders Henry G. Winkelman, Jan Joseph Godfried baron van Voorst tot Voorst Fedor von Bock (Army Group B) Strength 9 divisions, 676 guns, 1 tank (inoperational), 124 aircraft Total: 350,000 men 22 divisions, 1,378 guns, 759 tanks, 1150 aircraft Total: 750,000... Combatants Germany Italy Bulgaria Albania Greece United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Yugoslavia Commanders Maximilian von Weichs Giovanni Messe Alexander Papagos Henry Maitland Wilson The Balkans Campaign was the Italian and German invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II. It began with Italys annexation of Albania in April... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Combatants Germany, Romania, Finland, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler, Ion Antonescu, C.G.E. Mannerheim, Benito Mussolini, Miklós Horthy, Jozef Tiso Joseph Stalin Strength ~3. ... Combatants Nazi Germany Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein Hans von Kluge Hermann Hoth Walther Model Georgiy Zhukov Konstantin Rokossovskiy Nikolay Vatutin Ivan Konyev Strength 2,700 tanks 800,000 infantry, 2,000 aircraft 3,600 tanks 1,300,000 infantry, 2,400 aircraft Casualties German Kursk : 50,000 dead... The German Ninth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... The 2nd Panzer Division () was created in 1935, and stationed in Austria after the Anschluss. ... German tank of the 4th Division during the failed assault of Warsaw The German 4th Panzer Division () was established in 1938. ... 6th Infanterie Division was mobilized on 26 August 1939 for the upcoming invasion of Poland. ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte in German) was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free France Poland Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Omar Bradley (US 1st Army) Miles Dempsey (UK 2nd Army) Harry Crerar (Canadian 1st Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B... Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free French Forces Free Polish Forces Others Nazi Germany Commanders Bernard Montgomery Omar Bradley Günther von Kluge Walter Model Strength N/A 150,000 Casualties Canadian: 18,500 Polish: 2,300 U.S and British: N/A 10,000+ killed, 60,000 wounded... Bunker on the Siegfried line The original Siegfried line was a line of defensive forts and tank defences built by Germany along their border with France in 1916-1917 during World War I. However, in English, Siegfried line more commonly refers to the similar World War II defensive line, built... Oche redirects here; in darts the oche is the line from which players must throw. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Germany Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Bernard Montgomery Omar N. Bradley George S. Patton, Jr. ... The Ruhr Pocket was a battle that took place at the end of World War II in the Ruhr Area, Germany. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

See also

• Panzertruppe, Panzer, Panzer division
• Division (military), Military unit
• Heer, Wehrmacht, List of German divisions in WWII

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Panzerwaffe. ... Panzer IV Ausf. ... Panzer Division is the German term for armored division. ... Symbol of the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division in NATO code A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to twenty thousand soldiers. ... A military unit is an organisation within an armed force. ... The German Army (German: Heer, [IPA: heɐ]  ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Wehrmacht   (armed forces, literally defence force(s)) was the name of the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... This is a list of German divisions in WWII. Only ground units are covered; divisions of aircraft are not. ...

References

Note: The Web references may require you to follow links to cover the unit's entire history.

• Wendel, Marcus (2004). "4. Leichte-Division". Retrieved April 11, 2005.
• "4. leichte Division". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved April 11, 2005.