11th Panzer Division | |
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11. Panzerdivision — 11. PzDiv — XX | |
Active | 1 August 1940 – 8 May 1945 |
Country | Germany |
Branch | German Heer |
Type | Panzer |
Role | Armoured warfare |
Size | Division |
Part of | Wehrmacht |
Garrison/HQ | Wehrkreis VIII: Sagan |
Engagements | World 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.