1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

1st Panzer Division
1. Panzer-Division
— 1. Pz.Div. —
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Unit insignia (Oak leaf)
Active15 October 1935 – 8 May 1945
Country Germany
Branch German Army
TypePanzer
RoleArmored warfare
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQWehrkreis IX: Weimar
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Maximilian von Weichs
Insignia
1935–1940 and 1943–1945
2nd half 1940
1941–1942

The 1st Panzer-Division (short: 1. Pz.Div. German: 1. Panzer-Division, English: 1st Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II.

The division was one of the original three tank divisions established by Germany in 1935. It took part in pre-war occupations of Austria and Czechoslovakia and the invasions of Poland in 1939 and Belgium and France in 1940. From 1941 to 1945, it fought on the Eastern Front, except for a period in 1943 when it was sent for refitting to France and Greece. At the end of the war, the division surrendered to US forces in Bavaria.