12th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

12th Panzer Division
12. Panzer-division
— 12. PzDiv —
Unit insignia 1941–1943
Active10 January 1941 – 8 May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
Branch German Army
TypePanzer
RoleArmoured warfare
SizeDivision
Part ofArmy Group North
Garrison/HQWehrkreis II: Stettin
EngagementsWorld War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Fedor von Bock
Insignia
Original insignia
Insignia from summer 1943

The 12th Panzer Division was an armoured division in the German Army, established in 1940.

In October 1940 the 2nd Motorised Infantry Division was reorganized as the 12th Panzer Division, and in June 1941 it joined Operation Barbarossa, fighting in the battles of Minsk and Smolensk. It fought the rest of the war on the Eastern Front and surrendered to the Red Army in the Courland Pocket in May 1945.