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3 Panzer-Division
3 Panzer Division
Criteria [1] Role [2]

Kommandeur

From To Rank Name Acting
15-Oct-1935 30-Sep-1937 Generalleutnant Ernst Fessmann
12-Oct-1937 06-Oct-1939 Generalleutnant Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
01-Sep-1939 07-Feb-1941 Oberstleutnant Claus von dem Borne
01-Sep-1939 25-Nov-1940 Hauptmann Karl Krasa
01-Sep-1939 22-Nov-1940 Hauptmann Walter Barth
01-Sep-1939 28-Feb-1940 Major Wend von Wietersheim
07-Oct-1939 31-Oct-1939 Generalmajor Horst Stumpff *
01-Nov-1939 14-Feb-1940 Generalleutnant Leo Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg
15-Feb-1940 ? 13-Nov-1940 Generalmajor Horst Stumpff
07-Mar-1940 18-Jan-1941 Major Alexander von Oppen
14-Nov-1940 30-Sep-1941 Generalleutnant Walter Model
25-Nov-1940 10-Mar-1942 Hauptmann Walter Barth
25-Nov-1940 26-Jul-1941 Hauptmann Conrad von Schubert
18-Jan-1941 13-Feb-1942 Hauptmann Gisbert von dem Heyden-Rynsch
07-Feb-1941 14-Nov-1942 ? Oberstleutnant Heinz Pomtow
26-Jul-1941 06-Oct-1942 Hauptmann Götz-Lothar von dem Knesebeck
01-Oct-1941 14-Apr-1942 ? Generalleutnant Hermann Breith
10-Mar-1942 01-Mar-1943 Hauptmann Rudolf Danckworth
15-Mar-1942 ? 14-Oct-1942 ? Hauptmann Gerhard Düvel End Date very uncertain
15-Apr-1942 ? 07-May-1942 Oberst Franz Westhoven *
07-May-1942 06-Oct-1942 Generalleutnant Hermann Breith
06-Oct-1942 15-Oct-1942 Oberst Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein *
06-Oct-1942 10-Oct-1943 Hauptmann Hans-Georg von Twardowsky
15-Oct-1942 ? 14-Dec-1943 ? Oberleutnant ? Menard Start Date very uncertain
15-Oct-1942 14-Oct-1943 Generalleutnant Franz Westhoven
20-Nov-1942 17-May-1944 Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Voss
01-Mar-1943 15-Oct-1943 Hauptmann Klaus von dem Borne
10-Oct-1943 10-Apr-1944 ? Leutnant Hans-Christian Pauck
14-Oct-1943 20-Oct-1943 ? Oberst Walter Chales de Beaulieu *
15-Oct-1943 15-Feb-1944 Major Albert Schoeller
20-Oct-1943 ? 18-Jan-1944 Generalmajor Fritz Bayerlein
15-Dec-1943 ? 20-Apr-1944 Hauptmann Gotthard Graf Pilati von Thassul zu Daxberg
18-Jan-1944 25-May-1944 Oberst Rudolf Lang *
15-Feb-1944 30-Sep-1944 Major Wolf von Bülow
10-Apr-1944 08-May-1945 Oberleutnant ? Wiemer
20-Apr-1944 14-Oct-1944 ? Major Ludolf von Alvensleben
17-May-1944 10-Nov-1944 Oberstleutnant Max-Rudolf Schwerdtfeger
25-May-1944 26-Jan-1945 Generalleutnant Wilhelm Philipps *
30-Sep-1944 10-Mar-1945 Major Helmut Willich
15-Oct-1944 ? 25-Oct-1944 ? Hauptmann Gerd von Brauchitsch
25-Oct-1944 08-May-1945 ? Major Joachim Markowsky
10-Nov-1944 10-Mar-1945 Major Ernst-August Freiherr von Rotberg
26-Jan-1945 02-May-1945 Generalmajor Wilhelm Söth *
10-Mar-1945 08-May-1945 Major Helmut Willich
10-Mar-1945 08-May-1945 Major Horst von Wiese und Kaiserswaldau
02-May-1945 08-May-1945 Oberst Volkmar Schöne *
Number of Records Returned: 46
Number of Pages Returned : 2

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