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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
Number of Records Returned: 46
Number of Pages Returned : 2

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