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German 2Nd Panzer DivisionThe 2nd Panzer Division was created in 1935, and stationed in Austria after the Anschluss. It participated in the campaigns in Poland (1939) and France (1940), and then returned to Poland for occupation duties (1940-1941). It participated in the Balkans campaign (1941) and then transferred to the Russian Front, though it missed participating in Operation Barbarossa because most of its tanks and other heavy equipment were lost when the transport ships carrying them were sunk by a British mines or submarines (1941). It fought with Army Group Center in the battles of Moscow (1941) and Kursk (1943). After heavy losses on the Russian Front it was sent to France for rehabilitation (1944). It fought in Normandy and was almost completely destroyed in the Falaise Pocket (1944). It was rebuilt once more and fought in the Battle of the Bulge (1944) and in the defense of the Rhine (1945), surrendering to the Americans at war's end. See also References
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