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German 11th Panzer Division
Active	1 August 1940 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Division
Role	Panzer
Engagements	World War II
Insignia
1940
at Kursk
Ghost

The 11.Panzer Division, nicknamed the Gespensterdivision (Ghost Division) was a German Panzer division which saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during the Second World War.

Commanders

• General der Panzertruppen Ludwig Crüwell (1 August 1940 – 15 August 1941)
• Generalleutnant Günther Angern (15 August 1941 – 24 August 1941)
• General der Panzertruppen Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck (24 August 1941 – 20 October 1941)
• Generalleutnant Walter Scheller (20 October 1941 – 16 May 1942)
• General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck (16 May 1942 – 4 March 1943)
• General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz (4 March 1943 – 15 May 1943)
• Generalleutnant Johann Mickl (15 May 1943 – 10 August 1943)
• Generalleutnant Wend von Wietersheim (10 August 1943 – 10 April 1945)
• Generalmajor Horst Freiherr Treusch und Buttlar-Brandenfels (10 April 1945)

Orders of Battle

11.Panzer-Division, June 1941

• Divisionstab
• 33.Panzer-Regiment
• 11.Schützen-Brigade
• 61.Kradschützen-Bataillon
• 61.Panzerjäger-Abteilung
• 231.Aufklärungs-Abteilung
• 119.Artillerie Regiment
• 85.Nachrichten-Bataillon
• 86.Pionier-Bataillon
• 71.Flak-Battalion (attached)
• 2 / 21.Panzer Luftwaffe Oberservation Staffel (attached)

11.Panzer-Division, July 1943

• Divisionstab
• 15.Panzer-Regiment
• 110.Panzergrenadier-Regiment
• 4.-Panzergrenadier-Regiment
• 61.Panzerjäger-Abteilung
• 11.Aufklärungs-Abteilung
• 76.Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment
• 277.Heeres-Flak-Bataillon
• 209.Panzer-Pioneer-Bataillon
• 89.Panzer-Nachrichten-Bataillon
• 61.Feldersatz-Battalion