The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II

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Complete history of a German tank division that fought exclusively on the Eastern Front Unit operated near Stalingrad and in Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, and AustriaUnit relied heavily on captured enemy tanks, such as Soviet T-34s Illustrations include eight pages of color vehicle profiles Valuable resource for armor modelers Foreword ................................................................................vii Pu blishers'Acknowledgements ................................................................ viii The History of the 23. Panzer-Division The Battle for Kharkovl2-29 May 1942 Baptism of Fire Northeast of Kharkov ............................................................... The Fighting for Ternowaja Panzerjager-Abteilung 128 and the I./Panzer-Regiment 201 in the Fighting South of Kharkov .......... The Fighting to Eliminate the Enemy Southeast of Kharkov Start of the Summer Offensive30 June to 7 July 1942 ................................................ The Advance to the South Through the Great Bendin the Don 8 to 29 July 1942 ........................ 30 July to 26 August 1942 .......................................................................... The Fighting in the Caucasus 27 August to 27 November 1942 Defensive and Offensive Operations Between Bakssan and Tscherek .................................... The Attack on Ordshonikidse ........................................................................ Operation "Wintergewitter" ......................................................................... Defensive Fighting Along the Manytsch andSoutheast of Rostovl January to 4 February 1943 ........... Between Rostov and the Mills 5-16 February 1943 .................................................... The Destruction of the Soviet IV Guards Motorized/Mechanized Corps (16 February to 19 March 1943) .. The Reconstitution of the 23. Panzer-Division in the Makejewka Area 20 March to 3 July 1943 ........ Ready Reserve Behind the 1. Panzer-Armee and the 6. Armee in July 1943 and Defensive Fighting at Dmi The Second Defensive Battle at Isjum on the Donezl6 to 27 August 1943 .............................. Fighting with the XXX Armee-Korps and Blocking the Soviet Breakthrough at Sslawjanka 6-11 September Operations of the ll./Panzer-Regiment 23 in the Donez Area 3-16 September 1943 ..................... Retreat Across the Dnjepr and Defensive Fighting North of Pjatichatkil6 September to 18 October 1943 The First Battle of Kriwoi Rog19 October to 4 November 1943 The Final Fighting in the Dnjepr Bend 1 January to 29 March 1944 ................................... Through Transnistria to the Pruth and the Fighting for Jassyl April to 25 July 1944 ................ The ll./Panzer-Regiment 23 in the Northern Ukraine9 January to 4 June 1944 ......................... Fighting in Southern Poland and for theBridgehead Over the Vistula at Sandomierz 29 July to 10 Septe The Fighting in Transylvania 22-26 September 1944 .................................................. Tank Battle On the Puszta 6 to 28 October 1944 ..................................................... Between the Theif3 and the Danube 28 October to 29 November 1944 ................................... The First Battle for StuhlweiI enburg 30 November 1944-2 January 1945 .............................. Counterattacks to Relieve BudapestSecond Battle of Stuhlweigenburg 7 January to 24 February 1945 ... The Attack of the 6. SS-Panzer-Armee and the Retreat to the Borders of the Reich 25 February to 6 Ap Final Fighting on the Southeastern Border of the Reich and the Capitulation 7 April to 8 May 1945 .. The Formations of the 23. Panzer-DivisionHeadquarters, 23. Panzer-Division ......................... Schutzen-Regiment 126 (later: Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126) ........................................ Schutzen-Regiment 128 (later: Panzergrenadier-Regiment 128) ........................................ I./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 128 .................................................................. Heeres-Flak-Abteilung (mot.) 278 ................................................................... Kradschi tzen-Bataillon 23 (later: Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 23) ................................ Panzerjager-Abteilung 128 Divisions-Nachschub-Truppen 128 (later: Panzer-Divisions-Nachschubtruppen 128) ..................... Feldpostamt (mot.) 128 Command and Control Relationships of the 23. Panzer-Division ....................................... Engagement Days of the 23. Panzer-Division ......................................................... Total Losses of the 23. Panzer-Division (based on German Red Cross Records) ........................ Personnel and Materiel Statistics (as of 10 September 1943) Knight's Cross Recipients of the Division ..........................................................