2nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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2nd Infantry Division 2nd Motorized Infantry Division
German: 2. Infanterie-Division 2. Infanterie-Division (mot.)
Division insignia
Active	12 October 1937 – 10 January 1941
Disbanded	Renamed 12th Panzer Division 10 January 1941
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	Panzergrenadier
Role	Maneuver warfare Raiding
Size	Division
Nickname(s)	Pomeranian Division
Engagements	World War II Invasion of Poland

The 2nd Infantry Division of

In October 1940 the division was reorganized as the 12th Panzer Division.

Commanding officers

• Generalleutnant Hubert Gercke (10 October 1935 – 1 April 1937)
• Generalleutnant Paul Bader (1 April 1937 – 1 October 1940)

References

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• ISBN 0-345-25329-9
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• Burkhard Müller-Hillebrand: Das Heer 1933–1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Vol.III: Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1969, p. 285.
• Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945. Vol. II: Die Landstreitkräfte 1 – 5. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1966.
• Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939 – 1945. Vol. III: Die Landstreitkräfte 6 – 14. Mittler: Frankfurt am Main 1967.