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5 Panzer-Division
5 Panzer Division
Criteria [1] Role [2]

Kommandeur

From To Rank Name Acting
24-Nov-1938 01-Nov-1939 Generalleutnant Heinrich von Vietinghoff gennant Scheele
01-Nov-1939 30-May-1940 Generalleutnant Max von Hartlieb gennant Walsporn
30-May-1940 01-Aug-1940 Generalleutnant Joachim Lemelsen
01-Aug-1940 27-Nov-1940 General Joachim Lemelsen
27-Nov-1940 02-Jun-1942 Generalmajor Gustav Fehn
02-Jun-1942 22-Jun-1942 Oberst Kurt Haseloff *
22-Jun-1942 01-Aug-1942 Generalmajor Gustav Fehn
01-Aug-1942 25-Sep-1942 General Gustav Fehn
25-Sep-1942 01-Feb-1943 Generalmajor Eduard Metz
01-Feb-1943 16-May-1943 Oberst Johannes Nedtwig *
16-May-1943 01-Sep-1943 Generalmajor Ernst-Felix Faeckenstedt *
01-Sep-1943 05-Sep-1943 Generalleutnant Ernst-Felix Faeckenstedt *
05-Sep-1943 01-Dec-1943 Oberst Karl Decker *
01-Dec-1943 01-Jan-1944 Generalmajor Karl Decker
01-Jan-1944 14-Jan-1944 ? Generalleutnant Karl Decker
15-Jan-1944 ? 06-Feb-1944 Oberst Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorf *
06-Feb-1944 15-Oct-1944 Generalleutnant Karl Decker
16-Oct-1944 01-Jan-1945 Oberst Rolf Lippert *
01-Jan-1945 23-Jan-1945 Generalmajor Rolf Lippert
23-Jan-1945 21-Feb-1945 Oberstleutnant Hans-Georg Herzog *
21-Feb-1945 09-Apr-1945 Generalmajor Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn
09-Apr-1945 17-Apr-1945 Oberst Hans-Georg Herzog *
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