7th Panzer Division (East Germany)
7th Panzer Division may refer to: * 7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) * 7th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) * 7th Panzer Division (East Germany) 7th Panzer Division may refer to: * 7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) * 7th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) The 7th Panzer Division or Westphalian Panzer Division (german: 7. Panzerdivision or ''Westfälische Panzerdivision'') was a major formation ...

7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 7th Panzer Division was an armored formation of the German Army in World War II. It participated in the Battle of France, the invasion of the Soviet Union, the occupation of Vichy France, and on the Eastern Front until the end of the war. The 7th Panzer Division is also known by its nickname, Ghost Division. The division met with great success in France in 1940 and then again in the Soviet Union in 1941. In May 1942, the division was withdrawn from the Soviet Union and sent back to France to replace losses and refit. It returned to Southern Russia following the defeat at Stalingrad, and helped to check a general collapse of the front in a series of defensive battles as part of Army Group Don, and participated in General Erich von Manstein's counterattack at Kharkov. The division fought in the unsuccessful offensive at Kursk in the summer of 1943, suffering heavy losses in men and equipment and was further degraded in the subsequent Soviet counteroffensive. Through 1944 ...
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7th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
The 7th Panzer Division or Westphalian Panzer Division (german: 7. Panzerdivision or ''Westfälische Panzerdivision'') was a major formation in the German Army (''Heer'') within the German Armed Forces or ''Bundeswehr'' whose headquarters was for many years in Lippstadt und Unna and, finally in Düsseldorf. Until its dissolution in 2006 it was seen as the "backbone of the Army" or the "spearhead of the German Army". The majority of new weapon systems were introduced by this formation. Many Inspectors of the Army (''Inspekteur des Heeres'') were once divisional commanders of the 7th Armoured Division. Its last commander was Wolf-Joachim Clauß. It was the only division in the Northern Army Group The Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) was a NATO military formation comprising four Western European Army Corps, during the Cold War as part of NATO's forward defence in the Federal Republic of Germany. The Army Group headquarters was established on ... without a forward defence secto ...
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