Panzergruppe 2 was a German army of World War II, formed in November 1940 from the Panzergruppe Guderian. In October 1941 it was renamed the 2nd Panzer Army. Panzergruppe 2 played a significant role in the early stages of the German invasion of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 during Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...

 in 1941.

Area of operations

France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 (Nov 1940 - June 1941)

Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

 with Army Group Centre

Army Group Centre

Army Group Centre was the name of two distinct German strategic army groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The first Army Group Centre was created on 22 June 1941, as one of three German Army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union...

(June 1941 - Oct 1941)

(June 22, 1941)

• HQ
  • XXIV Panzerkorps
    • 3rd Panzer Division
    • 4th Panzer Division
    • 10th Infantry Division
    • 1st Cavalry Division
  • XLVI Panzerkorps
    • 10th Panzer Division
    • SS Infantry Division Das Reich (mot.)
    • Infantry Regiment Gross-Deutschland
  • XLVII Panzerkorps
    • 17th Panzer Division
    • 18th Panzer Division
    • 29th Infantry Division (mot.)
    • Anti-Aircraft Regiment Hermann Göring

(July 27, 1941)

• HQ
  • VII Armeekorps
    • 7th Infantry Division
    • 23rd Infantry Division
    • 78th Infantry Division
    • 197th Infantry Division
  • XX Armeekorps
    • 15th Infantry Division
    • 268th Infantry Division
  • IX Armeekorps
    • 263rd Infantry Division
    • 292nd Infantry Division
    • 137th Infantry Division
  • XLVI Panzerkorps
    • 10th Panzer Division
    • SS Division Das Reich (mot.)
    • Infantry Regiment Gross-Deutschland
  • XXIV Panzerkorps
    • 4th Panzer Division
    • 3rd Panzer Division
    • 10th Infantry Division (mot.)
  • XLVII Panzerkorps
    • 18th Panzer Division
    • 17th Panzer Division
    • 29th Infantry Division (mot.)

(Sep 30, 1941)

• HQ
  • XLVIII Panzerkorps
    • 9th Panzer Division
    • 16th Motorised Infantry Division
    • 25th Motorised Infantry Division
  • XXIV Panzerkorps
    • 3rd Panzer Division
    • 4th Panzer Division
    • 10th Motorised Infantry Division
  • XLVII Panzerkorps
    • 17th Panzer Division
    • 18th Panzer Division
    • 20th Motorised Infantry Division
  • XXXIV Armeekorps
    • 45th Infantry Division
    • 135th Infantry Division
  • XXXV Armeekorps
    • 296th Infantry Division
    • 95th Infantry Division
    • 1st Cavalry Division