15th PANZER DIVISION

Panzer III Ausf.J of the Panzer-Regiment 8 of the 15th Panzerdivision

OPERATIONAL HISTORY

Formed on 1 Nov 1940 (from 33rd Infanterie Division).

• 1941 Apr: arrived in North Africa as part of Deutsches Afrika Korps
• 1941 - Libya: Tobruk (heavy losses)
• 1942 - Egypt: Benghazi, Gazala Line, Bir Hacheim, Tobruk
• 1942 - Egypt : El Alamein (heavy losses), Alam Halfa (heavy losses)
• 1943 - Tunisia: Medenine, Wadi Zigaou, El Hauma (heavy losses)

Destroyed in Tunisia on 9 May 1943