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    The document summarizes the organization of the 6th Panzer Division of the German army in June 1941. It details that the 5th and 6th companies were actually the 3rd and 8th companies of the 11th Panzer Regiment. It also notes that on June 20th, 1941, the 6th Panzer Division arrived at the Memel River near Kowno (Kaunas) and Tauroggen in Lithuania. Pioneers constructed a wooden bridge across the river, and on June 21st, Operation Barbarossa began. Between June 22nd and 24th, several units including the 6th company of the 6th Panzer Division crossed the bridge, but it collapsed shortly after, possibly due to

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    The document summarizes the organization of the 6th Panzer Division of the German army in June 1941. It details that the 5th and 6th companies were actually the 3rd and 8th companies of the 11th Panzer Regiment. It also notes that on June 20th, 1941, the 6th Panzer Division arrived at the Memel River near Kowno (Kaunas) and Tauroggen in Lithuania. Pioneers constructed a wooden bridge across the river, and on June 21st, Operation Barbarossa began. Between June 22nd and 24th, several units including the 6th company of the 6th Panzer Division crossed the bridge, but it collapsed shortly after, possibly due to

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    The document summarizes the organization of the 6th Panzer Division of the German army in June 1941. It details that the 5th and 6th companies were actually the 3rd and 8th companies of the 11th Panzer Regiment. It also notes that on June 20th, 1941, the 6th Panzer Division arrived at the Memel River near Kowno (Kaunas) and Tauroggen in Lithuania. Pioneers constructed a wooden bridge across the river, and on June 21st, Operation Barbarossa began. Between June 22nd and 24th, several units including the 6th company of the 6th Panzer Division crossed the bridge, but it collapsed shortly after, possibly due to

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    6.

    Panzer Division

    Panzer- Panzer-
    Regiment 11 Abteilung 65

    5th and 6th Kompanie


    were actually 3rd and 8th
    Kompanie of Panzer-
    Regiment 4
    3 Kompanien
    Number 6 wouldnt
    work
    “Panzer Lehr Regiment 4”
    → Training equipment

    Number change using


    sideplate from 3/8 to 6

    (No markings other than numbers)


    / Balkenkreuz

    Sources:
    http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Panzerregimenter/PR4-R.htm
    http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Panzerregimenter/PR11-R.htm
    http://retro.seals.ch/digbib/v…id=asm-004:1951:117::1336
    20.6.1941: 6. Panzer Division arrives at the Memel (kowno/Tauroggen)
    21.6.1941: - Wood Bridge constructed by Pioneers
    – Barbarossa starts –
    22-24.6.1941: - Crossing of several units including 6. Kompanie/6. Panzer Division
    - Collapsing of said bridge (Possible Partisans/Civilians) (Jews murdered nearby)

    Sources:
    https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view2?pid=asm-004:1951:117::1336#790
    https://www.zellentrakt.de/downloads/materialien/Auswahl_aus_den_Abschriften_der_Kriegstageb
    uecher_und_Briefe_von_Fritz_Poggemeier_1939-1944.pdf
    https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/german-infantry-in-june-1941-crossing-the-me
    mel-river-during-the-campaign-at-the-eastern-front-in-the-second-world-war-soviet-union/PAH-344
    6104

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