7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

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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.

General Erwin Rommel and staff observe 7th Panzer Division practicing a river crossing at the Mosel, 1940

Rommel and staff during the Battle for France, June 1940.

A Panzer 38t in the Soviet Union, June 1941

The crew of a Panzer IV watch a burning French warship, probably the cruiser Colbert.

Erwin Rommel

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Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox, he served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany, as well as in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the army of Imperial Germany. Rommel was injured multiple times in both world wars.

Rommel, c. 1942

Lieutenant Rommel in Italy, 1917

Rommel and Adolf Hitler in Goslar, 1934

Hitler in Poland (September 1939). Rommel is on his left and Martin Bormann on his right.