21st Panzer Division

German 21st Panzer Division
German 21st Panzer Division
	Unit insignia
Active	1 August 1941 – 8 May 1945
Country	Germany
Branch	Army
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare; Desert warfare
Size	Division
Engagements	World War II North African campaign Battle of El Alamein; Tunisian campaign; ; Normandy landings; Operation Bluecoat; Battle of the Bulge; Vistula–Oder offensive; Battle of Berlin; ;

The 21st Panzer Division was a German armoured division best known for its role in the battles of the North African Campaign from 1941 to 1943 during World War II when it was one of the two armoured divisions making up the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK). It was first formed as the 5th Light Division in early 1941.