1. Leichte-Division was formed in Wuppertal on 10 Nov 1938 from the 1. Leichte-Brigade. It took part in the invasion of Poland and was reorganized and redesignated 6. Panzer-Division on 18 Oct 1939.

Order of battle
Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 4
Panzer-Regiment 11
Kradschützen-Abteilung 6
Panzer-Abteilung 65
Artillerie-Regiment 76
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6
Panzer-Abwehr-Abteilung 41
Nachrichten-Abteilung 82
Pionier-Bataillon 57
Infanterie-Divisions-Nachschubführer 57

Notable members

Prince Victor of Ratibor (KIA 18 Sep 1939 during the invasion of Poland as Leutnant in Panzer-Regiment 11)

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (Active in the resistance against Hitler and the one who placed the bomb that were to kill Hitler 20 July 1944, he was executed after the failure of the July 20 Plot, the Bundeswehr barracks Graf-Stauffenberg-Kaserne in Sigmaringen was named in his honour 1961)

Herbert Vahl (Served in Panzer-Abteilung 65, later division-commander in the Waffen-SS)

Sources used

François de Lannoy & Josef Charita - Panzertruppen: German armored troops 1935-1945

Mark C. Yerger - Waffen-SS Commanders: The army, corps and divisional leaders of a legend (2 vol)

Reference material on this unit

K.H.Grams - Panzer Artillerie Regiment 76 1936-1945

Michael Schadewitz - Panzerregiment 11/Panzerabteilung 65, 1937-1945. Panzerersatz- und Ausbildungsabteilung 11 (1939-1945)