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Which campaigns used about 1,000 Pz. II tanks each?
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Panzers (German tanks) of World War II.
The German army utilized approximately 1,000 Pz. II tanks in each of the following campaigns:
- The invasion of Poland1
- The invasion of France1
- The invasion of the Soviet Union1
The Pz. II served as the mainstay of the German panzer divisions during the first two years of World War II due to production delays regarding the more powerful Pz. III and Pz. IV models.1