On May 1,1941, Manteuffel was appointed to command a battalion in the 7th Panzer Division, as part of Hermann Hoth's Panzer Group 3 of the Army Group Centre in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Manteuffel was appointed to command a battalion in the 7th Panzer Division. This was as part of Hermann Hoth's Panzer Group 3 of the Army Group Centre in Operation Barbarossa. This was on May 1,1941. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union.