German tanks were an important part of the Wehrmacht and played a fundamental role during the whole war, and especially in the blitzkrieg battle strategy. This is part of the more comprehensive list of World War II battles. Nazi Germany developed numerous tank designs used in World War II.In addition to domestic designs, Germany also used various captured and foreign-built tanks.

This is not a comprehensive list of all engagements and generally does not cover isolated skirmishes of units smaller than a company in size.

Vith during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945.

The North African campaign of World War II, sometimes called the 'Desert War', includes the campaigns in Egypt and Libya (often referred to as the Western Desert campaign or the 'Egypt–Libya Campaign') and those campaigns in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (usually referred to as the Tunisian campaign. Battle of the Bulge Part of the Western Front of World War II: American soldiers of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, part of the 30th Infantry Division, move past a destroyed American M5A1 'Stuart' tank on their march to recapture the town of St. Tanks have only been a tool of war since WWI when the British first deployed their slow, heavy yet powerful steel beasts.

Tank battles of ww2