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3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht)

Field	Value
unit_name	3rd Light Division
native_name	3. leichte Division
image	Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-121-0010-20, Polen, Kolonne motorisierter deutscher Truppen.jpg
dates	10 November 1938 – 16 October 1939
country	Nazi Germany
branch	Army
type	Mechanized
role	Mechanized warfare
size	Division
garrison	Cottbus
colors
colors_label
disbanded	16 October 1939
notable_commanders	Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen

The 3rd Light Division (sometimes described as Light Mechanized or Light Panzer to distinguish it from the later Light infantry divisions) was raised in November 1938. In 1939 it fought in the Invasion of Poland. On 4 September 1939, soldiers from the division entered the region of Katowice where they met resistance from the local Polish population. In retribution 80 Polish prisoners of war were gathered in Kosciuszko Square by German soldiers and executed.

Due to shortcomings that the campaign revealed in the organization of the Light divisions it was reorganized as the 8th Panzer Division in October 1939.

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