at Quesnoy and the nearby Airaines. After the war a memorial was erected to the commanding French officer Charles N'Tchoréré, who was allegedly executed by soldiers under Rommel's command. The division is considered by to have been "likely" responsible for the execution of POWs in Hangest-sur-Somme, while Scheck believes they were too far away to have been involved in the massacres at Airaines and nearby villages. French historian states the number of victims of the division in Airaines at 109, mostly French-African soldiers from Senegal. Historian Daniel Butler agrees that it was possible the massacre at Le Quesnoy happened given the existence of Nazis like Karl Hanke in the division, while stating that in comparison with other German units, few sources regarding such actions of the men of the division exist (Butler believes that "it's almost impossible to imagine" Rommel authorizing or countenancing such actions, in either case). Showalter claims that there was no massacre at Le Quesnoy. Claus Telp comments that Airaines was not in the sector of the division, however, at Hangest and Martainville, elements of the division might have shot some prisoners and used British Colonel Broomhall as a human shield. Telp is of the opinion that it was unlikely Rommel approved or even knew about these two incidents. Commanding officers Generalmajor Georg Stumme (18 October 1939 – 5 February 1940) Generalmajor Erwin Rommel (5 February 1940 – 14 February 1941) Generalmajor Hans Freiherr von Funck (15 February 1941 – 17 August 1943) Oberst Wolfgang Gläsemer (17 August 1943 – 20 August 1943) Generalmajor Hasso von Manteuffel (20 August 1943 – 1 January 1944) Generalmajor Adelbert Schulz (1 January 1944 – 28 January 1944), KIA Oberst Wolfgang Gläsemer (28 January 1944 – 30 January 1944) Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss (30 January 1944 – 2 May 1944) Generalmajor Gerhard Schmidhuber (2 May 1944 – 9 September 1944) Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss (9 September 1944 – 31 October 1944) Generalmajor Hellmuth Mäder (31 October 1944 – 30 November 1944) Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss (30 November 1944 – 5 January 1945) Generalmajor Max Lemke (5 January 1945 – 23 January 1945) Generalmajor Dr. Karl Mauss (23 January 1945 – 25 March 1945) Oberst Hans Christern (26 March 1945 – 8 May 1945) Organization / Order of Battle May 1940 The organisation structure of the 7th Panzer Division of the German Heer (May 10, 1940), in preparation to the Battle of