Panzer-Division Müncheberg was a German panzer division which saw action on the Eastern Front around Berlin during World War II.

The forces of Marshal Vasily Chuikov had reached the outskirts of Küstrin on 31 January and attempted to secure a bridgehead across the Oder.

Chuikov's forces, hesitant to attack the well-defended fortress, began attempts to surround Küstrin.

By 25 March the outer encirclement was completed, trapping several German units including a platoon from the Müncheberg.

A Soviet counter-attack hit the 20th Panzergrenadier Division and soon the attack was in disarray, with elements of the 20th falling back in a disorganised rout.

On 16 April the Red Army launched an offensive operation across the Alte Oder aimed at capturing Berlin.

On 20 April Müncheberg, together with its neighboring formation 11th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Nordland fell back into Berlin itself.

With its last ten panzers, the Müncheberg initially made progress, but several local Soviet counter-attacks soon halted the advance.

From the Air Ministry comes news that General Erich Bärenfänger has been relieved of his post of commander of the Berlin garrison.

General Mummert takes charge of the Tank Corps... On 27 April, very early in the morning, Hitler ordered the flooding of the Berlin underground to slow the advancing Red Army.

Hitler's order resulted in the drowning of many German soldiers and civilians who had taken refuge in the tunnels.

Reason: On somebody's orders, engineers have blasted the locks of the canal between Schoeneburg and Mockern Bridges to flood the tunnels against the advancing Russians.

A horrible sight: Men, soldiers, women, and children are literally glued to the wall.

He is determined to shoot down personally any courts-martial that appears... We cannot hold the Potsdamer Platz and move through the subway tunnel to Nollendorferplatz.

By 1 May the division had been pushed back to the Tiergarten and was fighting to defend the Zoo Flak Tower, the shelter of thousands of civilians.

The Müncheberg's last operating panzer, a Tiger 1, was abandoned on the Unter den Linden straße a hundred metres from the Brandenburg Gate.

Those who made it across the bridge found that they were surrounded by the Soviet forces; on the same day, the division ceased to exist.