12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/12th_SS_Panzer_Division_Hitlerjugend

GPTKB entity

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod	1943–1945
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:composedOf	members of Hitler Youth
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:formed	1943
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Beverloo_Camp,_Belgium
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
gptkbp:insignia	gptkb:SS_runes gptkb:Hitlerjugend_diamond
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Hitlerjugend
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Operation_Lüttich gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Battle_of_Aachen gptkb:Operation_Spring gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge gptkb:Battle_of_Caen gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Fritz_Witt gptkb:Hubert_Meyer gptkb:Kurt_Meyer gptkb:Theodor_Wisch
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ardennes defense of Vienna counterattack at Villers-Bocage defense of Caen defense of Falaise Pocket
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_the_Scheldt gptkb:Operation_Totalize gptkb:Operation_Tractable gptkb:Battle_of_Carpiquet Normandy landings response defense of the Reich
gptkbp:notableFor	war crimes close association with Hitler Youth fanatical resistance heavy casualties in Normandy high percentage of young soldiers
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:12th_SS_Anti-Aircraft_Battalion gptkb:12th_SS_Artillery_Regiment gptkb:12th_SS_Divisional_Support_Units gptkb:12th_SS_Engineer_Battalion gptkb:12th_SS_Field_Replacement_Battalion gptkb:12th_SS_Medical_Battalion gptkb:12th_SS_Panzer_Regiment gptkb:12th_SS_Reconnaissance_Battalion gptkb:12th_SS_Signal_Battalion gptkb:12th_SS_Supply_Battalion gptkb:25th_SS_Panzergrenadier_Regiment gptkb:26th_SS_Panzergrenadier_Regiment
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:I_SS_Panzer_Corps gptkb:6th_SS_Panzer_Army gptkb:Army_Group_B
gptkbp:size	gptkb:division
gptkbp:surrenderedTo	gptkb:U.S._Army gptkb:Enns,_Austria
gptkbp:warCrimes	gptkb:Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre gptkb:Ardenne_Abbey_massacre gptkb:Ascq_massacre murder of Canadian POWs
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:I_SS_Panzer_Corps gptkb:Waffen-SS gptkb:XII_SS_Corps gptkb:XI_SS_Panzer_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5