1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1933–1945
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Normandy_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Balkans_Campaign
gptkbp:formed Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
gptkbp:initiallyFormedAs gptkb:Leibstandarte_Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:SS-Sonderkommando_Berlin
gptkb:SS-Stabswache_Berlin
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Meine_Ehre_heißt_Treue
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:LSSAH
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Theodor_Wisch
gptkb:Sepp_Dietrich
gptkb:Josef_Dietrich
gptkb:Wilhelm_Mohnke
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre
gptkb:Malmedy_massacre
war crimes
elite status in Nazi Germany
close association with Adolf Hitler
involvement in atrocities
participation in major WWII battles
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Kurt_Meyer
gptkb:Max_Wünsche
gptkb:Otto_Kumm
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:partOf Heer (German Army) operations
gptkbp:role armored warfare
mechanized infantry
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:SS_runes
key insignia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:II_SS_Panzer_Corps
gptkb:I_SS_Panzer_Corps
gptkb:Joachim_Peiper
gptkb:XI_SS_Panzer_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5