2nd Fallschirmjäger Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
Wound Badge
Close Combat Clasp
gptkbp:battle Battle of the Bulge
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Arnhem
gptkbp:branch Fallschirmjäger
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Post-war_Germany
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:MG_42
Panzerfaust
StG 44
gptkbp:finaleDate Battle of Berlin
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:France
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Bordeaux
gptkbp:historicalContext Established_during_World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalSignificance One of the elite airborne divisions of the Wehrmacht
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2nd Fallschirmjäger Division
gptkbp:insignia Fallschirmjäger insignia
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war airborne units
gptkbp:motto “We are the paratroopers”
gptkbp:nickname The Green Devils
gptkbp:notableFeature Generalmajor_Hermann-Bernhard_Ramcke
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:reform 1944
gptkbp:reputation Highly trained paratroopers
gptkbp:role Airborne assault
gptkbp:size approximately 10,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor Fallschirmjäger Division 2
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Paratrooper_badge
gptkbp:symbolism Paratrooper traditions
gptkbp:training Paratrooper training schools
gptkbp:type gptkb:Airborne_Division
gptkbp:uniform Fallschirmjäger uniform