4th Panzer Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1945
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1938
gptkbp:awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formedIn gptkb:Wiener_Neustadt
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Wiener_Neustadt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 4th Panzer Division
gptkbp:nickname none widely used
gptkbp:notableAction fought in Normandy after D-Day
participated in the encirclement of Warsaw in 1939
retreated through Czechoslovakia at war's end
first German unit to reach the outskirts of Moscow in 1941
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Heinrich_Eberbach
gptkb:Hermann_Balck
gptkb:Erich_Hoepner
gptkb:Dietrich_von_Saucken
gptkb:Ludwig_Crüwell
gptkbp:notableEngagement defense of Warsaw
defense of Berlin
encirclement at Minsk
counterattack at Arras
crossing of the Meuse
encirclement at Falaise Pocket
retreat through East Prussia
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:German_Army_(Heer)
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Panzer_III
gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251
gptkb:StuG_III
gptkb:Panther_tank
gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Thoma
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6