5th Panzer Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:casualties High during late war
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkb:Army_Group_B
gptkb:Army_Group_A
gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:France
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkb:Panzer_III
gptkb:Tiger_I_tank
gptkbp:formed 1939
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Bavaria
gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:historical_significance Key role in early war victories
Symbol of German armored forces
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 5th Panzer Division
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war armored tactics
gptkbp:logistics Mechanized supply
gptkbp:motto “ Fur Deutschland”
gptkbp:nickname “ The Spearhead”
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Generalmajor_Hermann_Balck
gptkbp:operational_status Active
gptkbp:operations gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:post_war_career Dissolved
Legacy in military history
gptkbp:recruitment Conscription
gptkbp:reformed 1943
gptkbp:reputation Highly mobile
gptkbp:strength approximately 5,000
approximately 15,000
gptkbp:successor gptkb:5th_Panzer_Army
gptkbp:symbol Division insignia
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:training Armored warfare
gptkbp:unit_type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4