8th Panzer Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkb:Eastern_Front_Medal
gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkb:Wound_Badge
gptkbp:combat_role Mechanized infantry
Tank warfare
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Generalmajor_Hermann_von_Oppeln-Bronikowski
gptkbp:country gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:cultural_representation gptkb:Documentaries
gptkb:Films
Books
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved Defeat in WWII
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Panzer_III
gptkbp:formed 1939
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:has_ability approximately 15,000 personnel
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Brest
gptkbp:historical_context Part of the German military strategy in WWII
gptkbp:historical_significance One of the first armored divisions in the Wehrmacht
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 8th Panzer Division
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:is_engaged_in 1945
gptkbp:legacy Influenced post-war armored tactics
gptkbp:logistics Supply lines in combat zones
gptkbp:motto “ Fur Deutschland”
gptkbp:nickname “ The Ghost Division”
gptkbp:notable_allies gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:recruitment Conscription
gptkbp:reform gptkb:1944
1943
gptkbp:retirement_year Military history studies
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Panzer_Division_8
gptkbp:symbol Division insignia
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:training Tank training schools
gptkbp:type gptkb:aircraft