8th Panzer Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/8th_Panzer_Division
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1939–1945
gptkbp:branch gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded May 1945
gptkbp:formed October 1939
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:3rd_Light_Division
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Cottbus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 8th Panzer Division
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Erich_Brandenberger
gptkb:Gottfried_Frölich
gptkb:Walter_Neumann-Silkow
gptkb:Werner_Friebe
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk_(1941)
gptkb:Retreat_from_Leningrad
Defensive battles in East Prussia
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Invasion_of_France
gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Erich_Brandenberger
gptkb:Panzer_Group_4
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7