Death's Head Division

GPTKB entity

Properties (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1933-1945
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkbp:battleHonors gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:casualties high casualties
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired literature
inspired films
inspired art
inspired video games
subject of documentaries
depicted in media
studied in history courses
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Warsaw_Uprising
gptkbp:equipment armored vehicles
small arms
Panzer tanks
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Dachau
gptkbp:historicalSignificance symbol_of_Nazi_atrocities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Death's Head Division
gptkbp:knownFor concentration camp guards
gptkbp:legacy controversial history
gptkbp:motto “My Honor is Loyalty”
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Theodor_Eicke
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Spring_Awakening
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Zitadelle
gptkbp:operations gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:partOf Waffen-SS
gptkbp:reputation infamous for war crimes
gptkbp:size approximately 20,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:SS_Division_3
gptkbp:symbol Death's Head insignia
gptkbp:type SS_Division
gptkbp:uniform black uniform