German 19th Mountain Division

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:battle_honors gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Heer
gptkbp:combat_role gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:command_structure divisional structure
gptkbp:commander Generalleutnant Hermann Hoth
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Balkans
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved 1945-05-08
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment standard Wehrmacht equipment
gptkbp:formation_date 1941-06-01
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Bavaria
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Munich
gptkb:Munich,_Germany
gptkbp:historical_significance specialized in mountain warfare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German 19th Mountain Division
gptkbp:insignia Edelweiss badge
gptkbp:is_active_in 1941
1945
gptkbp:is_decorated_with gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war mountain units
gptkbp:motto “ In the mountains, we are at home”
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Mountain_Division
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Operation_Spring_Awakening
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Generalmajor_Franz_Böhme
gptkbp:operational_history fought in various campaigns
gptkbp:operations mountain warfare
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:recruitment volunteers
gptkbp:reformed 1943
gptkbp:size approximately 15,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:none
gptkbp:supports medical battalion
artillery battalion
engineer battalion
transport battalion
signals battalion
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Edelweiss
gptkbp:theater gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:training mountain warfare tactics
gptkbp:type mountain division
gptkbp:uniform mountain troops uniform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Tirana
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7