German 21st Panzer Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_21st_Panzer_Division
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1941–1945
gptkbp:branch gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:5th_Light_Division
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:France
gptkb:North_Africa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German 21st Panzer Division
gptkbp:notableAction Defended Caen during Normandy Campaign
Fought in North Africa under Rommel
Participated in Operation Bluecoat
Participated in Operation Epsom
Participated in Operation Goodwood
Participated in Operation Perch
Participated in Operation Totalize
Participated in counterattacks on D-Day
Used captured French tanks in Normandy
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Normandy_Campaign
gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Battle_of_Caen
gptkb:Falaise_Pocket
gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Edgar_Feuchtinger
gptkb:Fritz_Bayerlein
gptkb:Hans_von_Luck
gptkb:Heinrich_Eberbach
gptkb:Karl_Buelowius
gptkb:Walther_Nehring
gptkbp:notableEvent Destroyed in Tunisia 1943
Surrendered to British forces in 1945
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Afrika_Korps
gptkbp:reconstitutedFrom elements in France after Tunisia
gptkbp:reformed 1943
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Hotchkiss_H39
gptkb:Marder_I
gptkb:Panzer_III
gptkb:Panzerwerfer_42
gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251
gptkb:Somua_S35
gptkb:StuG_III
gptkb:Wespe
gptkb:Panther_tank
gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4