German Panzer Lehr Division

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_Panzer_Lehr_Division
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf German armored division
gptkbp:activePeriod 1943-1945
gptkbp:awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Paderborn
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Panzer Lehr Division
gptkbp:nameOrigin Formed from demonstration and training units (Lehr units)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Panzer-Lehr-Division
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_Villers-Bocage
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falaise_Pocket
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Cobra
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Fritz_Bayerlein
gptkb:Hyazinth_Graf_Strachwitz
gptkbp:notableEvent Heavily bombed by Allied air forces in Normandy
Participated in Ardennes Offensive
Suffered heavy losses in Operation Cobra
Surrendered to US forces in 1945
gptkbp:notableFeature Elite status
High proportion of armored vehicles
Well-equipped compared to other divisions
gptkbp:notableLoss Destroyed and reformed several times
Severely depleted by end of war
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:130th_Panzer_Artillery_Regiment
gptkb:130th_Panzer_Regiment
gptkb:901st_Panzergrenadier_Regiment
gptkb:902nd_Panzergrenadier_Regiment
gptkb:Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung_130
gptkb:Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung_130
gptkb:Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon_130
gptkb:Panzer-Versorgungstruppen_130
gptkb:Panzerjäger-Abteilung_130
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:5th_Panzer_Army
gptkb:Heeresgruppe_B
gptkb:7th_Army
gptkbp:size ~20,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:Eastern_Front_(briefly_in_1945)
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Jagdpanzer_IV
gptkb:Panzer_IV_tank
gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251_half-track
gptkb:StuG_III
gptkb:Panther_tank
gptkb:Tiger_I_tank
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4