Panzer Division 6

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Panzer_Division_6
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:SS_Panzer_Division
gptkbp:casualties 200,000
gptkbp:combat_role gptkb:Armored_Warfare
gptkb:Shock_Troops
Mobile Warfare
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkb:Army_Group_B
gptkb:Army_Group_A
gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Generalmajor_Hermann_von_Oppeln-Bronikowski
gptkb:Generalmajor_Hermann_von_Wietersheim
gptkbp:country gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Panzer_III
gptkb:Tiger_I_tank
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:formation_date gptkb:1940
gptkbp:formed gptkb:1940
gptkbp:has_ability 15,000
5,000
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Brest
gptkbp:historical_significance Influenced post-war military strategies
Key role in early WWII victories
Pioneered tank warfare tactics
Involved in major battles throughout the war
Symbol of German military might
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Panzer Division 6
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern armored warfare
gptkbp:motto “ Fur Deutschland”
gptkbp:nickname “ The Sixth”
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:reform gptkb:1944
1943
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Panzer_Division_6_(Bundeswehr)
gptkb:Panzer_Division_6_(reformed)
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:type gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:6th_Panzer_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4