SS Cavalry Brigade

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkbp:commander gptkb:SS_officers
gptkbp:commandStructure Waffen-SS_hierarchy
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1941
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:culturalSignificance documentaries
gptkbp:decommissioningDate defeat in war
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:equipment horses
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:historicalContext Nazi_military_strategy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod war crimes accountability
gptkbp:historicalRecords military archives
gptkbp:historicalResearch military historians
gptkbp:historicalSignificance military records
war_crimes
Nazi_military_operations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Cavalry Brigade
gptkbp:intelligence reconnaissance missions
gptkbp:legacy controversial history
gptkbp:logistics motorized transport
gptkbp:militaryRank Axis powers
Blitzkrieg tactics
infantry support
various battles
brigade level
controversial military history
SS_ranks
gptkbp:motto “My Honor is Loyalty”
gptkbp:nickname “Death's_Head_Brigade”
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Fritz_Klingenberg
gptkbp:notableOperations anti-partisan operations
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:operationalHistory various fronts
gptkbp:operationalStatus supply issues
gptkbp:partOf Waffen-SS
gptkbp:postWarCareer historical analysis
dissolved
gptkbp:primaryFunction mounted warfare
gptkbp:recruitment volunteer soldiers
gptkbp:role reconnaissance
gptkbp:size brigade
gptkbp:strategicGoals flanking enemy positions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:SS_Cavalry_Division
gptkbp:supportRole light cavalry
multiple campaigns
varied by campaign
gptkbp:symbol SS runes
gptkbp:tactics flanking maneuvers
gptkbp:training military drills
gptkbp:type cavalry
gptkbp:uniform gptkb:SS_uniform