SS Division Frundsberg

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:affiliation SS
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Operation_Spring_Awakening
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Berlin
gptkbp:branch SS
gptkbp:casualties High casualties during engagements
gptkbp:celebrates Memorials_in_Germany
gptkbp:colors Black and silver
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence on post-war media
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved Defeat_in_World_War_II
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Panther_tanks
Armored vehicles
Panzer IV tanks
Tiger I tanks
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Munich
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_Nazi_military_structure
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Debate over its role in the war
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the Waffen-SS history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Division Frundsberg
gptkbp:insignia Division insignia
gptkbp:legacy Controversial due to war crimes
gptkbp:militaryRank SS_Division
gptkbp:motto “Fidelitas”
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
Battle of the Seelow Heights
Battle of Tannenberg Line
gptkbp:notableFeature SS-Brigadeführer_Wilhelm_von_Gottberg
SS-Oberführer_Karl-Heinrich_von_Stülpnagel
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkbp:postWarCareer Dissolved after the war
Members faced prosecution
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:SS_Division_Leibstandarte_Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:recruitment Volunteers from various countries
gptkbp:role Armored warfare
gptkbp:size Approximately 15,000 personnel at peak
gptkbp:strategicGoals Significant in late-war operations
gptkbp:successor gptkb:SS_Division_Nordland
gptkbp:supportRole Infantry support
Mechanized infantry
Tank warfare
Extensive combat experience
gptkbp:symbol SS runes
gptkbp:tactics Combined arms tactics
gptkbp:training Intensive military training
gptkbp:type Panzer Division
gptkbp:uniform gptkb:SS_uniform