SS Division Nord

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formed 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Norway
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Division Nord
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:Nord_rune
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Suomussalmi
gptkb:Operation_Arctic_Fox
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Lapland_War
Defensive battles in Norway
Retreat from Finland
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Friedrich-Wilhelm_Krüger
gptkb:Franz_Augsberger
gptkb:Karl-Maria_Demelhuber
gptkb:Matthias_Kleinheisterkamp
gptkb:Otto_Kumm
gptkbp:notableEvent involved in war crimes
heavy casualties in 1941 due to inexperience
gptkbp:notableFor composed mainly of German volunteers
later reorganization as mountain division
operations in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions
poor performance in early operations
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:SS-Artillerie_Regiment_Nord
gptkb:SS-Aufklärungs_Abteilung_Nord
gptkb:SS-Feldersatz_Bataillon_Nord
gptkb:SS-Feldgendarmerie_Trupp_Nord
gptkb:SS-Gebirgsjäger_Regiment_11
gptkb:SS-Gebirgsjäger_Regiment_12
gptkb:SS-Kriegsberichter_Zug_Nord
gptkb:SS-Nachrichten_Abteilung_Nord
gptkb:SS-Panzerjäger_Abteilung_Nord
gptkb:SS-Pionier_Bataillon_Nord
gptkb:SS-Sanitäts_Abteilung_Nord
gptkb:SS-Versorgungs_Regiment_Nord
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:SS_Kampfgruppe_Nord
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:German_20th_Mountain_Army
gptkb:German_Army_Group_Lapland
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:6th_SS_Mountain_Division_Nord
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
mountain division
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Matthias_Kleinheisterkamp
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5