SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1940-1945
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:composedOf volunteers from Belgium
volunteers from Denmark
volunteers from Estonia
volunteers from Finland
volunteers from Hungary
volunteers from Norway
volunteers from Sweden
volunteers from Switzerland
volunteers from the Netherlands
volunteers from France
volunteers from Spain
volunteers from Croatia
volunteers from Romania
volunteers from Italy
volunteers from Latvia
volunteers from Ukraine
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded May 1945
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:SS-Verfügungsdivision
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking
gptkbp:initialName gptkb:SS-Division_Germania
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Meine_Ehre_heißt_Treue
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Wiking
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Budapest
gptkb:Warsaw_Uprising
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Caucasus
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Felix_Steiner
gptkb:Herbert_Gille
gptkbp:notableEvent encirclement at Budapest
retreat through Hungary and Austria
gptkbp:notableUnit SS-Artillerie-Regiment 5
SS-Panzer-Regiment 5
SS-Infanterie-Regiment Germania
SS-Infanterie-Regiment Nordland
SS-Infanterie-Regiment Westland
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:successor none
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
mechanized infantry
gptkbp:warCrimeAllegation involvement in atrocities on Eastern Front
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:III_(Germanic)_SS_Panzer_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5