SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/SS_Panzergrenadier_Division_Wiking

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

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