7th Panzer Division

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German military unit Wehrmacht panzer division

The 7th Panzer Division was a German Wehrmacht armored division in World War II, famed for its rapid, surprise offensives in France under Erwin Rommel that earned it the nickname "Ghost Division."

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Label Occurrences
7th Panzer Division canonical 6
7. Panzer-Division 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military unit ⓘ
Wehrmacht panzer division ⓘ
allegiance Adolf Hitler ⓘ
branch German Army ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1945 ⓘ
engagedAgainst British Army ⓘ
British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Red Army

United States Army ⓘ
equipment Panther tank ⓘ
Panzer I tanks ⓘ
surface form: Panzer I

Panzer II ⓘ
Panzer III ⓘ
Panzer IV tanks ⓘ
surface form: Panzer IV
formationDate 1940 ⓘ
formedFrom 2nd Light Division ⓘ
garrison Gera ⓘ
Würzburg ⓘ
nativeName 7th Panzer Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 7. Panzer-Division
nickname Ghost Division ⓘ
notableCommander Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Friedrich Freiherr von Broich ⓘ
Hans von Funck ⓘ
Hasso von Manteuffel ⓘ
notableFor deep penetration tactics ⓘ
rapid armored advances ⓘ
surprise offensives in France ⓘ
partOf Heer ⓘ
size division ⓘ
surrenderDate 1945 ⓘ
surrenderedTo Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Western Allies
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African theater

Western Front ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle for Caen ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Caen

Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Battle of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Seelow Heights

Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Defense of the Eastern Front

Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Operation Overlord ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Retreat from Normandy ⓘ
Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
type armored division ⓘ

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Erwin Rommel → commanded → 7th Panzer Division ⓘ
7th Panzer Division → nativeName → 7th Panzer Division self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 7. Panzer-Division
2nd Light Division → reorganizedInto → 7th Panzer Division ⓘ
2nd Light Division → successor → 7th Panzer Division ⓘ
2nd Light Division → disbandedInto → 7th Panzer Division ⓘ
Ghost Division → refersTo → 7th Panzer Division ⓘ
Hasso von Manteuffel → commanded → 7th Panzer Division ⓘ