4th Panzer Division

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Panzer division Wehrmacht military unit

The 4th Panzer Division was a German Wehrmacht armored division that played a key role in early World War II blitzkrieg campaigns, including the invasion of Poland and France.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
4. Dywizja Pancerna (Niemcy) 2
German 4th Panzer Division 2
4th Panzer Division canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Panzer division ⓘ
Wehrmacht military unit ⓘ
branch German Army ⓘ
surface form: German Army (Heer)
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedAgainst British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
Polish Army ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Red Army
equipment Panzer I tanks ⓘ
Panzer II ⓘ
surface form: Panzer II tanks

Panzer III ⓘ
surface form: Panzer III tanks

Panzer IV tanks ⓘ
armored personnel carriers ⓘ
assault guns ⓘ
fate destroyed in final battles of World War II ⓘ
formedAt Würzburg ⓘ
formedOn 10 November 1938 ⓘ
garrison Würzburg ⓘ
hadComponent anti-tank battalion ⓘ
artillery regiment ⓘ
engineer battalion ⓘ
motorized infantry regiments ⓘ
reconnaissance battalion ⓘ
tank regiments ⓘ
militaryDoctrine blitzkrieg ⓘ
notableFor key role in early blitzkrieg campaigns ⓘ
rapid armored thrusts in France ⓘ
rapid armored thrusts in Poland ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Belgium

Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Battle of the Bzura ⓘ
Warsaw Uprising ⓘ
surface form: Defense of Warsaw 1944–1945

Defensive battles in Ukraine ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Final battles in East Prussia ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of France

Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
role breakthrough and exploitation ⓘ
offensive armored operations ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Group Centre ⓘ
surface form: Army Group Center

Army Group North ⓘ
Army Group South ⓘ
various Panzer corps on Eastern Front ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
typeOfUnit armored division ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Mokra → germanUnit → 4th Panzer Division ⓘ
Bitwa pod Mokrą → opponent → 4th Panzer Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 4. Dywizja Pancerna (Niemcy)
Bitwa pod Mokrą → attacker → 4th Panzer Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 4. Dywizja Pancerna (Niemcy)
Battle of Gembloux (1940) → forceInvolved → 4th Panzer Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 4th Panzer Division
Battle of Tomaszów Mazowiecki (1939) → hasParticipant → 4th Panzer Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 4th Panzer Division