Windhund Division

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German military unit

The Windhund Division was the nickname of the German 116th Panzer Division, a World War II armored unit of the Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Western Front.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Greyhound Division 1
Windhund Division canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military unit ⓘ
areaOfSurrender Ruhr Pocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
component Panzer regiment ⓘ
Panzergrenadier regiments ⓘ
anti-tank battalion ⓘ
artillery regiment ⓘ
engineer battalion ⓘ
reconnaissance battalion ⓘ
signals battalion ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
engagedAgainst British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
equipment Panther tanks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Panzer IV tanks ⓘ
self-propelled guns ⓘ
formationDate March 1944 ⓘ
formedFrom 16th Panzergrenadier Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
179th Reserve Panzer Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
front Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNickname Windhund Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialName 116th Panzer Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch Heer NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole armored warfare ⓘ
notableCommander Gerhard von Schwerin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heinrich Voigtsberger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siegfried von Waldenburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagementLocation Aachen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hürtgen Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalTheater Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf German Army (Heer) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
surrenderedTo United States forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol running greyhound emblem ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Aachen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Hürtgen Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Falaise Pocket NERFINISHED ⓘ
defense of the Roer River line ⓘ
defense of the Ruhr area ⓘ
unitType Panzer division ⓘ

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

116th Panzer Division → alsoKnownAs → Windhund Division ⓘ
116th Panzer Division → nickname → Windhund Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greyhound Division