Michael Wittmann

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German military personnel Waffen-SS officer human tank commander

Michael Wittmann was a renowned German Waffen-SS tank commander of World War II, famed for his Tiger I exploits on the Eastern Front and at the Battle of Villers-Bocage.

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Label Occurrences
Michael Wittmann canonical 9
German tank commander Michael Wittmann 1
Tiger tank commander Michael Wittmann 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military personnel ⓘ
Waffen-SS officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
tank commander ⓘ
allegiance Nazi Germany ⓘ
awardReceived Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Panzer Badge ⓘ
surface form: Panzer Badge in Silver

Wound Badge ⓘ
surface form: Wound Badge in Black
burialPlace La Cambe German war cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-04-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1944-08-08 ⓘ
familyName Wittmann ⓘ
fullName Michael Wittmann self-link ⓘ
givenName Michael ⓘ
militaryBranch Waffen-SS ⓘ
militaryRank SS-Hauptsturmführer ⓘ
SS-Obersturmführer ⓘ
militaryUnit Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ⓘ
SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101 ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Villers-Bocage ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign
notableFor actions at the Battle of Villers-Bocage ⓘ
tank warfare on the Eastern Front ⓘ
occupation soldier ⓘ
tank commander ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Vogelthal ⓘ
placeOfDeath Normandy ⓘ
near Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1944 ⓘ
serviceStartYear 1937 ⓘ
theatreOfWar Eastern Front ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
weapon Tiger I tank ⓘ
yearOfBirth 1914 ⓘ
yearOfDeath 1944 ⓘ

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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → notableRecipient → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
Michael Wittmann → fullName → Michael Wittmann self-link ⓘ
Battle of Villers-Bocage → involvedCommander → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
Wittmann → hasNotableBearer → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101 → notableMember → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101 → notableCommander → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
La Cambe German war cemetery → containsGraveOf → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
La Cambe German war cemetery → containsGraveOf → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
this entity surface form: German tank commander Michael Wittmann
La Cambe German war cemetery → containsGraveOf → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiger tank commander Michael Wittmann
La Cambe German war cemetery → notableBurial → Michael Wittmann ⓘ
Vogelthal → birthplaceOf → Michael Wittmann ⓘ