20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)
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The 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) was a World War II Waffen-SS infantry division composed largely of Estonian volunteers and conscripts that fought for Nazi Germany, primarily on the Eastern Front.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Waffen-SS division
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| associatedIdeology | anti-Sovietism ⓘ |
| associatedWith | German occupation of Estonia during World War II ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Soviet re-occupation of the Baltic states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| categorizedAs |
Estonian collaboration with Nazi Germany
ⓘ
foreign volunteer unit in the Waffen-SS ⓘ |
| composedPrimarilyOf |
Estonian conscripts
ⓘ
Estonian volunteers ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Front (World War II)
World War II ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | Estonians ⓘ |
| formedFrom |
3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Estonian Legion NERFINISHED ⓘ Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
1st Estonian SS Division
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Estonian SS Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
mixed volunteers and conscripts
ⓘ
under German command structure ⓘ |
| hasDesignation | 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor |
3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| ideologicalAlignment | National Socialism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Schutzstaffel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRole | infantry ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Narva (1944)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tannenberg Line (1944) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of Estonian manpower in German armed forces ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Estonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Waffen-SS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySoldierLanguage | Estonian GENERATED ⓘ |
| regardedAs | collaborationist formation ⓘ |
| status | disbanded ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historiographical debates in Estonia ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
German Army Group North
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SS Führungshauptamt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type |
grenadier division
ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.