SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101

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SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101 was a Waffen-SS heavy tank battalion of Nazi Germany in World War II, noted for operating Tiger I tanks and for including the renowned tank commander Michael Wittmann among its members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Waffen-SS heavy tank battalion ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Adolf Hitler ⓘ
associatedWith Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Allied invasion of Normandy ⓘ
linked to: Operation Overlord
branch Waffen-SS armoured troops ⓘ
composition Tiger heavy tanks ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
designationChangedTo SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 501 ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of Villers-Bocage ⓘ
equipment Tiger I ⓘ
linked to: Tiger I tank

Tiger II ⓘ
formationYear 1943 ⓘ
garrisonDuringNormandy area of Caen ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
historicalReputation renowned for Tiger tank operations in Normandy ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
militaryBranch armour ⓘ
militaryRole heavy armour support ⓘ
nativeName schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 ⓘ
notableAction armoured counterattacks against Allied landings in Normandy ⓘ
notableCommander Michael Wittmann ⓘ
notableFor operating Tiger I heavy tanks ⓘ
notableMember Michael Wittmann ⓘ
notableVehicleType Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I ⓘ
linked to: Tiger I tank

Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II ⓘ
linked to: Tiger II
operatedBy Waffen-SS personnel ⓘ
partOf Waffen-SS ⓘ
role armoured warfare ⓘ
breakthrough operations ⓘ
service German Army order of battle on Western Front 1944 (Waffen-SS component) ⓘ
sideInConflict Axis powers ⓘ
size battalion ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordination 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ⓘ
I SS Panzer Corps ⓘ
successorUnit SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 501 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Normandy ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
typeOfUnit heavy tank battalion ⓘ
unitNumber 101 ⓘ
warCrimeContext part of Waffen-SS, a criminal organization under Nuremberg Tribunal ⓘ

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Michael Wittmann → militaryUnit → SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101 ⓘ
Battle of Villers-Bocage → involvedUnit → schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 ⓘ
linked to: SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101
SS heavy panzer battalions → notableUnit → schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 ⓘ
linked to: SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101
SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101 → nativeName → schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 ⓘ
linked to: SS-Schwere Panzerabteilung 101