2nd Army

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The 2nd Army was a major field army of the German Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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2nd Army canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht army
field army
military unit
alliance Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers
branch Heer
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbandedIn 1945
engagedAgainst Poland
Red Army
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
formedIn World War II
front Army Group Centre
Army Group South
garrisonOrHeadquarters various locations on Eastern Front
historicalEra World War II
surface form: Second World War
militaryBranchOf Wehrmacht
notableBattle Battle of Kursk
Battles around Orel
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive
surface form: Voronezh–Kastornoye operations
notableCommander Hans von Salmuth
Maximilian von Weichs
Rudolf Schmidt
Walter Weiss
surface form: Walter Weiß

Walther von Reichenau
surface form: Walter von Reichenau
notableFor operations on the Eastern Front during World War II
operation Battle of Kursk
Case Blue
Invasion of Poland
German invasion of Yugoslavia
surface form: Invasion of Yugoslavia

Operation Barbarossa
participatedIn Operation Barbarossa
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union

German occupation operations in Eastern Europe
partOf Wehrmacht
surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
role defensive operations
offensive operations
size army-level formation
subordinateTo Army Group Centre
Army Group South
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
theater Balkan Campaign
Eastern Front
timePeriod 1939–1945
type combined arms formation
usedEquipment German Army standard equipment of World War II

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