Ninth Army

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German field army Wehrmacht formation

The Ninth Army was a German field army of the Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, including in the final defense of Berlin.

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Ninth Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German field army ⓘ
Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
allegiance Nazi Germany ⓘ
associatedWith Army Group A ⓘ
Army Group Centre ⓘ
Army Group North ⓘ
Army Group Vistula ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
engagedIn defensive operations on the Oder front in 1945 ⓘ
retreat from the central sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
fate encircled east of Berlin in 1945 ⓘ
largely destroyed in the Battle of Berlin ⓘ
finalRole defense of Berlin ⓘ
formedInConflict World War II ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
garrisonOrAreaOfOperations Eastern Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
ideologicalContext Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime
languageOfName German ⓘ
militaryBranch German Army ⓘ
nativeName 9th Army ⓘ
surface form: 9. Armee
notableCommander Adolf Strauss ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Theodor Busse ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
Walter Weiss ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Berlin ⓘ
Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Battle of the Seelow Heights ⓘ
Operation Bagration ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations ⓘ
surface form: Rzhev battles
notableEvent attempted breakout from the Halbe pocket in April 1945 ⓘ
operationalFocus central sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
participatedIn Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union

defense against Soviet offensives in 1944–1945 ⓘ
partOf German Army ⓘ
surface form: German Army (Heer)

Wehrmacht ⓘ
primaryOpponents Red Army ⓘ
role field army ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Group Centre ⓘ
Army Group Vistula ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
type field army ⓘ

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Army Group Vistula → subordinateUnit → Ninth Army ⓘ