1st Parachute Army

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The 1st Parachute Army was a German World War II airborne field army composed primarily of paratrooper units that fought on the Western Front.

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1st Parachute Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German field army
airborne army
military unit
activeDuring 1944
1945
branch Luftwaffe
composedPrimarilyOf paratrooper units
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Nazi Germany
disbandedAfter German surrender in 1945
engagedIn defensive operations
retreat operations
faced Allied amphibious and river-crossing operations
formedIn 1944
garrisonOrHeadquartersLocation Netherlands
northwestern Germany
historicalPeriod European theatre of World War II
surface form: World War II in Europe
militaryRole airborne operations
ground combat
militarySpecialization airborne infantry
light infantry
notableCommander Alfred Schlemm
Günther Blumentritt
Kurt Student
notableFor defensive fighting on the Western Front
use of Luftwaffe paratroop formations as ground infantry
opponent Allied forces
British Army
Canadian Army
United States Army
participatedIn Battle of the Scheldt
defense of the Lower Rhine
defense of the Ruhr area
operations in the Netherlands
partOf German armed forces in World War II
status disbanded
subordinateTo Army Group B
Army Group H
Oberbefehlshaber West
theaterOfOperations Western Front
usedFor defense against Allied advance into northwestern Germany
holding the German front in the Netherlands

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Army Group B subordinateUnit 1st Parachute Army
German Army Group H subordinateUnit 1st Parachute Army