Heeresgruppe Süd

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German army group Wehrmacht formation

Heeresgruppe Süd was a major German Army Group during World War II, best known for leading key offensives on the Eastern Front, including operations in Poland and later in the Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
German Army Group South	36
Army Group South	2
Army Group A	1
German Army Group South Ukraine	1
German Army Group South forces	1
GermanArmyGroupCentre	1
GermanArmyGroupSouth	1
Heeresgruppe Süd canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German army group ⓘ Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
formedFor	Invasion of Poland ⓘ
formedFrom	various German field armies ⓘ
hasCommander	Erich von Manstein ⓘ Fedor von Bock ⓘ Ferdinand Schörner ⓘ Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ Karl-Adolf Hollidt ⓘ Walther von Reichenau ⓘ surface form: Walter von Reichenau Walther Model ⓘ
historicalRegionOfOperations	Kresy ⓘ surface form: Poland (1939) southern Russia ⓘ surface form: Southern Russia Ukraine ⓘ
includedUnit	11th Army ⓘ German 17th Army ⓘ surface form: 17th Army German 1st Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: 1st Panzer Group 2nd Army ⓘ 6th Army ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
militaryBranch	German Army ⓘ
notableFor	leading key offensives on the Eastern Front ⓘ operations in Poland ⓘ operations in the Soviet Union ⓘ
operatedIn	Eastern Front ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
opposedBy	Polish Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ Battle of Kursk ⓘ Battle of Uman ⓘ Case Blue ⓘ Chernigov–Pripyat Offensive ⓘ surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Invasion of Poland ⓘ Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ⓘ Operation Barbarossa ⓘ Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ Vistula–Oder Offensive ⓘ
partOf	Heer ⓘ
role	strategic-level ground formation ⓘ
subordinateTo	Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
theater	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
timePeriod	1939–1945 ⓘ
translatedName	Army Group South ⓘ
typeOfOperation	defensive operations ⓘ offensive operations ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fall Weiss → involvedForce → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

SovietPrisonersOfWar → capturedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: GermanArmyGroupCentre

SovietPrisonersOfWar → capturedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: GermanArmyGroupSouth

Operation Barbarossa → involvedUnit → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group South

Case Blue → involves → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group A

German 6th Army → subordinateTo → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group South

Battle of Kursk → involvedUnit → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Hungarian 2nd Army → subordination → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Romanian 4th Army → subordinateTo → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Operation Citadel → conductedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet-German Front → commandStructure → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Battle of the Dnieper → involvedBranch → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

German 1942 summer offensive Case Blue → involves → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

subject surface form: Case Blue

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet Steppe Front → engagedAgainst → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Donbass defensive operations (1941) → belligerent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

6th Panzer Army → partOf → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

40th Army (Red Army) → primaryOpponents → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → combatant → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations → opponent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Luftflotte 4 → supportedForces → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Frühlingserwachen → involvesUnit → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front → opposedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Totenkopf Division → partOf → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive → target → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Unternehmen Blau → executedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive → opponent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Vienna Offensive → opponent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Donbas Strategic Offensive → opponent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Battle for the Bukrin bridgehead → opposingForce → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Hungarian Army units → subordinatedTo → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Rostov offensive operations → combatant → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Warsaw Army → opponent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Donbass offensive (1943) → belligerent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Commander of Army Group South → usedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet 18th Army → engagedWith → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Voronezh–Kursk defensive operation → combatant → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Battle of Perekop (1944) → combatantSide2 → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South forces

Axis advance into Bessarabia and northern Black Sea region → commandedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive → opponent → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South Ukraine

Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive → combatant → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Uman pocket → combatantRole → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Kamenets-Podolsky pocket → hasParticipant → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Soviet 57th Army → opposedBy → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South

Retreat from the Eastern Front → involves → Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group South