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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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 → Walter von Reichenau → Walther Model →
historicalRegionOfOperations	Poland (1939) → Southern Russia → Ukraine →
includedUnit	11th Army → 17th Army → 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 → 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 → Oberkommando des Heeres →
theater	Eastern Front of World War II →
timePeriod	1939–1945 →
translatedName	Army Group South →
typeOfOperation	defensive operations → offensive operations →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
SovietPrisonersOfWar ("GermanArmyGroupCentre") → SovietPrisonersOfWar ("GermanArmyGroupSouth") →	capturedBy
Battle of Kursk ("German Army Group South") → Operation Barbarossa ("Army Group South") →	involvedUnit
Case Blue ("Army Group A") → Case Blue ("German Army Group South") →	involves
German 6th Army ("Army Group South") → Romanian 4th Army ("German Army Group South") →	subordinateTo
Donbass defensive operations (1941) ("German Army Group South") →	belligerent
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ("German Army Group South") →	combatant
Soviet-German Front ("German Army Group South") →	commandStructure
Operation Citadel ("German Army Group South") →	conductedBy
Soviet Steppe Front ("German Army Group South") →	engagedAgainst
Battle of the Dnieper ("German Army Group South") →	involvedBranch
Fall Weiss →	involvedForce
Voronezh–Voroshilovgrad defensive operations ("German Army Group South") →	opponent
6th Panzer Army ("German Army Group South") →	partOf
40th Army (Red Army) ("German Army Group South") →	primaryOpponents
Hungarian 2nd Army ("German Army Group South") →	subordination
Luftflotte 4 ("German Army Group South") →	supportedForces