German Army Group C

E158968

Wehrmacht army group military formation

German Army Group C was a major Wehrmacht formation responsible for defending northern Italy, including the Gothic Line, against Allied forces during the later stages of World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
German Army Group C canonical	6

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht army group ⓘ military formation ⓘ
allegiance	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
areaOfOperations	Italy ⓘ Volturno Line ⓘ surface form: Po River line Tuscan-Romagnol Apennines ⓘ surface form: northern Apennines
branch	German Army ⓘ surface form: German Army (Heer)
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
engagement	Allied offensive on the Po Valley ⓘ Gothic Line offensive ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Gothic Line Spring 1945 offensive in Italy ⓘ
frontLine	Gothic Line ⓘ Po Valley ⓘ
garrison	Northern Italy ⓘ surface form: northern Italy
headquartersLocation	various locations in northern Italy ⓘ
historicalEra	20th century ⓘ
involvedIn	occupation of northern Italy ⓘ
languageOfCommand	German ⓘ
militaryBranch	Heer ⓘ
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring ⓘ Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ Joachim Lemelsen ⓘ
notableFor	prolonged defensive operations in mountainous terrain ⓘ resistance to Allied advance in Italy until May 1945 ⓘ
opponent	Allied forces ⓘ Brazilian Expeditionary Force ⓘ British Army ⓘ Italian Co-Belligerent Army ⓘ surface form: Italian Co-belligerent Army Polish II Corps ⓘ United States Army ⓘ partisan forces in Italy ⓘ
partOf	German Army ⓘ surface form: German Army (Heer) Wehrmacht ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of German and Italian Social Republic forces in northern Italy ⓘ
role	defence of northern Italy ⓘ defence of the Gothic Line ⓘ
subordinateUnit	German Fourteenth Army ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Army (Wehrmacht) Armed Forces of the Italian Social Republic ⓘ surface form: Liguria Army (Italian Social Republic) German Tenth Army ⓘ surface form: Tenth Army (Wehrmacht)
surrenderDate	1945-05-02 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Allied Armies in Italy ⓘ surface form: Allied forces in Italy
surrenderLocation	Italy ⓘ
theatre	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign
timePeriod	later stages of World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Gothic Line offensive → belligerent → German Army Group C ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → opposedBy → German Army Group C ⓘ

Commander 15th Army Group → primaryOpponent → German Army Group C ⓘ

subject surface form: 15th Army Group

Allied advance on Rome → opponent → German Army Group C ⓘ

Winter Line → militaryBranch → German Army Group C ⓘ

Gothic Line → controlledBy → German Army Group C ⓘ