Army Group Vistula

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German army group military unit

Army Group Vistula was a late-World War II German army group formed in early 1945 to defend against the advancing Soviet forces on the Eastern Front, particularly during the final battles around Berlin.

Aliases (3)

Army Group Weichsel ×1
German Army Group Vistula ×1
Heeresgruppe Weichsel ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German army group → military unit →
alliance	Axis powers →
commander	Gotthard Heinrici → Heinrich Himmler → Kurt Student →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
createdBy	Adolf Hitler →
disbandedAfter	German surrender in May 1945 →
disbandedIn	1945 →
engagedIn	Battle of Berlin → Battle of the Oder–Neisse → East Pomeranian Offensive → defensive operations in Pomerania →
facedOffensive	Soviet Berlin Offensive Operation → Soviet East Pomeranian Offensive → Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive →
firstCommander	Heinrich Himmler →
formedFrom	remnants of Army Group A → remnants of Army Group Centre → various ad hoc formations →
formedIn	1945 →
formedOn	January 1945 →
front	Oder River sector → Pomerania → Vistula River sector → approaches to Berlin →
headquartersLocation	Prenzlau → Stargard →
historicalEra	World War II →
languageOfName	German →
militaryBranch	Heer →
nativeName	Heeresgruppe Weichsel →
notableCommander	Gotthard Heinrici → Heinrich Himmler →
operationalPeriod	January 1945 – May 1945 →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) →
primaryOpponent	Red Army → Soviet Union →
reasonForFormation	respond to Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive →
statusIn1945	logistically strained → poorly organized → understrength →
subordinateUnit	Eleventh SS Panzer Army → Ninth Army → Third Panzer Army →
task	defend against Soviet advance on Berlin → defend the lower Vistula and Oder fronts →
theater	Eastern Front →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
9th Army → German 4th Panzer Army →	front
East Pomeranian Offensive ("German Army Group Vistula") →	belligerent
Gotthard Heinrici ("Army Group Weichsel") →	commanded
Battle of Berlin →	militaryUnit
Army Group Vistula ("Heeresgruppe Weichsel") →	nativeName
9th Army (Wehrmacht) →	subordinateTo
Army Group North →	successor