German 11th Army

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The German 11th Army was a Wehrmacht field army that played a key role on the Eastern Front in World War II, particularly noted for its protracted operations in the Crimean Peninsula.

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German 11th Army canonical 4
11th Army (Wehrmacht) 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht field army
military unit
allegiance Adolf Hitler
branch Heer
commander Erich von Manstein
commandStructure OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
conflict World War II
cooperatedWith Romanian 3rd Army
Romanian 4th Army
country Nazi Germany
disbandedIn World War II aftermath
engagedAgainst Red Army
Soviet Black Sea Fleet
engagementStyle combined arms operations
equipmentFrom German arms industry
formedIn World War II
garrisoned Crimea
surface form: Crimean Peninsula
historicalPeriod 20th century
ideologyContext Nazism
surface form: National Socialism
involvedIn German occupation policies in Crimea
war crimes on the Eastern Front
knownFor encirclement operations
heavy use of artillery in siege warfare
languageOfCommand German
militaryBranch land forces
notableCommander Erich von Manstein
notableFor Siege of Sevastopol
operations in the Crimean Peninsula
operatedIn Crimea
Eastern Front
Soviet Union
partOf Wehrmacht
surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
role offensive operations against Soviet forces in southern USSR
reduction of Soviet fortified positions in Crimea
status disbanded
subordinateTo Army Group A
Army Group South
supportedBy Luftwaffe
surface form: Luftwaffe units

Romanian Army units
theater Eastern Front
tookPartIn Crimean campaign
surface form: Crimean Campaign

Operation Barbarossa
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
operations in southern sector of Eastern Front
typeOfUnit field army
used coastal artillery
siege artillery

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11th Army hasDesignation German 11th Army
this entity surface form: 11th Army (Wehrmacht)
11th Army hasAlternativeName German 11th Army
Battle of the Sea of Azov involvedUnit German 11th Army
this entity surface form: 11th Army (Wehrmacht)
German Operation Trappenjagd commandedBy German 11th Army
this entity surface form: 11th Army (Wehrmacht)
German Operation Trappenjagd involvesUnit German 11th Army