Army Group North

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German army group Wehrmacht formation

Army Group North was a major German Wehrmacht formation in World War II that led the northern offensive on the Eastern Front, including the drive toward Leningrad during Operation Barbarossa.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Army Group North canonical	45
German Army Group North	20
Army Group North Ukraine	6
Army Group North (2nd formation) in 1944	1
Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) in the Baltic region	1
Army Group North Ukraine (temporarily redesignated)	1
German Army Group North Ukraine	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German army group ⓘ Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
areaOfOperations	Baltic states ⓘ surface form: Baltic States Courland Peninsula ⓘ Leningrad Oblast ⓘ surface form: Leningrad region Northern Russia ⓘ
collaborationWith	Finnish Army ⓘ surface form: Army of Finland
commander	Georg von Küchler ⓘ Lothar Rendulic ⓘ Walter Model ⓘ Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ⓘ surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
directionOfAdvance	Northern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
disbandedOn	1945-01-25 ⓘ
engagedAgainst	Red Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
fate	Forces encircled in Courland Pocket at end of war ⓘ
formedOn	1941-06-22 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Courland Pocket ⓘ East Prussia ⓘ surface form: East Prussia (initially) Pskov Oblast ⓘ surface form: Pskov area Riga ⓘ
notableBattle	Baltic offensive (1944) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Narva (1944) Battle of Smolensk (1941) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Smolensk (supporting northern flank) Battle of Tikhvin ⓘ Courland Pocket ⓘ surface form: Courland Pocket battles
notableOperation	Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
operation	Baltic offensive (1944) ⓘ surface form: Baltic States campaign Operation Silver Fox (coordination with Finnish forces) ⓘ Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
partOf	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
primaryObjective	Leningrad ⓘ
reorganizedAs	Army Group North self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Army Group North (2nd formation) in 1944
strategicRole	Cutting off Leningrad from the rest of the Soviet Union ⓘ Securing northern flank of German advance into Soviet Union ⓘ
subordinateUnit	16th Army ⓘ 18th Army ⓘ German 17th Army ⓘ surface form: Army Detachment Kempf (temporarily) Army Detachment Narva ⓘ German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: Panzer Group 4
successor	Army Group Courland ⓘ Army Group Vistula ⓘ
surrenderDate	1945-05-08 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Red Army ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front ⓘ
warCrimeInvolvement	Crimes against civilians in occupied Baltic territories ⓘ Siege of Leningrad starvation policy ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

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

Operation Barbarossa → involvedUnit → Army Group North ⓘ

German 4th Panzer Army → front → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North Ukraine

GermanArmyGroupNorth → successor → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) in the Baltic region

Soviet-German Front → commandStructure → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

Ernst Busch → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ

Walter Model → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ

Army Group Centre → reconstitutedAs → Army Group North ⓘ

Army Group Centre → subordinateUnit → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North Ukraine (temporarily redesignated)

Army Group North → reorganizedAs → Army Group North self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North (2nd formation) in 1944

East Pomeranian Offensive → belligerent → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

East Prussian Offensive → combatant → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive → opposingUnit → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North Ukraine

Fedor von Bock → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ

18th Army (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

Colonel General Lindemann (as army-level subordinate) → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

subject surface form: Colonel General Lindemann

16th Army (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

Luftflotte 1 (in air support role) → supportedFormation → Army Group North ⓘ

4th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) → opposedBy → Army Group North ⓘ

Baltic offensive (1944) → opponent → Army Group North ⓘ

9th Army (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

German 1st Panzer Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North Ukraine

German 17th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North Ukraine

Field Marshal Georg von Küchler → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ

subject surface form: Georg von Küchler

Lublin–Brest Offensive → involvedUnit → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North Ukraine

3rd Panzer Army → higherCommand → Army Group North ⓘ

16th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

Army Detachment Narva → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

Courland Peninsula → belligerentForces → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

Totenkopf Division → partOf → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

Memel offensive → opponent → Army Group North ⓘ

Memel offensive → involvedUnit → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

Ninth Army → associatedWith → Army Group North ⓘ

18th Army → front → Army Group North ⓘ

18th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

Lothar Rendulic → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ

11th Guards Army → opponent → Army Group North ⓘ

43rd Army → opposed → Army Group North ⓘ

Army Group Courland → formedFrom → Army Group North ⓘ

Army Group Courland → precededBy → Army Group North ⓘ

Courland Pocket → involvedMilitaryUnit → Army Group North ⓘ

Šiauliai offensive → opposedBy → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

Šiauliai offensive → involvedUnit → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

4th Panzer Division → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

LVI Panzer Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group North Ukraine

von Leeb → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilhelm von Leeb

Battle of Narva (1944) → belligerent → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North

Encirclement of Leningrad from the south and southwest → belligerent → Army Group North ⓘ

Samland Offensive → opponent → Army Group North ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army Group North