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.

Aliases (6)

Army Group North Ukraine ×4
German Army Group North ×3
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 → Courland Peninsula → Leningrad region → Northern Russia →
collaborationWith	Army of Finland →
commander	Georg von Küchler → Lothar Rendulic → Walter Model → 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 (initially) → Pskov area → Riga →
notableBattle	Battle of Narva (1944) → Battle of Smolensk (supporting northern flank) → Battle of Tikhvin → Courland Pocket battles →
notableOperation	Operation Barbarossa →
operation	Baltic States campaign → Operation Silver Fox (coordination with Finnish forces) → Siege of Leningrad →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) →
primaryObjective	Leningrad →
reorganizedAs	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 → Army Detachment Kempf (temporarily) → Army Detachment Narva → 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 (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
16th Army → 16th Army (Wehrmacht) → 18th Army (Wehrmacht) → 4th Army → 9th Army (Wehrmacht) → Colonel General Lindemann → German 17th Army ("Army Group North Ukraine") → German 1st Panzer Army ("Army Group North Ukraine") →	subordinateTo
Ernst Busch → Fedor von Bock → Georg von Küchler → Walter Model →	commanded
Lublin–Brest Offensive ("German Army Group North Ukraine") → Operation Barbarossa →	involvedUnit
East Pomeranian Offensive ("German Army Group North") →	belligerent
East Prussian Offensive ("German Army Group North") →	combatant
Soviet-German Front ("German Army Group North") →	commandStructure
German 4th Panzer Army ("Army Group North Ukraine") →	front
3rd Panzer Army →	higherCommand
Baltic offensive (1944) →	opponent
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) →	opposedBy
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive ("Army Group North Ukraine") →	opposingUnit
Army Group Centre →	reconstitutedAs
Army Group North ("Army Group North (2nd formation) in 1944") →	reorganizedAs
Army Group Centre ("Army Group North Ukraine (temporarily redesignated)") →	subordinateUnit
GermanArmyGroupNorth ("Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) in the Baltic region") →	successor
Luftflotte 1 (in air support role) →	supportedFormation