German Army Group B

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German Army Group B was a major Wehrmacht formation during World War II that commanded multiple German and Axis allied armies on key fronts, including the Eastern Front and later in Western Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht army group
military formation
alliance Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers
areaOfOperations Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Soviet Union
commandStructure Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW)

OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
militaryBranch Heer
notableCommander Erwin Rommel
Fedor von Bock
Maximilian von Weichs
Walter Model
notableEvent central role in German defense in Northern France and the Low Countries
commanded German forces opposing Allied landings in Normandy
key German headquarters during Operation Market Garden
participated in Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge)
retreat and defense along the Rhine
operation Battle of France
Battle of Normandy
Battle of Stalingrad
surface form: Battle of Stalingrad (peripheral involvement / sector command)

Battle of the Bulge
Case Blue
Defense of Northern Italy
Defense of the Rhine
Invasion of the Low Countries
surface form: Invasion of Belgium

Invasion of the Low Countries
surface form: Invasion of the Netherlands

Italian campaign
surface form: Italian Campaign

Battle of Normandy
surface form: Normandy Campaign

Operation Barbarossa
Operation Market Garden
partOf German Army
surface form: German Army (Heer)

Wehrmacht
role operational command of multiple armies
subordinateUnit 15th Army
2nd Panzer Army
5th Panzer Army
6th Army
7th Army
Italian and other Axis allied units (various periods)
theater Eastern Front
Italian Front
Western Front
timePeriod World War II era

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Armata Italiana in Russia subordinateTo German Army Group B
ARMIR subordinateTo German Army Group B
Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive opponent German Army Group B
Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive opposingForce German Army Group B
this entity surface form: German Army Group B elements
Battle of the Falaise Pocket opponent German Army Group B
40th Army (Red Army) primaryOpponents German Army Group B
Retreat from Normandy opposedBy German Army Group B
Retreat from Normandy opposedBy German Army Group B
this entity surface form: Heeresgruppe B
Capture of Cologne opponent German Army Group B
Battle of Normandy involvedForce German Army Group B
Fall Gelb (original variant) associatedWith German Army Group B
this entity surface form: Heeresgruppe B
Dunkirk pocket opponent German Army Group B
Hungarian Army units subordinatedTo German Army Group B
Operation Grenade opponent German Army Group B