Army Group B

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German army group Wehrmacht formation

Army Group B was a major German Wehrmacht formation on the Eastern Front in World War II, commanding multiple armies in key operations including the 1942 summer offensive toward the Volga and the Caucasus.

Aliases (2)

German Army Group B ×7
German Army Group B (in its area of responsibility at times) ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German army group → Wehrmacht formation →
commander	Erwin Rommel → Fedor von Bock → Günther von Kluge → Maximilian von Weichs → Walter Model →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
disbanded	1945 →
engagedIn	Battle of Kursk → Battle of Stalingrad → Battle of the Bulge → Case Blue → Defense of the Ruhr Pocket → German invasion of France → Normandy campaign → Operation Barbarossa → Operation Market Garden →
formed	1940 →
notableCommander	Erwin Rommel → Fedor von Bock → Günther von Kluge → Maximilian von Weichs → Walter Model →
notableOperation	1942 German summer offensive toward the Caucasus → 1942 German summer offensive toward the Volga → Battle of Kursk → Battle of Stalingrad → Battle of the Bulge → Case Blue → Defense of the Ruhr → Normandy campaign → Operation Citadel → Operation Market Garden →
objective	advance toward the Caucasus in 1942 → advance toward the Volga in 1942 →
partOf	German Army (Heer) → Wehrmacht →
role	commanded multiple German armies →
subordinateUnit	15th Army → 1st Parachute Army → 2nd Army → 4th Panzer Army → 5th Panzer Army → 6th Army → 7th Army → 9th Army → Italian Army Group C →
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front → Italian Front → Western Front →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
16th Army (Wehrmacht) → 40th Army Corps → 6th Army → German 6th Army → Italian 8th Army ("German Army Group B") → Romanian 4th Army ("German Army Group B") → VIII Army Corps →	subordinateTo
Fedor von Bock → Maximilian von Weichs → Oberbefehlshaber West ("German Army Group B (in its area of responsibility at times)") → Walter Model →	commanded
Case Blue → Case Blue →	involves
12th Army Group ("German Army Group B") → Operation Cobra ("German Army Group B") →	opposedBy
Italian 8th Army ("German Army Group B") →	alliedWith
Ruhr Pocket →	defendingForce
OB West →	hasPart
6th Panzer Army →	higherCommand
6th Army →	higherCommandDuringStalingrad
Operation Blue →	involvedUnit
Ewald von Kleist →	notableCommand
Crossing of the Rhine ("German Army Group B") →	opponent
Commander-in-Chief West →	oversaw
Southwestern Front →	primaryAdversaryFormation
Army Group South →	reorganizedAs
Hungarian 2nd Army ("German Army Group B") →	subordination