German Wehrmacht in Italy

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German military unit World War II military force military formation

The German Wehrmacht in Italy was the force of Nazi Germany responsible for defending the Italian peninsula during World War II, notably conducting protracted campaigns against Allied armies along fortified lines such as the Gustav and Gothic Lines.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
German Army high command on the Italian Front 1
German Wehrmacht in Italy canonical 1
German forces (after Italian armistice, 1943) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military unit ⓘ
World War II military force ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
collaboratedWith Italian Social Republic ⓘ
commandStructure Army Group C ⓘ
Fourteenth Army ⓘ
Tenth Army ⓘ
committed war crimes in Italy ⓘ
conflict Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateOfSurrender 2 May 1945 ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of the Garigliano ⓘ
Battle of the Sangro ⓘ
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy ⓘ
formedAfter Italian armistice of 1943 ⓘ
surface form: Italian armistice of 8 September 1943
hasPart Heer ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
notableCommander Albert Kesselring ⓘ
Eberhard von Mackensen ⓘ
Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ
notableWarCrimeLocation Fosse Ardeatine massacre ⓘ
surface form: Ardeatine massacre

Marzabotto massacre ⓘ
Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre ⓘ
surface form: Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre
occupationRole military occupation of northern Italy ⓘ
operatedIn Italy ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
Brazilian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Italian Co-Belligerent Army ⓘ
surface form: Italian Co-belligerent Army

Polish II Corps ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
role defense of Italian peninsula ⓘ
strategicObjective delay Allied advance toward central Europe ⓘ
supportedBy German paratrooper units ⓘ
Waffen-SS ⓘ
surface form: Waffen-SS units
surrenderedTo Allied Armies in Italy ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces in Italy
tactics defense in depth ⓘ
use of fortified mountain positions ⓘ
timePeriod 1943–1945 ⓘ
usedDefensiveLine Gothic Line ⓘ
Gustav Line ⓘ
Winter Line ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

4th Indian Division → engagedAgainst → German Wehrmacht in Italy ⓘ
German occupation of Italy → appliesToJurisdiction → German Wehrmacht in Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: German military commands in Italy
Fosse Ardeatine massacre → participant → German Wehrmacht in Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht units in Rome
Joachim Lemelsen → partOf → German Wehrmacht in Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army high command on the Italian Front
Conte di Cavour → capturedBy → German Wehrmacht in Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: German forces (after Italian armistice, 1943)
occupation of Turin → occupyingForce → German Wehrmacht in Italy ⓘ
this entity surface form: German military administration in Italy