Romanian 3rd Army

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The Romanian 3rd Army was a major field army of Romania that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, most notably suffering devastating losses while defending the flanks of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf field army
military unit
alliedWith German 6th Army
Nazi Germany
associatedOperation Operation Uranus
associatedWith Axis forces on the Eastern Front
branch Romanian Land Forces
surface form: Romanian Army
commandStructure Romanian General Staff
conflict World War II
country Romania
surface form: Kingdom of Romania
countryLeaderDuringWWII Ion Antonescu
engagedIn operations along the Don River
fate largely destroyed as a fighting force at Stalingrad
front Don Front
Soviet Stalingrad Front
surface form: Stalingrad Front
garrisonCountry Romania
historicalEra 20th century
militaryAlliance Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers
notableCharacteristic deployed on extended defensive sectors at Stalingrad
poorly equipped compared to German formations
notableEngagement Battle of Stalingrad
notableEvent encirclement during Soviet counteroffensive at Stalingrad
opposedBy Red Army
surface form: Soviet Red Army
partOf Romanian Land Forces
roleAtStalingrad flank defense of German 6th Army
suffered breakthrough of its lines by Soviet forces in November 1942
heavy losses at Stalingrad
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front
timePeriod World War II
surface form: Second World War
type combined arms army

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Battle of Stalingrad involvedMilitaryUnit Romanian 3rd Army
Romanian 4th Army cooperatedWith Romanian 3rd Army
Operation Uranus opponentUnit Romanian 3rd Army
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) attacker Romanian 3rd Army
Middle Don offensive participant Romanian 3rd Army
Army Group South subordinateUnit Romanian 3rd Army
middle Don River frontHeldBy Romanian 3rd Army
Battle of the Don Bend involvedMilitaryUnit Romanian 3rd Army
Crimean offensive (1944) opponent Romanian 3rd Army
this entity surface form: Romanian 3rd Army units
Crimean offensive (1944) militaryUnitInvolved Romanian 3rd Army
this entity surface form: Romanian 3rd Army elements
Soviet Operation Uranus involvedUnit Romanian 3rd Army
subject surface form: Operation Uranus
German 11th Army cooperatedWith Romanian 3rd Army
Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive axisUnit Romanian 3rd Army
Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation militaryUnitInvolved Romanian 3rd Army
this entity surface form: Romanian 3rd Army units
German Operation Trappenjagd involvesUnit Romanian 3rd Army
this entity surface form: Romanian 3rd Army elements