Army Group Don

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German army group Wehrmacht military formation

Army Group Don was a short-lived German Wehrmacht army group formed in late 1942 on the Eastern Front to coordinate forces, including the encircled 6th Army, during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Label Occurrences
Army Group Don canonical 8
German Army Group Don 5

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German army group ⓘ
Wehrmacht military formation ⓘ
activePeriod early 1943 ⓘ
late 1942 ⓘ
areaOfOperations Caucasus approaches ⓘ
Don River region ⓘ
Stalingrad strategic defensive operations (flank sector) ⓘ
surface form: Stalingrad sector
commander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
commanderRank Field Marshal ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1943-02-15 ⓘ
failedToAchieve Breakout or relief of 6th Army ⓘ
formedByOrderOf Adolf Hitler ⓘ
formedOn 1942-11-21 ⓘ
front Southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
headquartersLocation Novocherkassk ⓘ
historicalOutcome Could not prevent German defeat at Stalingrad ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
militaryBranch Heer ⓘ
notableCommander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
objective Stabilization of the Don-Volga front ⓘ
operation Operation Winter Storm ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Southwestern Front ⓘ
Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German Army (Heer)

Wehrmacht ⓘ
primaryMission Relief of encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad ⓘ
reasonForFormation Crisis after Soviet Operation Uranus ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
relatedFormation 6th Army ⓘ
status short-lived formation ⓘ
subordinateUnit German 4th Panzer Army ⓘ
surface form: 4th Panzer Army

Army Detachment Hollidt ⓘ
Hungarian units on the Don ⓘ
Italian 8th Army elements ⓘ
Romanian 3rd Army remnants ⓘ
Romanian 4th Army ⓘ
surface form: Romanian 4th Army remnants
succeededBy Army Group South ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

German 6th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
Romanian 4th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army Group Don
Operation Little Saturn → targetedUnit → Army Group Don ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army Group Don
40th Army Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
Armata Italiana in Russia → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army Group Don
ARMIR → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army Group Don
6th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm) → commandedUnit → Army Group Don ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Winter Storm
Operation Winter Storm → militaryUnit → Army Group Don ⓘ
Army Detachment Hollidt → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
Southern sector of the Eastern Front → axisCommand → Army Group Don ⓘ
17. Armee → subordinateTo → Army Group Don ⓘ
Soviet 57th Army → opposedBy → Army Group Don ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army Group Don