German Army on the Eastern Front

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The German Army on the Eastern Front was the Wehrmacht’s primary land force fighting the Soviet Union during World War II, engaged in some of the largest and most brutal campaigns of the conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Wehrmacht
military formation
casualties several million killed, wounded, or missing
collaboratedWith Einsatzgruppen
SS units
local collaborationist forces
commander Erich von Manstein
Fedor von Bock
Georg von Küchler
Gerd von Rundstedt
Günther von Kluge
Heinz Guderian
Walther von Brauchitsch
Wilhelm Keitel
surface form: Wilhelm Keitel (as OKW chief overseeing operations)
conflict World War II
consequence retreat to Germany and eventual surrender in 1945
country Nazi Germany
endTime 1945-05
engagedIn defensive operations after 1943
mobile warfare
siege warfare
frontLineExtent from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea at various times
includedBranch armored forces
artillery
engineer troops
infantry
logistics units
reconnaissance units
notableOperation Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
Case Blue
Operation Bagration
surface form: Operation Bagration (as opposing force)

Operation Barbarossa
Operation Typhoon
Siege of Leningrad
opponent Red Army
Soviet Union
partOf Heer
Wehrmacht
peakStrength millions of soldiers
result defeat by the Red Army
startTime 1941-06-22
strategicObjective capture of key cities such as Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad
defeat of the Soviet Union
seizure of Soviet territory
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front
usedDoctrine Blitzkrieg
warCrimeInvolvement mass shootings of civilians
starvation policies
support for the Holocaust in occupied Soviet territories

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Ferdinand Schörner partOf German Army on the Eastern Front
Joachim Lemelsen partOf German Army on the Eastern Front
this entity surface form: German Army high command on the Eastern Front
22nd Army primaryEnemy German Army on the Eastern Front