Army Group G

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German army group Wehrmacht formation

Army Group G was a major German Wehrmacht formation on the Western Front during World War II, responsible for defending southern France and later parts of western Germany against Allied forces.

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Label Occurrences
Army Group G canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German army group ⓘ
Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
activeDuring 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility Alsace ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
Saarland ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
southwestern Germany ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Germany
commander Friedrich Wiese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hermann Balck ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagement Operation Dragoon ⓘ
surface form: Allied invasion of Southern France

Battle of the Colmar Pocket ⓘ
Defense of the Rhine ⓘ
Defense of the Saar region ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Operations in Lorraine ⓘ
Southern France campaign ⓘ
surface form: Retreat from Southern France 1944

Vosges Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Vosges campaign
formed 1944 ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
militaryBranch Heer ⓘ
notableCommander Hermann Balck ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
notableFor defense against Allied advance in Southern France ⓘ
retreat across France into Germany in 1944–1945 ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
surface form: Free French forces

United States Army ⓘ
partOf German Army ⓘ
surface form: German Army (Heer)

Wehrmacht ⓘ
role defense of southern France ⓘ
defense of western Germany ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo Heeresgruppe Oberrhein ⓘ
surface form: Army Group Upper Rhine

Oberbefehlshaber West ⓘ
surrenderedIn May 1945 ⓘ
surrenderedTo United States Army ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Southern France ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
western Germany ⓘ
surface form: Western Germany
type army group-level formation ⓘ

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

OB West → hasPart → Army Group G ⓘ
9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen → subordinateTo → Army Group G ⓘ