German 6th Army

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Wehrmacht field army military unit

The German 6th Army was a major Wehrmacht field army best known for its encirclement and catastrophic defeat at Stalingrad, a turning point on the Eastern Front in World War II.

Aliases (3)

German 6th Army (indirectly) ×1
German Sixth Army ×1
reconstituted 6th Army (post-Stalingrad) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht field army → military unit →
associatedDoctrine	Blitzkrieg (early campaigns) →
associatedWith	Wehrmacht war crimes on Eastern Front →
casualtiesAtStalingrad	very high →
commander	Friedrich Paulus → Hermann Hoth → Karl-Adolf Hollidt → Maximilian de Angelis → Walther von Reichenau →
conflict	Eastern Front (World War II) → World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
disbanded	1943 →
encircledBy	Soviet forces →
encirclementOperation	Operation Uranus →
engagedAgainst	Red Army → Soviet Union →
finalOperations	defensive battles in Eastern Europe →
finalPhase	retreat toward Germany →
formed	October 1939 →
historicalAssessment	symbol of catastrophic German defeat on Eastern Front →
historicalPeriod	1939–1945 →
locationDuringStalingrad	Stalingrad →
notableCommander	Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus → Generaloberst Walther von Reichenau →
notableEvent	encirclement at Stalingrad → surrender at Stalingrad →
notableFor	Battle of Stalingrad →
operation	Battle of France → Battle of Stalingrad → Case Blue → Invasion of Poland → Operation Barbarossa →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) →
reformed	1943 →
strengthAtStalingrad	hundreds of thousands of soldiers →
subordinateTo	Army Group B → Army Group Don → Army Group South →
successorUnit	reconstituted 6th Army (post-Stalingrad) →
surrenderDateAtStalingrad	2 February 1943 →
theater	France → Poland → Soviet Union →
turningPointIn	Eastern Front of World War II →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Uman → Operation Blue → Operation Spring Awakening →	involvedUnit
Don Front → Operation Koltso → Soviet 62nd Army →	opponent
Italian 8th Army → Romanian 3rd Army →	alliedWith
Battle of Stalingrad → Battle of the Don Bend ("German 6th Army (indirectly)") →	involvedMilitaryUnit
Battle of Vimy Ridge ("German Sixth Army") →	combatant
Romanian 4th Army →	cooperatedWith
Case Blue →	involves
Operation Uranus →	opponentUnit
Soviet 64th Army →	opposed
Soviet Don Front →	opposedUnit
German 6th Army ("reconstituted 6th Army (post-Stalingrad)") →	successorUnit
Luftflotte 4 →	supportedForces