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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
German 6th Army canonical	29
German Sixth Army	2
German 6th Army (indirectly)	1
reconstituted 6th Army (post-Stalingrad)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht field army ⓘ military unit ⓘ
associatedDoctrine	Blitzkrieg campaigns ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front (World War II) World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbanded	1943 ⓘ
encircledBy	Soviet Don Front ⓘ surface form: 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	Friedrich Paulus ⓘ surface form: Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus Walther von Reichenau ⓘ surface form: Generaloberst Walther von Reichenau
notableEvent	encirclement at Stalingrad ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ surface form: surrender at Stalingrad
notableFor	Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
operation	Battle of France ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ Case Blue ⓘ Invasion of Poland ⓘ Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
partOf	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
reformed	1943 ⓘ
strengthAtStalingrad	hundreds of thousands of soldiers ⓘ
subordinateTo	Army Group B ⓘ Army Group Don ⓘ Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ surface form: Army Group South
successorUnit	German 6th Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: reconstituted 6th Army (post-Stalingrad)
surrenderDateAtStalingrad	2 February 1943 ⓘ
theater	France ⓘ Poland ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
turningPointIn	Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

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

Battle of Stalingrad → involvedMilitaryUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Romanian 3rd Army → alliedWith → German 6th Army ⓘ

Case Blue → involves → German 6th Army ⓘ

German 6th Army → successorUnit → German 6th Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: reconstituted 6th Army (post-Stalingrad)

Soviet 62nd Army → opponent → German 6th Army ⓘ

Italian 8th Army → alliedWith → German 6th Army ⓘ

Soviet 64th Army → opposed → German 6th Army ⓘ

Romanian 4th Army → cooperatedWith → German 6th Army ⓘ

Soviet Don Front → opposedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Operation Uranus → opponentUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Operation Blue → involvedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Operation Spring Awakening → involvedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Operation Koltso → opponent → German 6th Army ⓘ

Don Front → opponent → German 6th Army ⓘ

Battle of Vimy Ridge → combatant → German 6th Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Sixth Army

Battle of the Don Bend → involvedMilitaryUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: German 6th Army (indirectly)

Battle of Uman → involvedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Luftflotte 4 → supportedForces → German 6th Army ⓘ

Grain Elevator of Stalingrad → attackedBy → German 6th Army ⓘ

Pavlov's House → opposedBy → German 6th Army ⓘ

Operation Winter Storm → relatedTo → German 6th Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Sixth Army

Soviet Operation Uranus → involvedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Uranus

Battle of Voronezh (1942) → militaryUnitInvolved → German 6th Army ⓘ

German summer offensive of 1942 → involvedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Donbass offensive (1943) → participant → German 6th Army ⓘ

Stalingrad area → notableMilitaryFormation → German 6th Army ⓘ

Uman–Botoșani offensive → opponent → German 6th Army ⓘ

Operation Barbarossa southern sector → involvedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive → axisUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Stalingrad strategic offensive operation → involvedUnit → German 6th Army ⓘ

Stalingrad strategic defensive operation (main sector) → involves → German 6th Army ⓘ

Operation Fredericus → involves → German 6th Army ⓘ

64th Army → engagedAgainst → German 6th Army ⓘ