Army Group South

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German army group Wehrmacht formation military unit

Army Group South was a major German Wehrmacht formation on the Eastern Front in World War II, responsible for large-scale operations primarily in Ukraine and southern Russia.

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Label	Occurrences
Army Group South canonical	38
Army Group South Ukraine	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German army group ⓘ Wehrmacht formation ⓘ military unit ⓘ
alliedForcesIncluded	Hungarian Army units ⓘ Italian Army units ⓘ Romanian Army units ⓘ
belligerent	Axis powers ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateFormed	1941 ⓘ
engagedIn	large-scale encirclement operations ⓘ
formedFor	Operation Barbarossa ⓘ invasion of the Soviet Union ⓘ
front	southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
languageOfCommand	German ⓘ
notableAction	encirclement of Soviet forces at Kiev in 1941 ⓘ
notableCommander	Erich von Manstein ⓘ Fedor von Bock ⓘ Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ Walther von Reichenau ⓘ surface form: Walter von Reichenau
operation	Battle of Kharkov ⓘ Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ Battle of Kursk ⓘ surface form: Battle of Kursk (southern sector) Battle of Uman ⓘ Case Blue ⓘ Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive ⓘ surface form: Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive (as defender) Operation Barbarossa ⓘ Third Battle of Kharkov ⓘ
opponent	Red Army ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	German Army ⓘ surface form: German Army (Heer) Wehrmacht ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations	Soviet Union ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ southern Russia ⓘ
reorganizedAs	Army Group A ⓘ Army Group B ⓘ Army Group South self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Army Group South Ukraine
strategicObjective	advance toward the Caucasus oil fields ⓘ capture of Ukraine ⓘ seizure of industrial regions of the Donbas ⓘ
subordinateUnit	11th Army ⓘ German 17th Army ⓘ surface form: 17th Army German 1st Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: 1st Panzer Group 6th Army ⓘ Hungarian 2nd Army ⓘ Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ Romanian 4th Army ⓘ
theater	Eastern Front ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	combined arms operations ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

German 4th Panzer Army → front → Army Group South ⓘ

Operation Blue → involvedUnit → Army Group South ⓘ

Heeresgruppe Süd → translatedName → Army Group South ⓘ

40th Army Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Army Group Don → succeededBy → Army Group South ⓘ

Southern Front → notableAdversaryFormation → Army Group South ⓘ

Soviet Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation → involvedUnit → Army Group South ⓘ

Army Group South → reorganizedAs → Army Group South self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Group South Ukraine

8th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Southwestern Front → primaryAdversaryFormation → Army Group South ⓘ

Battle of Kiev (1941) → GermanArmyGroup → Army Group South ⓘ

6th Panzer Army → higherCommand → Army Group South ⓘ

German 1st Panzer Army → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

German 17th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → opponent → Army Group South ⓘ

2nd Panzer Army → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Third Battle of Kharkov → involvedUnit → Army Group South ⓘ

VIII Army Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

6th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

2nd Army → front → Army Group South ⓘ

2nd Army → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Kiev offensive (1943) → involvedUnit → Army Group South ⓘ

Lothar Rendulic → commanded → Army Group South ⓘ

2nd Army (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

4th Panzer Division → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

German 11th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Panzer Group von Kleist → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

German Army Detachment Kempf → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Rostov defensive operations → involves → Army Group South ⓘ

1941 defensive operations of the Red Army → opposedBy → Army Group South ⓘ

Southern sector of the Eastern Front → axisCommand → Army Group South ⓘ

Commander of Army Group South → commandedFormation → Army Group South ⓘ

Uman–Botoșani offensive → opponent → Army Group South ⓘ

Operation Barbarossa southern sector → commandedBy → Army Group South ⓘ

Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive → opponent → Army Group South ⓘ

17. Armee → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

Operation Fredericus → front → Army Group South ⓘ

XI Army Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group South ⓘ

19th Army → engagedAgainst → Army Group South ⓘ