Army Group A

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Army Group A was a major German Wehrmacht formation in World War II that led large-scale operations on the Eastern Front, including offensives into the Caucasus.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Army Group A canonical 31
German Army Group A 2
Heeresgruppe A 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German army group
Wehrmacht formation
allegiance Adolf Hitler
commander Ewald von Kleist
Gerd von Rundstedt
Gotthard Heinrici
HeinrichHimmler
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Johannes Blaskowitz
Wilhelm List
component German infantry divisions
German motorized divisions
German panzer divisions
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbanded 1945
firstCommander Gerd von Rundstedt
formed 1939
historicalPeriod Nazi era
militaryBranch Heer
notableFor defensive operations in Poland and Germany in 1944–1945
leading German advance into the Caucasus in 1942
retreat from the Caucasus in 1943
notableOperation Case Blue
Battle of the Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus campaign

German summer offensive of 1942
objective capture of the Caucasus oil fields
operationArea Caucasus
France
Poland
Pomerania
Silesia
Soviet Union
Ukraine
participatedIn Battle of France
Case Blue
Battle of the Caucasus
surface form: Caucasus campaign

Defence of the Oder line
Invasion of Poland
Operation Barbarossa
partOf Wehrmacht
surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
reorganizedAs Army Group Centre
surface form: Army Group Centre (January 1945)
side Axis powers
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
theater Eastern Front
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II

Western Front
usedWarfareType blitzkrieg tactics

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

German 4th Panzer Army front Army Group A
Operation Blue involvedUnit Army Group A
1st Belorussian Front opposedBy Army Group A
this entity surface form: German Army Group A
1st Ukrainian Front opposedBy Army Group A
Army Group Centre reconstitutedAs Army Group A
Battle of Sedan (1940) involvedUnit Army Group A
this entity surface form: German Army Group A
40th Army Corps subordinateTo Army Group A
Wilhelm List commanded Army Group A
Ewald von Kleist notableCommand Army Group A
German 1942 summer offensive Case Blue involves Army Group A
subject surface form: Case Blue
Army Group South reorganizedAs Army Group A
Commander of Army Group A partOf Army Group A
16th Army (Wehrmacht) subordinateTo Army Group A
German 17th Army subordinateTo Army Group A
VIII Army Corps subordinateTo Army Group A
Ninth Army associatedWith Army Group A
Unternehmen Blau executedBy Army Group A
Fall Gelb (original variant) associatedWith Army Group A
this entity surface form: Heeresgruppe A
2nd Army (Wehrmacht) subordinateTo Army Group A
Battle of the Caucasus involvedUnit Army Group A
XIX Army Corps subordinateTo Army Group A
German 11th Army subordinateTo Army Group A
12th Army subordinateTo Army Group A
17. Armee subordinateTo Army Group A
XI Army Corps subordinateTo Army Group A