Army Group A

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German army group Wehrmacht formation

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.

Aliases (1)

German Army Group A ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German army group → Wehrmacht formation →
allegiance	Adolf Hitler →
commander	Ewald von Kleist → Gerd von Rundstedt → Gotthard Heinrici → 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 → 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 → Caucasus campaign → Defence of the Oder line → Invasion of Poland → Operation Barbarossa →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) →
reorganizedAs	Army Group Centre (January 1945) →
side	Axis powers →
subordinateTo	Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → Oberkommando des Heeres →
theater	Eastern Front → Mediterranean theatre of World War II → Western Front →
usedWarfareType	blitzkrieg tactics →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
16th Army (Wehrmacht) → 40th Army Corps → German 17th Army → German 1st Panzer Army → VIII Army Corps →	subordinateTo
Battle of Sedan (1940) ("German Army Group A") → Operation Blue →	involvedUnit
1st Belorussian Front ("German Army Group A") → 1st Ukrainian Front →	opposedBy
Wilhelm List →	commanded
German 4th Panzer Army →	front
Case Blue →	involves
Commander of Army Group A →	militaryFormationCommanded
Ewald von Kleist →	notableCommand
Commander of Army Group A →	partOf
Southwestern Front →	primaryAdversaryFormation
Army Group Centre →	reconstitutedAs
Army Group South →	reorganizedAs