18th Army (Wehrmacht)

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Wehrmacht army field army

The 18th Army (Wehrmacht) was a German field army that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in the northern sector including the siege of Leningrad.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht army → field army →
allegiance	Wehrmacht →
associatedWarCrimesContext	Occupation policies in the Baltic region → Operations during the Siege of Leningrad →
branch	Heer →
commander	Erich von Manstein → Friedrich Foertsch → Georg Lindemann → Georg von Küchler → Herbert Loch →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
dateDisbanded	1945 →
dateFormed	1939 →
engagedAgainst	Red Army → Soviet Leningrad Front → Soviet Volkhov Front →
finalEncirclement	Courland Pocket →
firstCommander	Georg von Küchler →
formedFrom	Wehrkreis VI staff →
frontSector	Northern sector of the Eastern Front →
garrisonOrHQ	Baltic States → East Prussia →
militaryBranchType	land forces →
notableEngagement	Baltic States campaign → Battle of Narva (1944) → Courland Pocket → Operation Barbarossa → Siege of Leningrad →
participatedIn	Battle of France → Invasion of Poland → Operation Barbarossa →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) →
primaryAreaOfOperations	Baltic region → Leningrad area → Northern Russia →
roleInSiegeOfLeningrad	Blockade operations against Leningrad → Encirclement of Leningrad from the south and southwest →
size	army →
subordinateTo	Army Group Courland → Army Group North →
surrenderDate	1945 →
surrenderedTo	Red Army →
theater	Eastern Front →
tookPartIn	Defensive battles in northern sector after 1943 → German occupation of the Baltic States → Operations around Lake Ladoga →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
GermanArmyGroupNorth →	subordinateUnit