9th Army (Wehrmacht)

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army of the Wehrmacht field army military unit

The 9th Army (Wehrmacht) was a major field army of Nazi Germany’s Heer that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in large-scale operations such as the Battle of Kursk.

Aliases (1)

Commander-in-Chief of 9th Army (Wehrmacht) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army of the Wehrmacht → field army → military unit →
allegiance	Nazi Germany →
associatedWith	war crimes on the Eastern Front →
branch	German Army →
component	artillery units → infantry divisions → panzer divisions → support units →
conflict	World War II →
conflictSide	Axis powers →
country	Nazi Germany →
engagedIn	Operation Typhoon → Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations → defense of the Oder front →
fate	largely destroyed in 1945 →
finalPhase	encirclement south of Berlin →
formedBy	Wehrmacht →
front	Eastern Front →
garrisonLocation	Eastern Front areas occupied by Germany →
ideologyContext	Nazi Germany →
languageOfCommand	German →
militaryBranch	land forces →
notableCommander	Adolf Strauss → Heinrich von Vietinghoff → Theodor Busse → Walter Model →
notableEngagement	Battle of Berlin → Battle of Kursk → Battle of Moscow → Operation Bagration → Operation Barbarossa → Rzhev battles →
notableFor	heavy losses in Rzhev salient → participation in Battle of Kursk’s northern sector →
opponent	Red Army → Soviet Union →
partOf	Heer →
primaryOperationalArea	central sector of the Eastern Front →
role	defensive operations → offensive operations →
subordinateTo	Army Group Center → Army Group North → Army Group Vistula →
theater	Eastern Front →
timePeriod	20th century →
type	combined arms formation →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Johannes Blaskowitz ("Commander-in-Chief of 9th Army (Wehrmacht)") →	positionHeld
Army Group Centre →	subordinateUnit
Operation Citadel →	supportedByUnit