9th Army (Wehrmacht)

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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.

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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–Vyazma strategic operations
surface form: 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 Centre
surface form: Army Group Center

Army Group North
Army Group Vistula
theater Eastern Front
timePeriod 20th century
type combined arms formation

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Operation Citadel supportedByUnit 9th Army (Wehrmacht)
Army Group Centre subordinateUnit 9th Army (Wehrmacht)
Johannes Blaskowitz positionHeld 9th Army (Wehrmacht)
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief of 9th Army (Wehrmacht)
Minsk offensive (1944) participatingUnit 9th Army (Wehrmacht)