Romanian 4th Army
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The Romanian 4th Army was a major field army of Romania that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II as part of the Axis forces, suffering heavy losses during the Soviet counteroffensives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Romanian 4th Army canonical | 12 |
| Romanian 4th Army remnants | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
field army
ⓘ
military unit ⓘ |
| alliance |
Axis powers
ⓘ
surface form:
Axis Powers
|
| branch | land forces ⓘ |
| composition |
Romanian cavalry divisions
ⓘ
Romanian infantry divisions ⓘ artillery units ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| cooperatedWith |
German 6th Army
ⓘ
Romanian 3rd Army ⓘ |
| country |
Romania
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Romania
|
| disbanded | after World War II ⓘ |
| engagement |
Battle of Odessa (1941)
ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ Battle of the Don Bend ⓘ Crimean campaign ⓘ Operation Little Saturn ⓘ Operation Uranus ⓘ Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) ⓘ |
| garrison | Romania ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major Romanian contribution to Axis operations on the Eastern Front
ⓘ
suffered catastrophic losses that weakened Romania’s military capability ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Romanian ⓘ |
| laterRole |
operations against German forces after Romania’s 1944 armistice
ⓘ
participation in Allied advance into Central Europe ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Constantin Constantinescu-Claps
ⓘ
Gheorghe Avramescu ⓘ Nicolae Ciupercă ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Soviet counteroffensives on the Eastern Front ⓘ |
| notableLoss |
encirclement during Operation Uranus
ⓘ
high casualties in the Stalingrad sector ⓘ |
| notableOperation | invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Red Army
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf |
Romanian Land Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Romanian Army
|
| role |
defensive operations during Soviet counteroffensives
ⓘ
offensive operations against the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| side |
Allies of World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Allies (after August 1944)
Axis forces on the Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form:
Axis (until August 1944)
|
| subordinateTo |
Army Group B
ⓘ
surface form:
German Army Group B
Army Group Don ⓘ
surface form:
German Army Group Don
Heeresgruppe Süd ⓘ
surface form:
German Army Group South
|
| suffered | heavy losses ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Wehrmacht
ⓘ
surface form:
German Wehrmacht
|
| theaterOfOperations | Eastern Front ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1941–1944 ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Romanian 4th Army remnants
subject surface form:
Operation Uranus