German Tenth Army

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Wehrmacht unit field army

The German Tenth Army was a major Wehrmacht field army that led the defense of southern Italy against the Allied invasion during World War II.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht unit → field army →
alliance	Axis Powers →
areaOfOperations	Italian Peninsula → central Italy → southern Italy →
branch	Heer →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
defensiveLine	Gustav Line defenses → Winter Line defenses →
engagement	Allied invasion of Italy → Battle of Monte Cassino → Battle of Salerno → Battle of the Volturno Line → Gustav Line → Hitler Line → Operation Avalanche → Salerno landings → Senger Line → Winter Line →
front	Italian Front →
historicalPeriod	Second World War →
militaryFunction	operational-level command →
notableAction	conducted fighting withdrawal northward through Italy → organized defense of Salerno beachhead →
notableCommander	Heinrich von Vietinghoff NERFINISHED → Joachim Lemelsen → Traugott Herr →
opponent	Allied forces → British Army → Canadian Army → Polish II Corps → United States Army →
opposedLanding	Allied landings at Salerno →
partOf	German Army (Heer) → Wehrmacht →
primaryTask	defend successive defensive lines in southern and central Italy → delay Allied advance in Italy →
role	defense of southern Italy →
subordinateUnit	LI Mountain Corps → LXXVI Panzer Corps → XIV Panzer Corps → XV Panzergrenadier Corps →
theater	Italian Campaign →
type	field army formation →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Anzio → Battle of Salerno →	belligerent
British X Corps → U.S. Fifth Army →	opposedBy
Polish II Corps ("German Tenth Army (in Italy)") →	engagedAgainst
Operation Avalanche ("German 10th Army") →	involvedUnit
Operation Avalanche →	opponent
Gustav Line →	usedBy