German 17th Army

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Wehrmacht field army military unit

The German 17th Army was a Wehrmacht field army that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably in major operations in southern Russia and Ukraine.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
German 17th Army canonical 11
17th Army 4
17th Army (Wehrmacht) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
allegiance Adolf Hitler ⓘ
associatedWith Nazi war crimes on the Eastern Front ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
engagedIn anti-partisan operations ⓘ
occupation of Soviet territories ⓘ
fate largely destroyed in the Crimea in 1944 ⓘ
formedIn 1939 ⓘ
front Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II
garrisonOrHeadquarters Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimea (late war period)
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
ideologicalContext Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: National Socialist Germany
languageOfName German ⓘ
militaryBranchType field army ⓘ
nativeLabel 17. Armee ⓘ
notableCommander Erwin Jaenecke ⓘ
Hermann Hoth ⓘ
Karl Allmendinger ⓘ
Richard Ruoff ⓘ
Walther von Reichenau ⓘ
notableOperation Battle of the Caucasus ⓘ
Case Blue ⓘ
Crimean campaign ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Campaign

Crimean offensive (1944) ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Offensive (1944)

Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
primaryAreaOfOperations Crimea ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
southern Russia ⓘ
southern sector of the Eastern Front ⓘ
remnants evacuated by sea from Crimea ⓘ
role defensive operations against the Red Army ⓘ
offensive operations in southern USSR ⓘ
status disbanded at the end of World War II ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Group A ⓘ
Army Group North ⓘ
surface form: Army Group North Ukraine

Army Group South ⓘ
theatre Eastern Front ⓘ
tookPartIn Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of the Soviet Union

German summer offensive of 1942 ⓘ
defensive operations in Ukraine ⓘ
retreat to the Crimea ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Blue → involvedUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd → includedUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 17th Army
Army Group North → subordinateUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Detachment Kempf (temporarily)
40th Army Corps → subordinateTo → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 17th Army
Southern Front → notableAdversaryFormation → German 17th Army ⓘ
Army Group South → subordinateUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 17th Army
Donbass defensive operations (1941) → involvedMilitaryUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
Lower Silesian Offensive → involvedUnitGerman → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 17th Army (Wehrmacht)
Crimean offensive (1944) → opponent → German 17th Army ⓘ
Crimean offensive (1944) → militaryUnitInvolved → German 17th Army ⓘ
Crimean offensive (1944) → axisForces → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 17th Army and Romanian units
Kerch–Eltigen Operation (1943) → belligerent → German 17th Army ⓘ
Operation Edelweiss → involvedMilitaryUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 17th Army
Battle of Perekop (1944) → commanderGerman → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: German 17th Army command
Battle of Perekop (1944) → involvesMilitaryUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa southern sector → involvedUnit → German 17th Army ⓘ
Battle of Sevastopol (1944) → axisForces → German 17th Army ⓘ
Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation → opponent → German 17th Army ⓘ
Crimean Strategic Offensive Operation → militaryUnitInvolved → German 17th Army ⓘ
Richard Ruoff → notableCommand → German 17th Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: 17th Army on the Eastern Front