3rd Panzer Army

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German field army Wehrmacht unit armored army

The 3rd Panzer Army was a German Wehrmacht armored field army of World War II that played a major role on the Eastern Front, particularly in large-scale offensives and defensive operations against the Soviet Union.

Aliases (2)

3rd Panzer Group ×5
Third Panzer Army ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German field army → Wehrmacht unit → armored army →
allegiance	Adolf Hitler →
branch	Heer →
component	artillery units → engineer units → motorized infantry divisions → panzer divisions → reconnaissance units →
conflict	World War II →
convertedFrom	3rd Panzer Group →
country	Nazi Germany →
dateDisbanded	1945 →
dateFormed	1941 →
engagement	Battle of Moscow → Battle of Smolensk (1941) → Operation Bagration → Operation Barbarossa → Rzhev battles →
formedAs	3rd Panzer Group →
front	Central sector of Eastern Front → Northern sector of Eastern Front →
higherCommand	Army Group Centre → Army Group North →
ideologicalContext	Nazi regime →
languageOfCommand	German →
notableAction	defensive fighting during Soviet offensives → large-scale armored breakthroughs in 1941 →
notableCharacteristic	focus on armored warfare → high mobility →
notableCommander	Erhard Raus → Georg-Hans Reinhardt → Hasso von Manteuffel → Heinz Guderian →
opponent	Soviet Union →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) →
role	defensive operations → offensive armored operations →
status	disbanded →
surrenderedTo	Red Army →
theater	Eastern Front →
type	armored formation →
usedEquipment	Panther tanks → Panzer III tanks → Panzer IV tanks → self-propelled artillery →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army Group Centre ("3rd Panzer Group") → Army Group Centre → Army Group Vistula ("Third Panzer Army") →	subordinateUnit
Hermann Hoth ("3rd Panzer Group") →	commanded
3rd Panzer Army ("3rd Panzer Group") →	convertedFrom
3rd Panzer Army ("3rd Panzer Group") →	formedAs
Unternehmen Taifun ("3rd Panzer Group") →	involvedUnit
Operation Typhoon →	militaryUnit