GermanArmyGroupNorth

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Wehrmacht army group military formation

GermanArmyGroupNorth was a major Wehrmacht formation during World War II that led the German offensive in the northern sector of the Eastern Front, including the siege of Leningrad.

Aliases (2)

German Army Group North ×1
Heeresgruppe Nord ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht army group → military formation →
alliance	Axis powers →
commander	Colonel General Lindemann (as army-level subordinate) → Field Marshal Georg von Küchler → Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
dateDisbanded	1944-01 →
dateFormed	1941-06-22 →
formedFrom	Wehrmacht units in East Prussia →
frontSector	northern sector of the Eastern Front →
higherCommand	OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) →
historicalPeriod	Nazi era → Second World War →
involvedIn	blockade of Leningrad → encirclement of Leningrad →
languageOfCommand	German →
militaryBranch	German Army (Heer) →
notableEngagement	German invasion of the Soviet Union → Siege of Leningrad →
notableYearOfActivity	1941 → 1942 → 1943 → 1944 →
objective	capture of Leningrad → seizure of the Baltic region →
operation	Operation Barbarossa →
operationArea	Baltic States → East Prussia → Leningrad region → Northern Russia →
opponent	Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) → Red Army →
partOf	German Army (Heer) → Wehrmacht →
responsibleFor	civilian starvation during the Siege of Leningrad → war crimes on the Eastern Front →
status	disbanded →
subordinateUnit	16th Army (Wehrmacht) → 18th Army (Wehrmacht) → Luftflotte 1 (in air support role) → Panzer Group 4 →
successor	Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) in the Baltic region →
theater	Eastern Front →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Siege of Leningrad ("German Army Group North") →	attackedBy
SovietPrisonersOfWar →	capturedBy
Fall Weiss ("Heeresgruppe Nord") →	involvedForce