GermanArmyGroupNorth

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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.

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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 Germany
surface form: Nazi era

World War II
surface form: Second World War
involvedIn blockade of Leningrad
encirclement of Leningrad
languageOfCommand German
militaryBranch German Army
surface form: German Army (Heer)
notableEngagement Operation Barbarossa
surface form: 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
surface form: Baltic States

East Prussia
Leningrad Oblast
surface form: Leningrad region

Northern Russia
opponent Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union)
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union)
Red Army
partOf German Army
surface form: 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)
German 4th Panzer Army
surface form: Panzer Group 4
successor Army Group North
surface form: Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) in the Baltic region
theater Eastern Front

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Fall Weiss involvedForce GermanArmyGroupNorth
this entity surface form: Heeresgruppe Nord
SovietPrisonersOfWar capturedBy GermanArmyGroupNorth
Siege of Leningrad attackedBy GermanArmyGroupNorth
this entity surface form: German Army Group North
Sinyavino offensives opposedCommanders GermanArmyGroupNorth
this entity surface form: German Army Group North commanders
7th Army engagedAgainst GermanArmyGroupNorth
this entity surface form: German Army Group North (elements)