6th Army

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Wehrmacht formation field army military unit

The 6th Army was a major German Wehrmacht field army in World War II, best known for its encirclement and destruction at the Battle of Stalingrad.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht formation → field army → military unit →
activeDuring	1939–1943 →
allegedToHaveCommitted	war crimes on Eastern Front →
approximateStrengthAtStalingrad	over 250000 men →
associatedWith	Nazi war of aggression →
branch	Heer →
commander	Friedrich Paulus → Karl-Adolf Hollidt NERFINISHED → Maximilian von Weichs NERFINISHED → Walther von Reichenau NERFINISHED →
conflict	World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
disbandedIn	1945 →
encircledIn	Operation Uranus →
engagedAgainst	Soviet Red Army NERFINISHED →
formedIn	1939 →
garrisonOrHQ	various locations in Germany and occupied Europe →
higherCommandDuringStalingrad	Army Group B →
historicalReputation	symbol of German defeat on Eastern Front →
involvedIn	Battle of Budapest → Battle of Debrecen →
laterOperations	fighting in Hungary → fighting in Ukraine →
notableCommander	Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus NERFINISHED →
notableFor	Battle of Stalingrad → destruction at Stalingrad → encirclement at Stalingrad →
opponentAtStalingrad	Soviet 62nd Army → Soviet Stalingrad Front →
participatedIn	Battle of France → Battle of Stalingrad → Case Blue → Invasion of Poland → Operation Barbarossa →
partOf	German Army (Wehrmacht) NERFINISHED →
reconstituted	1943 →
reconstitutedAs	new 6th Army on Eastern Front →
subordinateTo	Army Group B → Army Group Don → Army Group South →
surrenderedAt	Stalingrad →
surrenderedOn	2 February 1943 →
theater	Eastern Front → Western Front →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army Group B → Army Group South →	subordinateUnit
Heeresgruppe Süd →	includedUnit
Case Blue →	involves
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive ("6th Army (Wehrmacht)") →	militaryFormationInvolved
Army Group Don →	relatedFormation
Elena Rosetti-Solescu ("6th Army (Wehrmacht)") →	spouseNotableCommand
40th Army Corps →	subordinateTo