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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
6th Army canonical	7
6th Army (Wehrmacht)	5

Statements (46)

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 ⓘ Maximilian von Weichs ⓘ Walther von Reichenau ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedIn	1945 ⓘ
encircledIn	Operation Uranus ⓘ
engagedAgainst	Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Red Army
formedIn	1939 ⓘ
garrisonOrHQ	various locations in Germany and occupied Europe ⓘ
higherCommandDuringStalingrad	Army Group B ⓘ
historicalReputation	symbol of German defeat on Eastern Front ⓘ
involvedIn	Siege of Budapest ⓘ surface form: Battle of Budapest Battle of Debrecen ⓘ
laterOperations	fighting in Hungary ⓘ fighting in Ukraine ⓘ
notableCommander	Friedrich Paulus ⓘ surface form: Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus
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	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Heeresgruppe Süd → includedUnit → 6th Army ⓘ

40th Army Corps → subordinateTo → 6th Army ⓘ

Army Group B → subordinateUnit → 6th Army ⓘ

Army Group Don → relatedFormation → 6th Army ⓘ

German 1942 summer offensive Case Blue → involves → 6th Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Case Blue

Army Group South → subordinateUnit → 6th Army ⓘ

Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → militaryFormationInvolved → 6th Army ⓘ