2nd Panzer Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliance Axis Powers
gptkbp:casualties significant losses
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Friedrich_Paulus
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:communicationEquipment radio
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved defeat_in_WWII
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:equipment artillery
Panzer tanks
infantry fighting vehicles
gptkbp:finaleDate Battle of Berlin
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Western_Front
gptkbp:flavorProfile high during early war
gptkbp:formed 1940
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:2nd_Panzer_Army_Headquarters
gptkb:Berlin
Zaporozhye
gptkbp:historicalPeriod 1939-1945
gptkbp:historicalRecords military archives
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major_role_in_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2nd Panzer Army
gptkbp:intelligence reconnaissance units
gptkbp:legacy influenced modern armored warfare
gptkbp:logistics motorized transport
gptkbp:militaryRank combined arms warfare
encirclement tactics
Axis military cooperation
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of the Dnieper
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Heinrich_von_Vietinghoff
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Citadel
gptkbp:operationalRange gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:politicalPosition Nazi_ideology
gptkbp:postWarCareer studied by military historians
influenced_NATO_strategies.
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:1st_Panzer_Army
gptkbp:reform after_WWII
gptkbp:secondaryRole armored warfare
gptkbp:size large
gptkbp:strategicGoals territorial expansion
Eastern_Front_operations
gptkbp:successor gptkb:6th_Army
gptkbp:supportRole varied throughout the war
gptkbp:supports air support
gptkbp:symbol Nazi_military_power
gptkbp:tactics blitzkrieg
gptkbp:training tank crews
gptkbp:type gptkb:Panzer_Army