Army Group B

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring 1941
gptkbp:alliance Axis Powers
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkbp:communicationEquipment gptkb:Luftwaffe
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment aircraft
tanks
artillery
gptkbp:finaleDate April 1945
gptkbp:firstDeployment June 1941
gptkbp:headquarters Smolensk
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major offensive operations
failure_to_capture_Moscow
impact_on_Eastern_Front
contribution_to_German_defeat
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Army Group B
gptkbp:intelligence gptkb:Abwehr
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:legacy lessons learned in warfare
influence on modern military strategy
study in military history
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Field_Army
blitzkrieg
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
Battle of Bryansk
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Hermann_Hoth
gptkb:Georg_von_Küchler
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:operationalArea Western_Russia
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:postWarCareer intelligence failures
logistical challenges
strategic failures
command structure issues
underestimation_of_Soviet_capabilities
gptkbp:skills over 1 million troops
gptkbp:strategicGoals capture_Moscow
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkbp:supplyChain Wehrmacht
gptkbp:tactics combined arms operations
encirclement
mobile warfare
gptkbp:transportation Railway_system