Army Group Centre (1939)

GPTKB entity

Properties (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Army_Group_North
gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkbp:communicationEquipment effective
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved Defeat_in_WWII
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkbp:equipment aircraft
tanks
artillery
gptkbp:establishedIn 1939
gptkbp:finalDisposal gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Berlin
Battle of El Alamein
gptkbp:firstAwarded over 700,000 troops
gptkbp:firstGeneration modern tanks
air superiority fighters
advanced artillery
gptkbp:firstMatch gptkb:Friedrich_Paulus
gptkb:Wilhelm_von_Leeb
gptkb:Georg_von_Küchler
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Polish_Army
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Key role in early WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Army Group Centre (1939)
gptkbp:intelligence utilized reconnaissance
gptkbp:legacy Study in military history
gptkbp:location gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:logistics well-supplied
gptkbp:militaryRank combined arms warfare
Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Bzura
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Hermann_Hoth
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:postWarCareer Influenced future military strategies
gptkbp:primaryMission Defeat_Polish_forces
gptkbp:reform 1940
gptkbp:size large
gptkbp:skills over 500,000 troops
gptkbp:subordinateUnits OKH
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_Centre_(1941)
gptkbp:tactics encirclement
gptkbp:type ground forces