Army Group Centre (1941)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkbp:commandStructure Army_Group_Command
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Stuka_dive_bombers
infantry divisions
Panzer tanks
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Red_Army
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Minsk
gptkbp:historicalSignificance pivotal in early WWII
demonstrated_limits_of_German_strategy
failed_to_capture_Moscow
led_to_Soviet_counteroffensive
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Army Group Centre (1941)
gptkbp:legacy influenced future military strategies
studied in military academies
symbol_of_German_overreach
gptkbp:location gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:logistics German_supply_lines
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkb:Battle_of_Bialystok-Minsk
Operation Typhoon
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Hermann_Hoth
gptkb:Georg_von_Küchler
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Baltic_States
gptkb:Belarus
Western_Russia
gptkbp:outcome strategic retreat
heavy casualties
stalled advance
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:purpose quick_victory_over_USSR
gptkbp:size over 1 million troops
gptkbp:strategicGoals capture_Moscow
gptkbp:subordinateUnits gptkb:2nd_Army
gptkb:4th_Army
gptkb:9th_Army
gptkb:3rd_Army
Army_Group_Centre_Air_Force
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_Centre_(1944)
gptkbp:tactics encirclement
blitzkrieg
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1941
1944