Army Group R

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_forces
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:casualties High losses
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Generaloberst_Hans_von_Kluge
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1944
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:artillery
tanks
gptkbp:established_in 1941
gptkbp:fought_against gptkb:Red_Army
gptkbp:has_tradition 1943
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Smolensk
gptkbp:historical_analysis Studied in military academies
gptkbp:historical_documentation Intelligence reports
Operational plans
Strategic assessments
Personnel files
Maps and charts
Military correspondence
War diaries
Post-war evaluations
After action reports
Communications logs
Logistics records
gptkbp:historical_significance Major component of Operation Barbarossa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Army Group R
gptkbp:intended_goal Defeat Soviet forces
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern military strategy
gptkbp:logistics gptkb:German_High_Command
gptkbp:military_doctrine Total war
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Blitzkrieg
Encirclement
Flanking maneuvers
Combined arms operations
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkb:Battle_of_Vyazma
Battle of Tula
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Generalfeldmarschall_Fedor_von_Bock
gptkb:Generaloberst_Georg_von_Küchler
General der Artillerie Hermann Hoth
General der Infanterie Erich von Manstein
gptkbp:objective Capture Moscow
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:operational_use Army High Command
gptkbp:operations Defensive battles
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:post_war_career Critiqued for strategic failures
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of Eastern Europe
gptkbp:strength approximately 1 million troops
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Hans_von_Salmuth
gptkb:General_Friedrich_von_Bock
gptkb:Maximilian_von_Weichs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5