Army Group S

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliance Axis Powers
gptkbp:built over 300,000 troops
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Generalfeldmarschall_Wilhelm_von_Leeb
gptkbp:commandStructure Army_Group_Command
gptkbp:disbanded Operation Bagration
gptkbp:displacement forced retreat
gptkbp:dissolved 1944
gptkbp:engagements against_Soviet_advances
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Leningrad
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Leningrad_Front
gptkbp:establishedIn 1941
gptkbp:faced gptkb:Soviet_counteroffensives
supply lines
gptkbp:firstAwarded over 600,000 troops
gptkbp:firstGeneration retreat_to_Germany
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Riga
gptkbp:historicalContext Nazi_Germany's_military_campaigns
gptkbp:historicalLegacy lessons learned in warfare
gptkbp:historicalSignificance impact_on_Eastern_Front
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Army Group S
gptkbp:influencedBy Nazi_ideology
gptkbp:involvedIn defensive operations
gptkbp:issuedBy German_logistics
gptkbp:knownFor prolonged engagements
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:German_generals
combined arms warfare
blitzkrieg
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Leningrad
gptkbp:operatingHours initial advances
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Baltic_States
1944
gptkbp:operationalStatus gptkb:Army_High_Command
harsh winter conditions
1941-1944
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:primaryMission Siege of Leningrad
gptkbp:receives gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:skills approximately 500,000 troops
gptkbp:strategicGoals capture_Leningrad
control_of_the_Baltic_Sea
failure_to_capture_Leningrad
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_North
gptkbp:uses encirclement
Panzer tanks