Army Group Z

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_forces
gptkbp:allied_with gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:allies Axis alliance with Italy
Axis alliance with Japan
gptkbp:casualties High by 1944
gptkbp:command_structure Hierarchical
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Hans_von_Kluge
gptkbp:communication gptkb:radio_station
gptkbp:cultural_impact Portrayed in films and literature
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:1944
gptkbp:dissolved Soviet counteroffensives
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Battle_of_Bagration
gptkbp:established_in 1941
gptkbp:has_ability Initial advances in 1941
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Minsk
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:historical_debate Impact on civilian populations
Effectiveness of leadership
Ethics of warfare
gptkbp:historical_records German military archives
gptkbp:historical_significance Major component of Operation Barbarossa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Army Group Z
gptkbp:intelligence gptkb:Abwehr
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern military strategy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:logistics gptkb:commuter_rail
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:Heer
gptkbp:military_doctrine Combined arms warfare
gptkbp:military_strategy Encirclement
gptkbp:military_technology gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:artillery
gptkb:tank
gptkbp:mood High during initial invasion
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Friedrich_Paulus
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkbp:objective Defeat Soviet forces
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Baltic_States
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:Belarus
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:post_war_career Studied in military academies
Influence on Cold War strategies
gptkbp:produced_by German logistics
gptkbp:reformed 1943
gptkbp:strategic_goals Stalemate by 1943
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of Eastern Europe
gptkbp:strength approximately 1 million troops
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:training German military schools
gptkbp:type gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Hans_von_Salmuth
gptkb:General_Friedrich_von_Bock
gptkb:Maximilian_von_Weichs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5