German Ninth Army

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The German Ninth Army was a field army of the Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably defending against major Soviet offensives.

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German Ninth Army canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht unit
field army
activityPeriod 1940–1945
allegiance Nazi Germany
branch Heer
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbandedIn 1945
engagedIn Battle of Berlin
Battle of Moscow
Battle of the Seelow Heights
Operation Bagration
Operation Barbarossa
Rzhev battles
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations
defense of Warsaw approaches
encirclement in the Halbe pocket
fate largely destroyed in 1945
formedIn 1940
front Army Group Centre
Army Group Vistula
languageOfCommand German
location Belarus
Eastern Germany
Poland
militaryBranch land forces
notableCommander Adolf Strauss
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Theodor Busse
Walter Model
notableFor defense against Soviet offensives
defense of Seelow Heights
participation in Rzhev salient fighting
opponent Red Army
Soviet Union
partOf German Army (Heer)
linked to: German Army

Wehrmacht
role defensive operations on Eastern Front
offensive operations during early war phase
size army-level formation
subordinateTo Army Group Centre
Army Group Vistula
Oberkommando des Heeres
surrenderedIn 1945
surrenderedTo Red Army
theater Eastern Front

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Operation Mars forceInvolved German Ninth Army
Battle of the Seelow Heights belligerent German Ninth Army
Battle of the Seelow Heights defender German Ninth Army
Bobruysk offensive involvesUnit German Ninth Army