25th Army

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The 25th Army was a late-World War II German field army that primarily conducted defensive operations in the western Netherlands under the Wehrmacht.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German field army
Wehrmacht formation
activeDuringPeriod late World War II
allegiance Nazi Germany
areaOfOperations Netherlands
western Netherlands
linked to: Western Netherlands
associatedEvent German occupation of the Netherlands
branch Heer
commandStructure Army-level formation
composition German Army units
conflict World War II
controlledTerritory parts of the western Netherlands
country Nazi Germany
disbandedIn 1945
engagedIn defense of the western Netherlands
engagementType defensive warfare
formedIn 1944
foughtForSide Axis powers
garrisonLocation Netherlands
hasDesignation 25. Armee
headquartersLocation Netherlands
historicalEra 20th century
ideologyOfState National Socialism
linked to: Nazism
languageOfCommand German
militaryBranch land forces
notableCommander Günther Blumentritt
Johannes Blaskowitz
Philipp Kleffel
notableFor defense of western Netherlands in late WWII
opposedBy Allied forces
British Army
Canadian Army
partOf German Army (Heer)
linked to: German Army

Wehrmacht
primaryRole defensive operations
status disbanded
subordinateTo Army Group H
Oberbefehlshaber West
surrenderedIn May 1945
surrenderedTo Allied forces
task delaying Allied advance
holding defensive lines in the Netherlands
theater Western Front
type field army
usedIn European theatre of World War II

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