German 17th Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkbp:casualties High casualties
gptkbp:command_structure Hierarchical
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:King_of_England
gptkbp:communication gptkb:radio_station
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:France
gptkbp:dissolved 1945-05-08
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:artillery
Infantry weapons
Panzer tanks
gptkbp:formation_date 1940-06-15
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Brest
gptkb:Brest,_France
gptkbp:historical_significance Major role in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German 17th Army
gptkbp:intelligence Reconnaissance missions
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:1940
1945
gptkbp:legacy Influence on modern military strategy
gptkbp:logistics Supply lines
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:Army
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:Major
gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkb:Private
gptkb:Sergeant
gptkb:Colonel
gptkb:Captain
gptkb:Lieutenant
gptkb:General
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Hans_von_Salmuth
gptkb:Friedrich_von_Paulus
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:operations Defensive operations
Offensive operations
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:post_war_career Dissolved
gptkbp:reformed 1943
gptkbp:size approximately 100,000 personnel
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of Eastern Europe
gptkbp:subordinate_units gptkb:Panzer_Divisions
Support Units
Infantry Divisions
Artillery Regiments
gptkbp:successor gptkb:German_18th_Army
gptkbp:tactics Encirclement tactics
gptkbp:theater gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:transportation Railroads
gptkbp:type gptkb:Field_Army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Caucasus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4