German 18th Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1940
1945
gptkbp:alliance Axis Powers
gptkbp:commander General_der_Infanterie_Hermann_von_Schmeisser
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1940-06-15
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved 1945-05-08
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:equipment artillery
Panzer tanks
infantry weapons
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:headquarters Brest
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German 18th Army
gptkbp:logistics German_supply_lines
gptkbp:militaryRank Heer
gptkbp:motto “Fur_Deutschland”
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:notableFeature General_der_Infanterie_Georg_von_Küchler
General_der_Infanterie_Hans_von_Salmuth
General_der_Infanterie_Hermann_von_Schmeisser
General_der_Infanterie_Karl_von_der_Heydte
General_der_Infanterie_Walter_von_Seydlitz-Kurzbach
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:German_16th_Army
gptkbp:size approximately 100,000 troops
gptkbp:subordinateUnits gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkb:Army_Group_B
gptkb:Army_Group_A
gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:supportRole logistical support
intelligence operations
reconnaissance missions
defensive operations
civil administration
offensive operations
training of troops
occupation duties
coordination_with_Kriegsmarine
coordination_with_Luftwaffe
gptkbp:tactics Blitzkrieg tactics
gptkbp:type field army