German 57th Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1943
1945
gptkbp:affiliation Axis Powers
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1943-08-01
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945-05-08
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:equipment Panzer tanks
gptkbp:fightingStyle combined arms warfare
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Bucharest
Bucharest,_Romania
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historicalImpact significant_in_the_context_of_WWII
gptkbp:historicalSignificance part_of_the_Axis_forces_in_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German 57th Army
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war military strategies
gptkbp:logistics German_supply_lines
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General_Hermann_Balck
gptkb:Romanian_Army
gptkb:Field_Army
gptkb:Wehrmacht_High_Command
strict
Blitzkrieg tactics
defensive and offensive maneuvers
multiple_battles_against_Soviet_forces
gptkbp:motto Fighting_for_the_Fatherland
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:notableFeature General_der_Infanterie_Hermann_Balck
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Bagration
gptkbp:operationalHistory 1943-1945
gptkbp:operationalStatus supply shortages
gptkbp:operations gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:originalPurpose occupying territories
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:postWarCareer dissolved
gptkbp:primaryMission defend_against_Soviet_advances
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Bucharest
gptkbp:reform 1944
gptkbp:size approximately 100,000 personnel
gptkbp:strategicGoals gptkb:Hungarian_forces
defensive operations
critical_in_the_defense_of_Romania
gptkbp:subordinateUnits Infantry_Divisions
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Romanian_4th_Army
gptkbp:supportRole gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:tactics encirclement
gptkbp:type field army