German 6th Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:built over 1 million
low morale
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Friedrich_Paulus
gptkbp:commandStructure divisions and corps
gptkbp:currentStatus urban_warfare_in_Stalingrad
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
February 2, 1943
gptkbp:disbanded 1943
gptkbp:engagements after encirclement
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Eastern_Front
partisan forces
against_Soviet_forces
gptkbp:established 1939
gptkbp:faced gptkb:Soviet_counteroffensives
gptkb:Soviet_forces
harsh winter conditions
during winter months
gptkbp:finalDisposal Kessel
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Stalingrad
gptkbp:historical_analysis studied in military academies
gptkbp:historicalContext Nazi_Germany's_military_strategy
gptkbp:historicalImpact shifted_the_balance_of_power_in_WWII
gptkbp:historicalPeriod defeat and surrender
gptkbp:historicalSignificance turning_point_in_WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German 6th Army
gptkbp:influencedBy Hitler's_orders
gptkbp:involvedCountries Operation Uranus
Stalingrad_and_Kharkov
for_the_Eastern_Front
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:knownFor in_the_Soviet_Union
encirclement_at_Stalingrad
gptkbp:legacy symbol_of_German_defeat
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Friedrich_Paulus
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:operationalHistory marked by significant battles
gptkbp:operationalStatus General Staff
overextended supply lines
gptkbp:participatedIn Battle of Kharkov
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:providesSupportFor during winter of 1942
gptkbp:receives gptkb:Army_Group_B
gptkbp:reputation one of the most famous German armies
gptkbp:skills approximately 300,000 troops
gptkbp:strategicGoals gptkb:capture_of_Stalingrad
capture of oil fields
failure_to_capture_Stalingrad
gptkbp:uses encirclement