German 8th Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_forces
gptkbp:allies gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Axis_Powers
gptkbp:casualties over 800,000
gptkbp:combat_history part of WWII history
significant in WWII
gptkbp:command_structure divisions and corps
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:General_Friedrich_Paulus
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
February 1943
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Poland
gptkbp:disbanded 1943
gptkbp:discipline high standards expected
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:established 1939
gptkbp:famous_for defeat at Stalingrad
gptkbp:fought_against gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Stalingrad
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:historical_significance major role in WWII
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German 8th Army
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:legacy impact on WWII outcomes
gptkbp:logistics complex supply lines
supplied by Luftwaffe
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:military_campaign Eastern Front Campaign
gptkbp:military_conflict gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:military_doctrine combined arms warfare
gptkbp:military_engagement defensive operations
multiple battles
gptkbp:military_leadership gptkb:General_Friedrich_Paulus
gptkbp:military_operations gptkb:Stalingrad_offensive
offensive and defensive
gptkbp:military_rank field army
gptkbp:military_service German soldiers
gptkbp:military_strategy encirclement
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkbp:notable_leader gptkb:General_Hermann_Hoth
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Eastern_Europe
gptkbp:operational_status defeated
gptkbp:operational_use gptkb:Army_Group_B
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:reformed gptkb:1942
gptkbp:strategic_goals capture Stalingrad
failure to capture Stalingrad
gptkbp:strategic_importance critical in the Eastern Front
gptkbp:strength approximately 250,000 troops
received from Germany
gptkbp:successor gptkb:6th_Army
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:blitzkrieg
gptkbp:type field army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_19th_Army
gptkb:Battle_of_Riga
gptkb:General_Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Younger
gptkb:General_Ludendorff
gptkb:General_Hans_von_Seeckt
gptkb:Hans_von_Moltke_the_Younger
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Dvina_River
gptkb:the_Battle_of_the_Oder
gptkb:Capture_of_Cambrai
gptkb:Battle_of_Shchuchin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5