German Army (WWII)

GPTKB entity

Statements (112)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activePeriod 1935–1945
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Army (WWII)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Wilhelm_Keitel
gptkb:Franz_Halder
gptkb:Kurt_Zeitzler
gptkb:Heinz_Guderian
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Gott_mit_uns
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Budapest
gptkb:Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkb:Battle_of_Sevastopol
gptkb:Battle_of_Tobruk
gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Caucasus
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Crimea
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_Vienna
gptkb:Battle_of_Aachen
gptkb:Battle_of_Bastogne
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Falaise_Pocket
gptkb:Battle_of_Narva
gptkb:Battle_of_Caen
gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic_(land-based_support)
gptkb:Battle_of_Crete
gptkb:Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Seelow_Heights
gptkb:Battle_of_Arnhem
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Dnieper
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Oder–Neisse
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Hürtgen_Forest
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Walter_Model
gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Eduard_Dietl
gptkb:Ewald_von_Kleist
gptkb:Hermann_Balck
gptkb:Otto_von_Knobelsdorff
gptkb:Erich_Hoepner
gptkb:Wilhelm_List
gptkb:Friedrich_Paulus
gptkb:Günther_von_Kluge
gptkb:Hans_von_Seeckt
gptkb:Gotthard_Heinrici
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Hasso_von_Manteuffel
gptkb:Albert_Kesselring
gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkb:Heinz_Guderian
gptkb:Hermann_Hoth
gptkb:Sepp_Dietrich
gptkb:Walther_von_Brauchitsch
gptkb:Georg_von_Küchler
Hermann Göring (Luftwaffe, but involved in ground operations)
gptkbp:notableDoctrine gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkb:mission-type_tactics_(Auftragstaktik)
combined arms warfare
deep operations
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Case_Blue
gptkb:Operation_Citadel
gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden_(opposed)
gptkb:Operation_Overlord_(opposed)
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Fallschirmjäger
Panzer divisions
Waffen-SS (operationally separate but often coordinated)
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Heer
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Reichswehr
gptkbp:size up to 6 million personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr_(West_Germany)
gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Balkenkreuz
gptkbp:uniform field grey
gptkbp:warCrimes Holocaust participation
massacres of civilians
execution of prisoners of war
anti-partisan operations
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251_half-track
gptkb:StuG_III
gptkb:Sturmgeschütz_III
gptkb:Panther_tank
gptkb:Tiger_I_tank
gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkb:Karabiner_98k_rifle
gptkb:Nebelwerfer
gptkb:Sdkfz_222_armored_car
gptkb:Goliath_tracked_mine
gptkb:MG_42_machine_gun
gptkb:Pak_40_anti-tank_gun
gptkb:StG_44_assault_rifle
gptkb:88_mm_Flak_gun
gptkb:Tiger_II_tank
V-1 flying bomb (not directly army, but used in ground operations)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Friedrich_Cerha
gptkb:Saratov,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6