German Army Group A

GPTKB entity

Statements (85)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_forces
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:challenges Soviet counteroffensives
gptkbp:command_structure Army Group command
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Field_Marshal_Wilhelm_von_Leeb
gptkbp:conflict Eastern Front battles
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:1944
1943
gptkbp:displacement retreat to the Dnieper
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1944
1943
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
defensive operations
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Stuka_dive_bombers
Panzer tanks
gptkbp:faced_logistical_issues supply line difficulties
gptkbp:formation_date 1941
gptkbp:formed 1941
gptkbp:fought_against gptkb:Red_Army
gptkbp:fought_in gptkb:Caucasus_Campaign
gptkbp:has_ability initial advances in 1942
gptkbp:has_limitations overextended supply lines
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Rostov-on-Don
gptkb:Brest-Litovsk
gptkbp:historical_analysis studied in military history
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:World_War_II_Eastern_Front
gptkbp:historical_event defeat in the East
gptkbp:historical_legacy impact on WWII outcomes
gptkbp:historical_significance pivotal in early war successes
major offensive in the East
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Army Group A
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_Taman_Peninsula
gptkb:Battle_of_Rostov
gptkb:Siege_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Battle_of_Novorossiysk
gptkb:Battle_of_Voronezh
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Caucasus
gptkb:Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkbp:is_active_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:logistics Railway network in Poland
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:Army
gptkbp:military_doctrine combined arms warfare
gptkbp:military_engagement gptkb:Caucasus_Front
gptkbp:military_operations Caucasus operations
gptkbp:military_strategy encirclement tactics
gptkbp:notable_allies gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_Kiev
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:notable_commanders gptkb:Friedrich_Paulus
gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Hermann_Hoth
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Tuapse
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Blue
gptkbp:objective capture Moscow
capture of the Caucasus
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:operational_period 1941-1944
1941-1943
gptkbp:operational_range gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:operational_theater gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:operational_use Army Group A Headquarters
gptkbp:operations retreat to the West
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:post_war_career gptkb:historical_analysis
gptkbp:produced_by German logistics
gptkbp:strategic_goals secure oil fields
failure to capture Stalingrad
encircle Soviet forces
gptkbp:strategic_importance control of oil resources
gptkbp:strength gptkb:Germany
approximately 1 million troops
over 500,000 troops
gptkbp:subordinate_units gptkb:17th_Army
gptkb:6th_Army
gptkb:4th_Panzer_Army
gptkb:OKH_(Oberkommando_des_Heeres)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkb:Army_Group_South
gptkbp:tactics gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:tactics_used gptkb:blitzkrieg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hermann_Hoth
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4