German Army Group A

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military formation
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Field_Marshal_Wilhelm_von_Leeb
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved 1944
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:equipment artillery pieces
Panzer tanks
infantry weapons
gptkbp:establishedIn 1941
gptkbp:firstGeneration surrender in 1945
defensive battles in 1944
retreat_to_the_Vistula
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Brest-Litovsk
gptkbp:historicalSignificance influenced later military strategies
pivotal in early war successes
contributed_to_the_Eastern_Front_strategy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Army Group A
gptkbp:legacy studied in military academies
influenced post-war military doctrine
symbol_of_German_military_strategy
gptkbp:logistics supplied by railways
supplied by trucks
supplied by air transport
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Kiev
gptkb:Battle_of_Smolensk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:General_Heinz_Guderian
gptkb:General_Hermann_Hoth
gptkb:General_Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Fedor_von_Bock
gptkb:General_Georg_von_Küchler
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:partOf Wehrmacht
gptkbp:skills approximately 1 million troops
gptkbp:strategicGoals capture_Moscow
gptkbp:subordinateUnits gptkb:17th_Army
gptkb:Army_Group_B
gptkb:6th_Army
4th Panzer Army
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkbp:tactics combined arms operations
encirclement
blitzkrieg