2nd Army

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The 2nd Army was a major field army of the German Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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2nd Army canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht army
field army
military unit
alliance Axis Powers
linked to: Axis powers
branch Heer
conflict World War II
country Nazi Germany
disbandedIn 1945
engagedAgainst Poland
Red Army
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
formedIn World War II
front Army Group Centre
Army Group South
garrisonOrHeadquarters various locations on Eastern Front
historicalEra Second World War
linked to: World War II
militaryBranchOf Wehrmacht
notableBattle Battle of Kursk
Battles around Orel
Voronezh–Kastornoye operations
notableCommander Hans von Salmuth
Maximilian von Weichs
Rudolf Schmidt
Walter Weiß
linked to: Walter Weiss

Walter von Reichenau
notableFor operations on the Eastern Front during World War II
operation Battle of Kursk
Case Blue
Invasion of Poland
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Operation Barbarossa
participatedIn German invasion of the Soviet Union
German occupation operations in Eastern Europe
partOf German Army (Wehrmacht)
linked to: Wehrmacht
role defensive operations
offensive operations
size army-level formation
subordinateTo Army Group Centre
Army Group South
Oberkommando des Heeres
theater Balkan Campaign
Eastern Front
timePeriod 1939–1945
type combined arms formation
usedEquipment German Army standard equipment of World War II

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