1st Parachute Army

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The 1st Parachute Army was a German World War II airborne field army composed primarily of paratrooper units that fought on the Western Front.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
1st Parachute Army canonical 3

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German field army ⓘ
airborne army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
branch Luftwaffe ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf paratrooper units ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedAfter German surrender in 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn defensive operations ⓘ
retreat operations ⓘ
faced Allied amphibious and river-crossing operations ⓘ
formedIn 1944 ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquartersLocation Netherlands ⓘ
northwestern Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II in Europe ⓘ
militaryRole airborne operations ⓘ
ground combat ⓘ
militarySpecialization airborne infantry ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Alfred Schlemm ⓘ
Günther Blumentritt ⓘ
Kurt Student ⓘ
notableFor defensive fighting on the Western Front ⓘ
use of Luftwaffe paratroop formations as ground infantry ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
defense of the Lower Rhine ⓘ
defense of the Ruhr area ⓘ
operations in the Netherlands ⓘ
partOf German armed forces in World War II ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Group B ⓘ
Army Group H ⓘ
Oberbefehlshaber West ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Western Front ⓘ
usedFor defense against Allied advance into northwestern Germany ⓘ
holding the German front in the Netherlands ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army Group B → subordinateUnit → 1st Parachute Army ⓘ
German Army Group H → subordinateUnit → 1st Parachute Army ⓘ
Army Group H → subordinateUnit → 1st Parachute Army ⓘ