Army Group North

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Army Group North was a major German Wehrmacht formation in World War II that led the northern offensive on the Eastern Front, including the drive toward Leningrad during Operation Barbarossa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German army group ⓘ
Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
areaOfOperations Baltic States ⓘ
linked to: Baltic states

Courland Peninsula ⓘ
Leningrad region ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad Oblast

Northern Russia ⓘ
collaborationWith Army of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finnish Army
commander Georg von Küchler ⓘ
Lothar Rendulic ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
directionOfAdvance Northern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ
disbandedOn 1945-01-25 ⓘ
engagedAgainst Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
fate Forces encircled in Courland Pocket at end of war ⓘ
formedOn 1941-06-22 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Courland Pocket ⓘ
East Prussia (initially) ⓘ
linked to: East Prussia

Pskov area ⓘ
linked to: Pskov Oblast

Riga ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Narva (1944) ⓘ
Battle of Smolensk (supporting northern flank) ⓘ
Battle of Tikhvin ⓘ
Courland Pocket battles ⓘ
linked to: Courland Pocket
notableOperation Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
operation Baltic States campaign ⓘ
Operation Silver Fox (coordination with Finnish forces) ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
partOf German Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht
primaryObjective Leningrad ⓘ
reorganizedAs Army Group North (2nd formation) in 1944 ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
strategicRole Cutting off Leningrad from the rest of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Securing northern flank of German advance into Soviet Union ⓘ
subordinateUnit 16th Army ⓘ
18th Army ⓘ
Army Detachment Kempf (temporarily) ⓘ
linked to: German 17th Army

Army Detachment Narva ⓘ
Panzer Group 4 ⓘ
successor Army Group Courland ⓘ
Army Group Vistula ⓘ
surrenderDate 1945-05-08 ⓘ
surrenderedTo Red Army ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
warCrimeInvolvement Crimes against civilians in occupied Baltic territories ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad starvation policy ⓘ

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Referenced by (117)

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Operation Barbarossa → involvedUnit → Army Group North ⓘ
German 4th Panzer Army → front → Army Group North Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
GermanArmyGroupNorth → successor → Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) in the Baltic region ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Soviet-German Front → commandStructure → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Ernst Busch → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ
Walter Model → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ
Army Group Centre → reconstitutedAs → Army Group North ⓘ
Army Group Centre → subordinateUnit → Army Group North Ukraine (temporarily redesignated) ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Army Group North → reorganizedAs → Army Group North (2nd formation) in 1944 ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
East Pomeranian Offensive → belligerent → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
East Prussian Offensive → combatant → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive → opposingUnit → Army Group North Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Fedor von Bock → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ
18th Army (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
Colonel General Lindemann → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
16th Army (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
4th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) → opposedBy → Army Group North ⓘ
Baltic offensive (1944) → opponent → Army Group North ⓘ
9th Army (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
German 1st Panzer Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
German 17th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Georg von Küchler → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ
Lublin–Brest Offensive → involvedUnit → German Army Group North Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
3rd Panzer Army → higherCommand → Army Group North ⓘ
16th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
Army Detachment Narva → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
Courland Peninsula → belligerentForces → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Totenkopf Division → partOf → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Memel offensive → opponent → Army Group North ⓘ
Memel offensive → involvedUnit → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Ninth Army → associatedWith → Army Group North ⓘ
18th Army → front → Army Group North ⓘ
18th Army → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
Lothar Rendulic → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ
11th Guards Army → opponent → Army Group North ⓘ
43rd Army → opposed → Army Group North ⓘ
Army Group Courland → formedFrom → Army Group North ⓘ
Army Group Courland → precededBy → Army Group North ⓘ
Courland Pocket → involvedMilitaryUnit → Army Group North ⓘ
Šiauliai offensive → opposedBy → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Šiauliai offensive → involvedUnit → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
4th Panzer Division → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
LVI Panzer Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group North ⓘ
LVI Panzer Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group North Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Wilhelm von Leeb → commanded → Army Group North ⓘ
subject linked to: von Leeb
Battle of Narva (1944) → belligerent → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North
Samland Offensive → opponent → German Army Group North ⓘ
linked to: Army Group North