German Wehrmacht in Italy

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The German Wehrmacht in Italy was the force of Nazi Germany responsible for defending the Italian peninsula during World War II, notably conducting protracted campaigns against Allied armies along fortified lines such as the Gustav and Gothic Lines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military unit ⓘ
World War II military force ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
collaboratedWith Italian Social Republic ⓘ
commandStructure Army Group C ⓘ
Fourteenth Army ⓘ
Tenth Army ⓘ
committed war crimes in Italy ⓘ
conflict Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateOfSurrender 2 May 1945 ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of the Garigliano ⓘ
Battle of the Sangro ⓘ
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy ⓘ
formedAfter Italian armistice of 8 September 1943 ⓘ
hasPart Heer ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
notableCommander Albert Kesselring ⓘ
Eberhard von Mackensen ⓘ
Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ
notableWarCrimeLocation Ardeatine massacre ⓘ
Marzabotto massacre ⓘ
Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre ⓘ
occupationRole military occupation of northern Italy ⓘ
operatedIn Italy ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
Brazilian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Italian Co-belligerent Army ⓘ
Polish II Corps ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
role defense of Italian peninsula ⓘ
strategicObjective delay Allied advance toward central Europe ⓘ
supportedBy German paratrooper units ⓘ
Waffen-SS units ⓘ
linked to: Waffen-SS
surrenderedTo Allied forces in Italy ⓘ
tactics defense in depth ⓘ
use of fortified mountain positions ⓘ
timePeriod 1943–1945 ⓘ
usedDefensiveLine Gothic Line ⓘ
Gustav Line ⓘ
Winter Line ⓘ

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

4th Indian Division → engagedAgainst → German Wehrmacht in Italy ⓘ
German occupation of Italy → appliesToJurisdiction → German military commands in Italy ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy
Fosse Ardeatine massacre → participant → Wehrmacht units in Rome ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy
Joachim Lemelsen → partOf → German Army high command on the Italian Front ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy
Conte di Cavour → capturedBy → German forces (after Italian armistice, 1943) ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy
occupation of Turin → occupyingForce → German military administration in Italy ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy
Monte Camino → controlledBy → German Army during Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy
92nd Infantry Division → opponent → German Army in Italy ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy
Oberbefehlshaber Süd → responsibleFor → German forces in Italy ⓘ
linked to: German Wehrmacht in Italy