German Army on the Eastern Front

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The German Army on the Eastern Front was the Wehrmacht’s primary land force fighting the Soviet Union during World War II, engaged in some of the largest and most brutal campaigns of the conflict.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Wehrmacht ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
casualties several million killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
collaboratedWith Einsatzgruppen ⓘ
SS units ⓘ
local collaborationist forces ⓘ
commander Erich von Manstein ⓘ
Fedor von Bock ⓘ
Georg von Küchler ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Günther von Kluge ⓘ
Heinz Guderian ⓘ
Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ
Wilhelm Keitel (as OKW chief overseeing operations) ⓘ
linked to: Wilhelm Keitel
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence retreat to Germany and eventual surrender in 1945 ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1945-05 ⓘ
engagedIn defensive operations after 1943 ⓘ
mobile warfare ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
frontLineExtent from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea at various times ⓘ
includedBranch armored forces ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
engineer troops ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
logistics units ⓘ
reconnaissance units ⓘ
notableOperation Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Case Blue ⓘ
Operation Bagration (as opposing force) ⓘ
linked to: Operation Bagration

Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Operation Typhoon ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Heer ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
peakStrength millions of soldiers ⓘ
result defeat by the Red Army ⓘ
startTime 1941-06-22 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of key cities such as Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad ⓘ
defeat of the Soviet Union ⓘ
seizure of Soviet territory ⓘ
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
Oberkommando des Heeres ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front ⓘ
usedDoctrine Blitzkrieg ⓘ
warCrimeInvolvement mass shootings of civilians ⓘ
starvation policies ⓘ
support for the Holocaust in occupied Soviet territories ⓘ

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Ferdinand Schörner → partOf → German Army on the Eastern Front ⓘ
Joachim Lemelsen → partOf → German Army high command on the Eastern Front ⓘ
linked to: German Army on the Eastern Front
22nd Army → primaryEnemy → German Army on the Eastern Front ⓘ
Erwin Jaenecke → memberOf → German Army high command on the Eastern Front ⓘ
linked to: German Army on the Eastern Front
31st Volksgrenadier Division → partOf → German Army on the Eastern Front ⓘ
Criminal orders of the Wehrmacht → appliesTo → German armed forces on the Eastern Front ⓘ
linked to: German Army on the Eastern Front
Criminal orders of the Wehrmacht → implementedBy → German Army units on the Eastern Front ⓘ
linked to: German Army on the Eastern Front
Severity Order → appliesTo → Wehrmacht soldiers on the Eastern Front ⓘ
linked to: German Army on the Eastern Front
Finnish Infantry Regiment 200 → partOf → German forces on the Eastern Front ⓘ
linked to: German Army on the Eastern Front