German Army in France

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The German Army in France was the occupying Wehrmacht force responsible for military control, security operations, and defense against Allied invasion in France during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
German Army in France canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
military occupation force ⓘ
allegiance Adolf Hitler ⓘ
commandedBy Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Günther von Kluge ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
cooperatedWith German Military Administration in France ⓘ
German SS and police in France ⓘ
linked to: SS and Gestapo

Vichy regime ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
engagedIn anti-partisan operations in France ⓘ
deportation support operations in France ⓘ
forced labor requisitions in France ⓘ
repression of resistance in France ⓘ
hasComponent Army Group D ⓘ
German coastal defense units in France ⓘ
German field divisions in France ⓘ
German garrison troops in France ⓘ
German security divisions in France ⓘ
Luftwaffe ground units in France ⓘ
Oberbefehlshaber West ⓘ
Organisation Todt construction units in France ⓘ
Waffen-SS units in France ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Atlantic coastal defense ⓘ
Normandy landings ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Occupation of France ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Retreat from France 1944 ⓘ
operatedInTerritory France ⓘ
Occupied France ⓘ
opposedBy Allied Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Forces françaises de l’intérieur ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
French Resistance ⓘ
Polish Armed Forces in the West ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf German Army (Heer) ⓘ
linked to: German Army

Wehrmacht ⓘ
responsibleFor coastal defense of France ⓘ
defense against Allied invasion of France ⓘ
enforcement of German occupation policies in France ⓘ
military occupation of France ⓘ
security operations in occupied France ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ
usedInfrastructure Atlantic Wall ⓘ
coastal fortifications in France ⓘ
railway network in France ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Friedrich Wiese → associatedWith → German Army in France ⓘ
6th Airborne Division → opposedBy → German Army in France ⓘ