German Fifteenth Army

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The German Fifteenth Army was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht that defended the Western Front, particularly in the Netherlands and along the Rhine, against advancing Allied forces.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
German Fifteenth Army canonical 2
German 15th Army 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
allegiance Third Reich ⓘ
areaOfOperations Belgium ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Western Germany ⓘ
linked to: western Germany
commandStructure Army Group B ⓘ
Army Group H ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disestablishedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn defense against Allied landings in Western Europe ⓘ
retreat operations across the Low Countries ⓘ
formedIn World War II ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
garrisonLocation Lower Rhine region ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
militaryBranch Heer ⓘ
notableFor defensive operations along the Rhine in late World War II ⓘ
resistance to Allied advance after Normandy landings ⓘ
notableRole defense of the Netherlands ⓘ
defense of the Rhine ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf German Army (Heer) ⓘ
linked to: German Army

Wehrmacht ⓘ
primaryTask defend crossings over the Rhine ⓘ
hold defensive lines in the Netherlands ⓘ
role coastal defense ⓘ
defensive operations ⓘ
delaying actions against Allied advance ⓘ
side Axis powers ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ
type army-level formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Heinrich von Vietinghoff → notableCommand → German Fifteenth Army ⓘ
Operation Veritable → opposedBy → German Fifteenth Army ⓘ
Crossing of the Roer River → opponentUnit → German 15th Army ⓘ
linked to: German Fifteenth Army