Army Group G

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Army Group G was a major German Wehrmacht formation on the Western Front during World War II, responsible for defending southern France and later parts of western Germany against Allied forces.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Army Group G canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German army group ⓘ
Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
activeDuring 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ
areaOfResponsibility Alsace ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
Saarland ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
Southwestern Germany ⓘ
commander Friedrich Wiese ⓘ
Hermann Balck ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagement Allied invasion of Southern France ⓘ
linked to: Operation Dragoon

Battle of the Colmar Pocket ⓘ
Defense of the Rhine ⓘ
Defense of the Saar region ⓘ
Operation Dragoon ⓘ
Operations in Lorraine ⓘ
Retreat from Southern France 1944 ⓘ
Vosges campaign ⓘ
linked to: Vosges Campaign
formed 1944 ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
militaryBranch Heer ⓘ
notableCommander Hermann Balck ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz ⓘ
notableFor defense against Allied advance in Southern France ⓘ
retreat across France into Germany in 1944–1945 ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Free French forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

United States Army ⓘ
partOf German Army (Heer) ⓘ
linked to: German Army

Wehrmacht ⓘ
role defense of southern France ⓘ
defense of western Germany ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Group Upper Rhine ⓘ
Oberbefehlshaber West ⓘ
surrenderedIn May 1945 ⓘ
surrenderedTo United States Army ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Southern France ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
Western Germany ⓘ
linked to: western Germany
type army group-level formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

OB West → hasPart → Army Group G ⓘ
XIII Army Corps → subordinateTo → Army Group G ⓘ