German Ninth Army

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The German Ninth Army was a field army of the Wehrmacht that fought primarily on the Eastern Front during World War II, notably defending against major Soviet offensives.

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Label Occurrences
German Ninth Army canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht unit ⓘ
field army ⓘ
activityPeriod 1940–1945 ⓘ
allegiance Nazi Germany ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Berlin ⓘ
Battle of Moscow ⓘ
Battle of the Seelow Heights ⓘ
Operation Bagration ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
Rzhev battles ⓘ
Rzhev–Vyazma strategic operations ⓘ
defense of Warsaw approaches ⓘ
encirclement in the Halbe pocket ⓘ
fate largely destroyed in 1945 ⓘ
formedIn 1940 ⓘ
front Army Group Centre ⓘ
Army Group Vistula ⓘ
languageOfCommand German ⓘ
location Belarus ⓘ
Eastern Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
militaryBranch land forces ⓘ
notableCommander Adolf Strauss ⓘ
Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ
Theodor Busse ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
notableFor defense against Soviet offensives ⓘ
defense of Seelow Heights ⓘ
participation in Rzhev salient fighting ⓘ
opponent Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf German Army (Heer) ⓘ
linked to: German Army

Wehrmacht ⓘ
role defensive operations on Eastern Front ⓘ
offensive operations during early war phase ⓘ
size army-level formation ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Group Centre ⓘ
Army Group Vistula ⓘ
Oberkommando des Heeres ⓘ
surrenderedIn 1945 ⓘ
surrenderedTo Red Army ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Operation Mars → forceInvolved → German Ninth Army ⓘ
Battle of the Seelow Heights → belligerent → German Ninth Army ⓘ
Battle of the Seelow Heights → defender → German Ninth Army ⓘ
Bobruysk offensive → involvesUnit → German Ninth Army ⓘ