6th Army

E99698

The 6th Army was a major German Wehrmacht field army in World War II, best known for its encirclement and destruction at the Battle of Stalingrad.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of 6th Army

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the 6th Army (The 6th Army was a major German Wehrmacht field army in World War II, best known for its encirclement and destruction at the Battle of Stalingrad.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
6th Army canonical 7
6th Army (Wehrmacht) 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeDuring 1939–1943 ⓘ
allegedToHaveCommitted war crimes on Eastern Front ⓘ
approximateStrengthAtStalingrad over 250000 men ⓘ
associatedWith Nazi war of aggression ⓘ
branch Heer ⓘ
commander Friedrich Paulus ⓘ
Karl-Adolf Hollidt ⓘ
Maximilian von Weichs ⓘ
Walther von Reichenau ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
encircledIn Operation Uranus ⓘ
engagedAgainst Soviet Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Red Army
formedIn 1939 ⓘ
garrisonOrHQ various locations in Germany and occupied Europe ⓘ
higherCommandDuringStalingrad Army Group B ⓘ
historicalReputation symbol of German defeat on Eastern Front ⓘ
involvedIn Battle of Budapest ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Budapest

Battle of Debrecen ⓘ
laterOperations fighting in Hungary ⓘ
fighting in Ukraine ⓘ
notableCommander Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus ⓘ
linked to: Friedrich Paulus
notableFor Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
destruction at Stalingrad ⓘ
encirclement at Stalingrad ⓘ
opponentAtStalingrad Soviet 62nd Army ⓘ
Soviet Stalingrad Front ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Case Blue ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
partOf German Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht
reconstituted 1943 ⓘ
reconstitutedAs new 6th Army on Eastern Front ⓘ
subordinateTo Army Group B ⓘ
Army Group Don ⓘ
Army Group South ⓘ
surrenderedAt Stalingrad ⓘ
surrenderedOn 2 February 1943 ⓘ
theater Eastern Front ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

40th Army Corps → subordinateTo → 6th Army ⓘ
Army Group B → subordinateUnit → 6th Army ⓘ
Case Blue → involves → 6th Army ⓘ
Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive → militaryFormationInvolved → 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army
Elena Rosetti-Solescu → spouseNotableCommand → 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army
Reichenau Order → appliesTo → 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army
Reichenau Severity Order → issuedBy → 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army
Reichenau Severity Order → appliesTo → 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army
XI Army Corps (Wehrmacht) → subordinateTo → 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army
Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive → participatingUnit → 6th Army (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 6th Army