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6th Army
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Key facts
- Active
- 10 October 1939 – 2 February 1943, 5 March 1943 – 9 May 1945
- Country
- Germany
- Branch
- German Army ( Heer )
- Type
- Field army
- Notable commanders
- Walther von Reichenau , Friedrich Paulus , Maximilian Fretter-Pico , Hermann Balck
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-05-08
- inception
- 1939-10-10
- native label
- 6. Armee
- Commons category
- 6th Army (Wehrmacht)
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The 6th Army (German: 6. Armee) was a field army of the German Army during World War II. It is widely known for its defeat by and subsequent surrender to the Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. It committed war crimes at Babi Yar while under the command of Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau during Operation Barbarossa.
The 6th Army was reformed in March 1943, and participated in fighting in Ukraine and later Romania, before being almost completely destroyed in the Second Jassy-Kishinev Offensive in August 1944. Following this it would fight in Hungary, attempting to relieve Budapest, and subsequently retreating into Austria in the Spring of 1945. 6th Army surrendered to US Army forces on 9 May 1945.