The 6th Army is most famously known as a field army of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. Formed in 1939, it participated in the invasions of Poland and France before being transferred to the Eastern Front. The 6th Army became notorious for its involvement in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), where it was encircled and ultimately destroyed by the Soviet Red Army in one of the war's most decisive turning points. The name was later reconstituted for a new formation, but it never regained its former strength or reputation.
