The German Lapland Army (''AOK Lappland'') was one of the two army echelon
headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
and
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. It was established in January 1942, and renamed the 20th Mountain Army (''20. Gebirgsarmee'') in June 1942. On 18 December 1944, the 20th Mountain Army took over the role of ''Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Norwegen'' from the dissolved
Army of Norway
The Norwegian Army ( no, Hæren) is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway ...
.
Commanders
Commander-in-chiefs
Chiefs of staff
* Generalleutnant
Ferdinand Jodl (22 June 1942 – 1 March 1944)
* Generalleutnant
Hermann Hölter (1 March 1944 – 8 May 1945)
Units
April 1942
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2nd Mountain Division
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6th Mountain Division
*
7th Mountain Division
The 7th Mountain Division (german: 7. Gebirgs Division) was formed through the redesignation of 99th Light Infantry Division, which had fought on the southern sector of the Eastern Front until being withdrawn to Germany in October 1941. In 1942 ...
*
163rd Infantry Division
*
169th Infantry Division
*
210th Infantry Division
*
SS Division Nord
*
Finnish 3rd Division
Supporting Units ~
*
211th Panzer Battalion
*
741st StuG Battalion
*
742nd StuG Battalion
See also
*
Army Norway (Wehrmacht)
The Army of Norway, also simply Army Norway (german: Armee Norwegen), was a German army operating in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. The Army of Norway was under ''Armeeoberkommando Norwegen'' (Army High Command Norway), a ...
References
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Armee Lappland / 20. Gebirgs-Armee. German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved 12 April 2005.
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Military units and formations established in 1942
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
Mountain units and formations of Germany
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