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Armeegruppe
''Armeegruppe'' was a historical type of major formation of German military history, in use in the Imperial German Army during World War I and the Wehrmacht during World War II. While the term literally translates as ''army group'', the German-language equivalent of an English-language army group is ''Heeresgruppe''. Whereas a ''Heeresgruppe''-type army group was designed to be permanent, an ''Armeegruppe''-type army group was usually an ''ad hoc'' formation for a specific military task. Typically, ''Armeegruppe''-type formations were short-lived. Whereas ''Heeresgruppe''-type formations were typically named after a geographic region (such as Army Group Courland, ''Heeresgruppe'' Courland), geographic direction (such as Army Group North, ''Heeresgruppe'' North) or even named by simple letters (such as Army Group A, ''Army Group'' A), ''Armeegruppe''-type army groups were typically named after their commanding general, e.g. Army Group Steiner was named after Felix Steiner. ''Armee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heeresgruppe
This is a list of German Army group, army groups during World War II. Some German formations during World War II were designated ''Heeresgruppe'' and others ''Armeegruppe''. Both terms are usually translated into English as "army group" but refer to different concepts. Differences between ''Heeresgruppe'' and ''Armeegruppe'' Some German formations, such as Army Group A, were known as ''Heeresgruppe'', whereas others, such as Army Liguria, Army Group Liguria, were known as ''Armeegruppe''. Both of these terms have, for a lack of alternatives, been translated into English as "army group". Generally, the major army groups were ''Heeresgruppen'', whereas the term ''Armeegruppe'' was used for formations that contained between two and three armies, initially reserved for those formations that included non-German armies. For instance, Army Group Balck contained the 6th Army (Wehrmacht), 6th German Army and the 3rd Army (Hungary), 3rd Hungarian Army. ''Heeresgruppen'' The ''Heeresgrup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group
An army group is a military organization consisting of several field army, field armies, which is self-sufficient for indefinite periods. It is usually responsible for a particular geographic area. An army group is the largest field organization handled by a single commander – usually a General Officer, full general or field marshal – and it generally includes between 400,000 and 1,000,000 soldiers. In the Polish Armed Forces and former Red Army, Soviet Red Army an army group was known as a Front (military formation), Front. The equivalent of an army group in the Imperial Japanese Army was a "general army" (). Army groups may be multi-national formations. For example, during World War II, the Sixth United States Army Group, Southern Group of Armies (also known as the U.S. 6th Army Group) comprised the Seventh United States Army, U.S. Seventh Army and the First Army (France), French First Army; the 21st Army Group comprised the Second Army (United Kingdom), British Second Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group G
Army Group G () fought on the Western Front of World War II and was a component of OB West. History Army Group G was initially deployed as an '' Armeegruppe''-type formation on 28 April 1944, but was later upgraded to ''Heeresgruppe''-type on 12 September 1944. When the Allied invasion of Southern France took place, Army Group G had eleven divisions with which to hold France south of the Loire.Pogue (referencesCHAPTER XII The Campaign in Southern Francep.227 Between August 17 and 18, the German Armed Forces High Command ordered Army Group G ( with the exception of the troops holding the fortress ports) to abandon southern France. German LXIV Corps, in command in the southwest since First Army had been withdrawn a few weeks earlier to hold the line on the River Seine southeast of Paris, formed three march groups and withdrew eastward toward Dijon. At the same time, the German Nineteenth Army retreated northward through the Rhône valley toward the Plateau de Langres. Ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 6th Army () 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. Western campaigns The 6th Army was formed on 10 October 1939 with General Walther von Reichenau in command through the redesignation of the 10th Army that had fought during the Invasion of Poland. During the invasion of the Low Countries the 6th Army saw active service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group Steiner
Army Detachment Steiner (), also referred to as Army Group Steiner () or Group Steiner ('')'', was a temporary military unit (''Armeegruppe''-type), mid-way in strength between a corps and an army, created on paper by Adolf Hitler on 21 April 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, and placed under the command of ''SS-Obergruppenführer'' Felix Steiner. Hitler hoped that the units assigned to Steiner would be able to stage an effective counterattack against the northern pincer of the Soviet assault on Berlin, but Steiner refused to attack upon realizing the units were inadequate. His force was made up of some soldiers, Hitler Youth teenagers, emergency ''Luftwaffe'' ground personnel, and ''Kriegsmarine'' dockworkers. The only tanks available were approximately a dozen captured French tanks from 1940. It was the failure of this offensive that led Hitler to admit out loud for the first time that Germany had lost the war. History On the second day of the Battle of Berlin, 17 April, ''Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
