The Army Group North Ukraine ( German : Heeresgruppe Nordukraine ) was a major formation of the German army in World War II .
10-549: It was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group South under Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model . In April 1944 it consisted of 1st Panzer Army and 4th Panzer Army . In the summer of 1944 it opposed the Red Army's 1st Ukrainian Front during the Lvov-Sandomir strategic offensive operation (13 July - 29 August 1944). In August 1944 the 4th Panzer Army and the 17th Army defended between Carpathian Mountains and
20-504: A major formation elsewhere. The German Sixth Army , which was destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad , was re-constituted and later made part of Army Group South in March 1943. By the end of December 1943, the strength of Army Group South had been reduced to 328,397 German soldiers, joined by another 109,816 allied soldiers and non-German volunteer troops. On 4 April 1944, Army Group South
30-573: The Pripyet swamps in Galicia . In September 1944 it was renamed to Army Group A . The composition of the Army Group on 15 July 1944 was: This German World War II article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Army Group South Army Group South ( German : Heeresgruppe Süd ) was the name of one of three German Army Groups during World War II . It
40-614: The Romanian Third and Fourth Armies. In preparation for Case Blue , the 1942 campaign in southern Russia and the Caucasus, Army Group South was split into two army groups: Army Group A and Army Group B . Army Group A was ordered south to capture the oil fields in the Caucasus . In February 1943, Army Group Don and the existing Army Group B were combined and re-designated Army Group South. A new Army Group B became
50-443: The summer of 1944 it opposed the Red Army's 1st Ukrainian Front during the Lvov-Sandomir strategic offensive operation (13 July - 29 August 1944). In August 1944 the 4th Panzer Army and the 17th Army defended between Carpathian Mountains and the Pripyet swamps in Galicia . In September 1944 it was renamed to Army Group A . The composition of the Army Group on 15 July 1944 was: This German World War II article
60-400: Was first used in the 1939 September Campaign , along with Army Group North to invade Poland . In the invasion of Poland , Army Group South was led by Gerd von Rundstedt and his chief of staff Erich von Manstein . Two years later, Army Group South became one of three army groups into which Germany organised their forces for Operation Barbarossa . Army Group South's principal objective
70-599: Was one of the last major German military formations to surrender to the Allies. Army Group North Ukraine The Army Group North Ukraine ( German : Heeresgruppe Nordukraine ) was a major formation of the German army in World War II . It was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group South under Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model . In April 1944 it consisted of 1st Panzer Army and 4th Panzer Army . In
80-488: Was re-designated Army Group North Ukraine . Army Group North Ukraine existed from 4 April to 28 September. In September 1944, Army Group South Ukraine was re-designated Army Group South. At the end of World War II in Europe , Army Group South was again renamed; as Army Group Ostmark , the remnants of Army Group South ended the war fighting in and around Austria and Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . Army Group Ostmark
90-827: Was to advance up to the Volga River , engaging a part of the Red Army and thus clearing the way for the Army Group North and the Army Group Center on their approach to Leningrad and Moscow respectively. To carry out these initial tasks its battle order included the First Panzer Group (Gen. Kleist) and the German Sixth (Gen. Reichenau), Seventeenth (Gen. Stülpnagel) and Eleventh Armies (Gen. Schobert), Luftlotte 1 (Keller) and
100-681: Was to capture Soviet Ukraine and its capital Kiev . In September 1944, Army Group South Ukraine was renamed Army Group South in Eastern Hungary. It fought in Western Hungary until March 1945 and retired to Austria at the end of the Second World War, where it was renamed Army Group Ostmark on 2 April 1945. Ukraine was a major center of Soviet industry and mining and had the good farmland required for Hitler's plans for Lebensraum ('living space'). Army Group South
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