Army Group North Ukraine
| Army Group North Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| Active | 5 April 1944 – September 1944 |
| Country |
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| Branch | German Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Type | Army Group |
| Size | 400,542 (Spring 1944)[1] |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Walter Model |
The Army Group North Ukraine (German: Heeresgruppe Nordukraine) was a major ground force formation of the German armed forces.
History
It was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group South under Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model.[2] In April 1944 it consists 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).[3] 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.
Order of Battle
The composition of the Army Group on 15 July 1944 was:[4]
- 4th Panzer Army
- XXXXVI Panzer Corps
- XXXXII Corps
- LVI Panzer Corps
- VIII Corps
- 1st Panzer Army
- LIX Corps
- XXIV Panzer Corps
- XXXXVIII Panzer Corps
- III Panzer Corps
- 20th Panzer Grenadier Divisions
- 14th SS Grenadier Division
- 1st Hungarian Army
- VI Hungarian Corps
- XI Corps
- VII Hungarian Corps
- 2nd Hungarian Mountain Brigade
- 19th Hungarian Reserve Division
- 2nd Hungarian Panzer Division
- Kampfgruppe, 19th SS Panzer Grenadier Division
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Ziemke 2002, p. 312.
- ↑ Ziemke 2002, p. 286.
- ↑ Ziemke 2002, pp. 331-333.
- ↑ Mitcham 2007, pp. 66-67.
References
- Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr., The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45 (Stackpole Military History), Stackpole Books, 2007
- Ziemke, Earl F. (2002). Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, US Army. ISBN 9781780392875.
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