Army Group South Ukraine

Army Group South Ukraine
Active	05 April - 23 September 1944
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Wehrmacht
Branch	Heer
Size	Army Group 508,946 (Spring 1944)^[1]
Engagements	World War II Eastern Front
Commanders
Notable commanders	Ferdinand Schoerner Johannes Friessner

Army Group South Ukraine (German: Heeresgruppe Südukraine) was a German army group on the Eastern Front during World War II.

Army Group South Ukraine was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group A.^[2] This army group saw action during the Jassy-Kishinev Operation and after taking heavy casualties was redesignated Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd) on 23 September 1944.^[3]

Order of Battle, June 1944

Commanders

General Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Ferdinand Schörner - 31 March 1944 to 25 July 1944
Colonel General (Generaloberst) Johannes Frießner - 25 July 1944 to 23 September 1944

Bibliography

Citations

↑ Ziemke 2002, p. 312.
↑ Ziemke 2002, p. 286.
↑ Ziemke 2002, p. 380.

References

Ziemke, Earl F. (2002). Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, US Army. ISBN 9781780392875.

Army Groups of the Wehrmacht

Army Group A Army Group Africa Army Group B Army Group C Army Group D Army Group Don Army Group E Army Group F Army Group G Army Group H Army Group Courland Army Group Centre Army Group North Army Group Oberrhein Army Group Ostmark Army Group North Ukraine Army Group South Army Group South Ukraine Army Group Vistula

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