Army_Group_North_Ukraine

Army Group North Ukraine

Army Group North Ukraine

Major formation of the German army in World War II

The Army Group North Ukraine (German: Heeresgruppe Nordukraine) was a major formation of the German army in World War II.

German and Soviet deployments on the Eastern Front, June to August 1944, showing Army Group North Ukraine at lower left.
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Not to be confused with Army Group North.

History

It was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group South under Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model.[2] 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).[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]

Commanders

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See also

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Ziemke 2002, p. 312.
  2. [2]
    Ziemke 2002, p. 286.
  3. [3]
    Ziemke 2002, pp. 331–333.
  4. [4]
    Mitcham 2007, pp. 66–67.

References

  • Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Stackpole Military History. Stackpole Books.
  • 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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