21st Army (Wehrmacht)

21st Army
active	April to May 1945
Country	German Empire
Armed forces	Wehrmacht
Armed forces	army
Type	army
structure	see structure
management
Commander in chief	see list

The 21st Army / Army High Command 21 (AOK 21) was a major unit of the Army of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War . She was the high command of changing army corps and numerous special troops.

history

Location of the 21st Army in early May 1945

Operation area:

• Northern Germany: April to May 1945

The 21st Army was formed from parts of the 4th Army and the Steiner Army Group from the Vistula Army Group at the end of April 1945 after the Battle of East Prussia . At this point in time, the Wehrmacht units were already showing signs of disintegration. Von Tippelskirch could neither stop the flow of refugees nor locate his units. She capitulated on May 2, 1945 in northern Germany at Ludwigslust , Eldena and Dömitz to British troops.

people

Commander of the 21st Army:

period of service	Rank	Surname
April 27 to May 2, 1945	General of the Infantry	Kurt von Tippelskirch

Chief of the General Staff of the 21st Army:

period of service	Rank	Surname
April 27 to May 2, 1945	Colonel	Ulrich Freiherr von Varnbuler and zu Hemmingen

General Staff Officer (Ia) of the 21st Army:

period of service	Rank	Surname
April 27 to May 2, 1945	Lieutenant colonel	Carl-Otto von Hinckeldey

structure

Structure on April 28, 1945

• III. (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
• CI. Army Corps

Structure on April 30, 1945

• III. (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
  • Combat group 4th SS Police Panzer Grenadier Division
  • 3rd Marine Infantry Division
  • Combat group 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Charlemagne" (French No. 1)
  • Combat group 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (Latvian No. 1)
• CI. Army Corps
  • 5th Jäger Division
  • Special Disposal Division 606
• XXVII. Army Corps
  • Parachute tank replacement and training brigade 2 “Hermann Göring”
  • 1st Marine Infantry Division
  • 547th People's Grenadier Division

Structure on May 2, 1945

• III. SS Panzer Corps
• XXVII. Army Corps
• CI. Army Corps

Notes and individual references

1. ^ Remnants of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division
2. ^ Raymond Cartier: The Second World War. Vol. 3, 1944-1945, Lingen Verlag, Cologne 1967, p. 1201

Web links

• German 21st Army September 1940 – December 1940 (English, PDF; 70 kB)