5th Army (Wehrmacht)

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The 5th Army / Army High Command 5 (AOK 5) 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.

Lineup

The 5th Army was set up on August 25, 1939 under Infantry General Curt Liebmann . It acted defensively on the Siegfried Line and on the Western Front before the army staff was transferred to Poland in mid-October . The 18th Army later emerged from him .

Commander in chief

  • General of the Infantry Curt Liebmann (August 25 to November 4, 1939)

literature

  • Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 2. The Land Forces 1–5 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1973, ISBN 3-7648-0871-3 .

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