6th Panzer Army (Wehrmacht)
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6th Panzer Army |
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| active | September 1944 to May 9, 1945 |
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.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| Armed forces | Wehrmacht |
| Armed forces | Army ; Armed SS |
| Type | army |
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| Sole commander | Sepp Dietrich |
The 6th Panzer Army or the Panzer Army High Command 6 (unofficially (PzAOK 6) 6. (SS) Panzer Army or 6th SS Panzer Army called) 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
The association was formed in September 1944 in Wehrkreis VI from parts of the staff of the Wehrmacht Commander- in- Chief Belgium- North France and remnants of the General Command XII .
Areas of operation were France and Belgium - especially in the Ardennes offensive - from February 1945 in Hungary in the Lake Balaton offensive and from March in Austria in the defense of the Vienna Operation 1945 .
The remnants of the army surrendered on 8/9. May 1945 on the Enns near Steyr to the Americans .
Commanders
The commanding officer was SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and Generaloberst of the Waffen-SS Sepp Dietrich .
structure
The association was divided into the following associations in March 1945 - at that time as part of Army Group South :
- XXXXIII. Army Corps:
- 356th Infantry Division (from March 20)
- Motorized Grenadier Brigade 92 (from March 20)
- Division combat group "Feldherrnhalle" (formerly Panzergrenadier division "Feldherrnhalle")
- I. Cavalry Corps:
- 3rd Cavalry Division
- 4th Cavalry Division
- 25th Hungarian Infantry Division
- II. Hungarian Army Corps:
- 20th Hungarian Infantry Division
- Hungarian Division "Szent Lászlo"
designation
The addition “(SS-)” or “SS-” in the name of the Panzer Army, which is often used in the literature, generally corresponds to the intention to separate the 6th Panzer Army by name from the 6th Army , which were both deployed in Hungary and Austria at the same time . In the Wehrmacht documents, the 6th Panzer Army staff is referred to as “Pz. AOK. 6 “(Panzer Army High Command 6). In preparation for the Lake Balaton offensive, the cover name “Höherer Pionierführer Hungary” or “Hö.Pi.Füh.Ung.” Was used for the unit and its commander-in-chief until March 18, 1945.
literature
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 3: The Land Forces 6-14 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1974, ISBN 3-7648-0942-6 .
Web links
- 6th SS German Panzer Army. December 1944-May 1945. (PDF; 10.28 kB) In: usacac.army.mil. Retrieved April 7, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Paul Puntigam : From Lake Balaton to Mur , Hannes Krois Medienhaus, Feldbach 1993, p. 24.