Army Liguria

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Army Liguria

active July 31, 1944 to May 2, 1945
Country German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire Italian Social Republic
War flag of the Italian Social Republic.svg
Armed forces Wehrmacht
Esercito Nazionale Repubblicano
Armed forces army
Type army
structure see structure
management
Commander in chief Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo Graziani

The army Liguria ( Army High Command Liguria ) was a major unit of the Army of the Armed Forces in northern Italy at the end of World War II .

history

On July 31, 1944 the line-up took place under the Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo Graziani , the defense minister of the Repubblica Sociale Italiana and commander in chief of the republican-Italian armed forces fighting on the German side. It was a mixed German-Italian command authority, which had been formed from the staff of the Army Department von Zangen . She was under the Army Group C . From November 1944 to February 1945 it was also referred to as the Liguria Army Group as a result of the 14th Army being placed under its command . The Ligurian army surrendered on May 2, 1945.

Commanders

Commander in Chief of the Liguria Army
period of service Rank Surname
July 31, 1944 to May 2, 1945 Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo Graziani
Chiefs of the General Staff of the Liguria Army
period of service Rank Surname
July 31, 1944 to April 20, 1945 Major general Walter Nagel
April 20, 1945 to May 2, 1945 Major general Max Pemsel
General staff officers (Ia) of the Ligurian Army
period of service Rank Surname
July 31, 1944 to May 2, 1945 Colonel Raban Freiherr von Canstein

structure

Army troops

  • Army Supply Troops 583

At times subordinate to major associations

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