Army division

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An army unit called the German military a governing body about on the stage of an army .

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In times of war it was necessary in certain situations to combine several army corps or even remnants of troop units without an army high command with associated army troops and command resources being available. The army departments formed in this way were then given the name of the commander, the location or even just a letter. In contrast to a corps group , which was generally subordinate to an army, the army division was led directly by an army group. Because of the improvised supplies and intelligence, the army departments were mostly smaller than the typical armies. Long-standing army departments were partially raised to the rank of an army.

First World War

In addition to the "full-fledged" armies, "army departments" were put together as improvised, independent large units from levies from other units. These were often Landwehr troops. Their combat strength was rather low, as they normally had little heavy artillery . They were partially upgraded to full-fledged armies. Examples:

Second World War

The staffs of the army departments were typically formed from corps commands to lead troops up to the strength of two army corps. Examples:

  • Army Department A (1939 Dutch border, later border section command south / Poland)
  • Army Department Fretter-Pico (1942 Russia from XXX. AK, later again XXX. AK)
  • Army Department Grasser (1944 Baltic States from A.Abt. Narwa, later A.Abt. Kleffel)
  • Hollidt Army Department (1942/1943 Southern Russia / Ukraine from 17th AK, later AOK 6 )
  • Army Department Kempf (1943 Ukraine from A.Abt. Lanz, later AOK 8 )
  • Army Department Kleffel (1944 Baltic States from A.Abt. Grasser, later AOK 25 )
  • Lanz Army Department (1943 Ukraine from the staff of the German General at the Italian AOK 8 , later A.Abt. Kempf)
  • Army Department Lüttwitz (1945 Ruhr area from XXXXVII. PzK)
  • Army Department Narvik (1944 Norway from XIX Mountain AK)
  • Army Department Narva (1944 Baltic States from Group Sponheimer / LIV. AK, later A.Abt. Grasser)
  • Army Department Samland (1945 East Prussia from XXVIII. AK, later again XXVIII. AK)
  • Army Department Serbia (1944 Balkans from the staff of the Military Commander Southeast)
  • Army Department Pliers (1944 Italy from LXXXVII. AK, later AOK Liguria)

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