Army group

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Army group was the name for a large improvised unit in the German military. The English name army group refers to an army group , which includes several armies.

First World War

The "army group" referred to a part of an army of usually two to three corps , which was grouped under an improvised staff for standardization. Army groups were set up ad hoc for certain operational tasks and usually quickly disbanded. Few of them gained greater importance due to their long-term existence, for example in 1914 with the siege of Antwerp .

Examples:

Second World War

In the Wehrmacht, an army group was an improvised army group that was set up for a limited period. In contrast to a regular army group, there was no army group command, the command of the army group was taken over by the army high command (AOK) of one of the armies involved (after whose commander in chief the army group was usually named). The armies involved could belong to different states.

At the corps level there was the corresponding designation " corps group ", "group" or "tank group" for an improvised army.

Army groups under allied command were:

Deviating from this, the following were also designated as army groups:

  • Felber Army Group (LXXXIII. Army Corps with liaison staff to the 4th Italian Army; 1942/43)
  • Army Group Frießner (later Narva Army Division ; 1944)
  • Army / Army Group Blumentritt (former Army Group Student; 1945)
  • Army group Steiner (also 11th SS Panzer Army; 1945)
  • Wenck Army Group
  • Army group of pliers
  • Army group Hollidt
  • Army group Christiansen
  • Army Group Liguria
  • Army group Lanz
  • Army group hole
  • Army group of Manteuffel
  • Army group Mattenklott
  • Army group Narva
  • Army group Nikopol
  • Army Group Normandy
  • Army group Spree
  • Army group Straube
  • Army Group South Greece
  • Army Group 2
  • Army Group XXI

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