Army Group (Wehrmacht)
The Army Groups of the Wehrmacht were command authorities that were set up to lead several Army High Command (AOK) and were subordinate either directly to the High Command of the Army , the High Command of the Wehrmacht or the regional commander-in-chief of a theater of war.
Overview of the army groups
Since the names of the command authorities changed frequently, there were multiple uses of the name. The name of the "Army Group South" denotes several different command authorities that were deployed at different times at different locations. In order to be able to distinguish more clearly between these command authorities in the overview, the command authorities are listed with all their names.
- Army Group South → Army Group A → Army Group South → Army Group B (1939–1943)
- Army Group North → Army Group B → Army Group Center → Army Group North (1939–1945)
- Army Group C → Army Group North → Army Group Courland (1939–1945)
- Army Group D (1940–1944)
- Army Group A → Army Group South Ukraine → Army Group South → Army Group Ostmark (1942–1945)
- Army Group Don → Army Group South → Army Group Northern Ukraine → Army Group A → Army Group Center (1942–1945)
- Army Group E (1943–1945)
- Army Group Africa (1943)
- Army Group B → Army Group z. b. V. → Army Group B (1943–1945)
- Army Group C (1943–1945)
- Army Group F (1943–1945)
- Army Group G (1944–1945)
- Army Group H (1944–1945)
- Army Group Upper Rhine (1945)
- Army Group Vistula (1945)
Organization of an army group
The commander-in-chief of an army group had a general staff at his disposal, which was structured similar to that of an army high command, but usually there was no quartermaster's department . The troops were supplied directly by the AOK, while the Army Group's high command was primarily operational.