Army Group Northern Ukraine
The Army Group Northern Ukraine was a major unit of the Army of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War . She was high command of changing armies and numerous special troops.
history
The Army Group emerged from the renaming of the previous Army Group South in the course of the replacement of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein by Field Marshal Walter Model on March 30, 1944.
In April 1944 it comprised the 1st and 4th Panzer Army and the 1st Hungarian Army . First, the crisis in the 1st Panzer Army had to be adjusted, in the course of the Carpathian operation Dnepr in the cauldron of Kamenetz-Podolski was included. After Operation Bagration began at the end of June, Model took over Army Group Center and was initially replaced by Colonel General Josef Harpe . From mid-July to the end of August 1944, she then faced the 1st Ukrainian Front of the Red Army in the Lviv-Sandomierz operation . In August 1944 it comprised the 4th Panzer Army, the 17th Army and the Heinrici Army Group and defended in Galicia between the Carpathian Mountains and the Pripet Marshes . On September 23, 1944, it was renamed Army Group A .
Commander in chief
- Field Marshal Walter Model - March 31 to August 16, 1944
- Colonel General Josef Harpe - June 28 (deputy) or August 16 ( mdFb ) to September 23, 1944
Chiefs of the General Staff
- Lieutenant General Theodor Busse - April 1 to July 10, 1944
- Major General Wolf-Dietrich von Xylander - July 10 to September 23, 1944
Subordinate major associations
| date | Subordinate major associations |
|---|---|
| April 1944 | 4th Panzer Army , 1st Panzer Army , 1st Hungarian Army |
| August 1944 | 4th Panzer Army, 17th Army , Heinrici Army Group (1st Panzer Army, 1st Hungarian Army) |