Army Group H
The Army Group H 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. From April 1945, their commander was called Oberbefehlshaber Nordwest .
history
Army Group H was set up in the Netherlands on November 11, 1944 . The staff of the Kleffel Army Division and parts of the Serbia Army Division were merged. It was in the areas of today's Netherlands and in today's North Rhine-Westphalia , u. a. up to the cities of Mönchengladbach and Duisburg , active.
On April 7, 1945 General Field Marshal Ernst Busch took over command, after which Army Group H was apparently renamed Army Group Northwest . Ernst Busch's headquarters were at the beginning of May 1945 near Flensburg in Kollerup , about 10 kilometers away from Flensburg - Mürwik , where the last Reich government under Karl Dönitz had settled. The history of the Army Group ended with the surrender of German troops in the Netherlands, Northwest Germany and Denmark , which General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg signed on behalf of Dönitz on May 4, 1945 in the Lüneburg Heath .
Commander in chief
- November 1, 1944 to January 28, 1945: Colonel General Kurt Student
- January 28 to April 7, 1945: Colonel General Johannes Blaskowitz
- 7 April to 5 May 1945: Field Marshal General Ernst Busch
structure
- Army group troops
- 607th Intelligence Regiment
- Subordinate major associations
| date | Subordinate major associations |
|---|---|
| November 1944 | 1st Parachute Army , 15th Army |
| January 1945 | 1st Parachute Army, 25th Army |
| April 1945 (OB Northwest) | 1st Parachute Army, Blumentritt Army Group , Fortress Holland , North Coast Command Staff |
literature
- Janusz Piekałkiewicz : The Second World War. New edition. Komet-Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-89836-472-0 .
Web links
- High command of Army Group H (Commander in Chief Northwest) on archivesportaleurope.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Jensen: The red "Wanderer" seats from Kollerup in: Yearbook of the Heimatverein der Landschaft fishing, Sörup 2017, page 171 f.
- ^ Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl : Das Buch Hitler , chapter biographies, keyword: Ernst Busch
- ↑ Heinz Jensen: The red "Wanderer" seats from Kollerup in: Yearbook of the Heimatverein der Landschaft fishing, Sörup 2017, page 171 f.
- ^ Die Zeit : Die 21 Tage der Dönitz Government , page 2, of: November 8, 1951; accessed on: March 31, 2018