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Wehrmacht, the armed forces of the Third Reich. The three primary branches of the Wehrmacht were the Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force), and Kriegsmarine (navy). The Wehrmacht was created by Adolf Hitler on March 16, 1935, and formally disbanded by the Allies on August 20, 1946.
It was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north. Army Norway was directly subordinate to OKH , the high command headquarters of the Wehrmacht . It was created from Army Group XXI in December 1940, itself a successor of the XXI Army Corps , and disbanded in December 1944, with its tasks and assets taken over by the 20th Mountain Army .
The 20th Mountain Army, initially known as the Lapland Army, was a field army -level military formation of the German army during World War II . The 20th Mountain Army was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was formed in June 1942 by renaming the ...
German: 18. Armee. The 18th Army (German: 18. Armee) was a World War II field army in the German Wehrmacht . Formed in November 1939 in Military Region ( Wehrkreis) VI, the 18th Army was part of the offensive into the Netherlands ( Battle of the Netherlands) and Belgium ( Battle of Belgium) during Fall Gelb and later moved into France in 1940.
I Army Corps (Wehrmacht) The I Army Corps ( German: I. Armeekorps) was a corps of the German army during World War II. It was active between 1934 and 1945, and participated in the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France and the campaigns on the Eastern Front before eventually ending the war trapped in the Courland Pocket .
The 10th Army ( German: 10. Armee) was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht (Germany). A new 10th Army was activated in 1943 in response to the Allied invasion of Italy. (Nothing to do with Adolf Hitler 's last stand which came later.) It saw action notably in late 1943 and early 1944 along the "Winter Line" at the Battle of San Pietro ...
The 9th Army struck from the north, out-flanking the Vyazma defensive line and, along with the 3rd and 4th Panzer Armies, encircling Soviet forces at Vyazma. This would prove to be the last major encirclement operation launched by the 9th Army. The 9th Army was placed on the northern flank as the German 2nd, 3rd and 4th Panzer Armies and the ...
