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Nazi Germany. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( German: [ˈoːbɐkɔˌmando deːɐ̯ ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt] ⓘ; abbreviated OKWGerman: [oːkaːˈveː] ⓘ; Armed Forces High Command) [1] was the supreme military command and control office of Nazi Germany during World War II. Created in 1938, the OKW replaced the Reich Ministry of War and had ...
1939. The 1st Army was activated on 26 August 1939, in Wehrkreis XII with General Erwin von Witzleben in command. Its primary mission was to take defensive positions and guard the western defences ( West Wall) of Germany against Allied forces along the Maginot Line during the attack on Poland, [1] making it the principal German combatant during ...
History. Formed in August 1943 in occupied southern France from Armeegruppe Felber (the LXXXIII. Armeekorps), the 19th Army defended southern France, the Vosges Mountains, Alsace, Baden and southern Württemberg during the Allied invasion of southern France and other large Allied military operations that had as their goal the liberation of southern France and the invasion of southern Germany.
In Brest-Litovsk, a joint German and Soviet victory parade was held. On November 5, 1939, only about five weeks following the end of the Polish Campaign, the Third Army was disbanded. The Third Army became one of the first German armies of World War II to be disbanded. The staff was moved to Bad Bertrich as 16th Army for use in the west.
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 .
Formation. The 11th Army was established on 5 October 1940 as "Kommandostab Leipzig", but changed its designation to Kommandostab München on 23 April 1941. It was restructured into Heeresgruppe Don on 21 November 1942. After being reformed on 26 January 1945 and taking part in various counter-offensives against the Soviet and US advance, the ...
