Army Group B
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Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II.
Commanders
Western Front
- 12 October 1939 to August 1940 Generalfeldmarshall Fedor von Bock
Eastern Front
- August 1942 to February 1943 Generaloberst Maximilian von Weichs
Northern Italy/Northern France
- 14 July 1943 Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
- 19 July 1944 Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge
- 17 August 1944 to April 1945 Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model
Order of battle
Army Group HQ troops
- 537th Signals Regiment
- 605th Signals Regiment (2nd list)
Subordinated units
| Date | Subordinated commands |
|---|---|
| 1939 | |
| November 1939 | 4th Army, 6th Army, 18th Army |
| 1940 | |
| May 1940 | 6th Army, 18th Army |
| June 1940 | 9th Army, 6th Army, 4th Army, Panzer Group Kleist |
| July 1940 | 7th Army, 4th Army |
| August 1940 | 7th Army, 4th Army, 6th Army |
| September 1940 | 18th Army, 4th Army, 6th Army |
| 1941 | |
| January 1941 | 18th Army, 4th Army, 17th Army, 2nd Panzer Group, Military commander in the General Government |
| May 1941 | 9th Army, 4th Army |
| 1942 | |
| August 1942 | 2nd Army, Hungarian 2nd Army, Italian 8th Army, XXIX Army Corps, 6th Army, 4th Panzer Army |
| September 1942 | 2nd Army, Hungarian 2nd Army, Italian 8th Army, 6th Army, 4th Panzer Army |
| October 1942 | 2nd Army, Hungarian 2nd Army, Italian 8th Army, 4th Panzer Army, Romanian 3rd Army, Romanian 4th Army |
| November 1942 | 2nd Army, Hungarian 2nd Army, Italian 8th Army, Romanian 3rd Army, 6th Army, 4th Panzer Army, Romanian 4th Army |
| December 1942 | 2nd Army, Hungarian 2nd Army, Italian 8th Army |
| 1943 | |
| January 1943 | 2nd Army, Hungarian 2nd Army, Italian 8th Army, Army Detachment Fretter-Pico |
| February 1943 | 2nd Army, Army Detachment Lanz, Italian 8th Army, Hungarian 2nd Army |
| September 1943 | LI Army Corps, II SS Corps, LXXXVII Army Corps |
| December 1943 | in disposal of the OKW in Denmark |
| 1944 | |
| May 1944 | 7th Army, 15th Army, Wehrmacht commander in the Netherlands |
| June 1944 | 7th Army, 15th Army, Wehrmacht commander in the Netherlands, Panzer Group West |
| August 1944 | 1st Army, 5th Panzer Army, 7th Army, 15th Army, Wehrmacht commander in the Netherlands |
| September 1944 | 7th Army, 1st Parachute Army, 15th Army |
| November 1944 | 7th Army, 5th Panzer Army, Student Army Group |
| December 1944 | 7th Army, 5th Panzer Army |
| 1945 | |
| January 1945 | 7th Army, 5th Panzer Army, 6th Panzer Army, 15th Army |
| February 1945 | 7th Army, 5th Panzer Army, 15th Army |
| April 1945 | 15th Army, 5th Panzer Army, Army Detachment von Lüttwitz |
References
Bibliography
- Builder, Carl H., Bankes, Steven C. & Nordin Richard, Command concepts: a theory derived from the practice of command and control, RAND, Santa Monica, CA, 1999
See also
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