Army Group South Ukraine
Appearance
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Army Group South Ukraine | |
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Active | 5 April – 23 September 1944 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Army |
Size | Army group 508,946 (Spring 1944)[1] |
Engagements | Eastern Front |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Ferdinand Schörner Johannes Frießner |
Army Group South Ukraine (German: Heeresgruppe Südukraine) was a German army group on the Eastern Front during World War II.
Army Group South Ukraine was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group A.[2] This army group saw action during the Jassy-Kishinev Operation and after taking heavy casualties was redesignated Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd) at midnight on 23 September 1944.[3][a]
Order of Battle, June 1944
- Sixth Army - General der Artillerie Maximilian Fretter-Pico
- Eighth Army - General der Infanterie Otto Wohler
- Romanian Third Army
- Romanian Fourth Army
Commanders
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973) | Generalfeldmarschall31 March 1944 | 25 July 1944 | 86 days | |
2 | Johannes Frießner (1892–1971) | Generaloberst25 July 1944 | 23 September 1944 | 90 days |
Notes
- ^ Edwald Klapdor. 2011, Viking Panzers: The German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II, pg 383 states that it was redesignated Army Group South on 15 September, 1944.
Bibliography
Citations
- ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 312.
- ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 286.
- ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 360.
References
- Ziemke, Earl F. (2002). Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, US Army. ISBN 9781780392875.
- Klapdor, Ewald (2011). Viking Panzers: The German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.