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The German Army (German: Heer, German: ⓘ; lit. ' army ' ) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht , [ b ] the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany , from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946. [ 4 ]
A Military History of Germany: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day (1976) Krimmer, Elisabeth, and Patricia Anne Simpson, eds. Enlightened War: German Theories and Cultures of Warfare from Frederick the Great to Clausewitz (2011) Lider, Julian. Origins and Development of West German Military Thought, Vol. I, 1949–1966, (Gower, 1986)
Germany Army Group G, in Bavaria 400,000 Hermann Foertsch: May 4, at 2:30 PM May 6, at 12:00 PM Germany All forces in Breslau: 45,000 Hermann Niehoff: May 6 May 6, at 6:00 PM Germany/ Soviet Union Twelfth Army and remnants of the Ninth Army, at Tangermünde: c. 200,000 (195,000 German, 5,000 troops from the Soviet Union) Walther Wenck (12 Army ...
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
The Battle of Stalingrad ends, resulting in the destruction of the German 6th Army (Friedrich Paulus). 1944 6 June Normandy landings: Allied forces (including contingents from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada) disembark on five landing grounds in German-occupied Normandy, reopening the Western Front of World War II. [42] 1945: ...
Clockwise from top left: Germany's V-2 rocket, aftermath of the Wola massacre in Poland, liberation of Paris, battle of the Philippine Sea. This is a timeline of events that occurred during 1944 in World War II.
The Eastern Front was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.Combat in the Eastern Front began with the two powers remaining peaceful towards each other, with the annexation of countries such as Albania and portions of Poland by Germany and its allies, and the annexation of Finland and the rest of Poland by ...
The designation "Light" (leichte in German) had various meanings in the German Army of World War II. There were a series of 5 Light divisions; the first four were pre-war mechanized formations organized for use as mechanized cavalry, and the fifth was an ad hoc collection of mechanized elements rushed to Africa to help the Italians and ...