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The German army's forces for the invasion of Poland (codename Fall Weiss, English - "Case White") were divided into Army Group North (consisting of the German 3rd and 4th armies) and Army Group South (consisting of the German 8th, 10th, and 14th armies, and the Slovak Army Group Bernolak).
Battle for Norway - 1940 Campaign: 81 min: Documentary film: Martin Rikli Werner Buhre: Never screened. Assumed lost until copy resurfaced in 2006. 1940–1945: Die Deutsche Wochenschau: The German Weekly Review: Unified newsreel series: 17 February 1941: Mein Leben für Irland: My Life for Ireland: 90 min: Motion picture: Max W. Kimmich: Anna ...
Blitzkrieg Unleashed: The German Invasion of Poland, 1939. Stackpole Books. Kirkubchel, Robert (2005). OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1941: ARMY GROUP SOUTH, Part 1. Osprey Publishing. Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II. Stackpole Books. Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). The German Defeat in the East ...
In October the division was transferred to Army Group Center for Operation Typhoon and the Battle of Moscow and the defensive battles of the winter. In mid-1942 it was transferred to Army Group South to take part in the summer offensive Fall Blau ("Case Blue"), and was ultimately caught up in the Battle of Stalingrad , where it was destroyed in ...
This order was countermanded by the 11th Army commander, Erich von Manstein, but since von Sponeck had already disassembled his wireless set, the order to the position was not received. As a result, the division avoided encirclement and eventually helped stem the tide of the Red Army landings at Feodosiya.
The 5th Panzer Division played a much greater role in the German invasion of France and Belgium. It took part in the battle of Belgium, advanced towards Lille and participated in the Battle of Dunkirk. It continued its advance south, took Brest on 19 June and continued on towards the French-Spanish border. The division remained in France until ...
Gebirgs-Division) was a formation of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was created from the Austrian Army 's 5th and 7th Divisions following the Anschluss in 1938. Order of Battle, 3rd Mountain Division [ 1 ] (1940)
With the annexation of Austria in 1938 by Nazi Germany, what was once the 4th Austrian Division was incorporated into the Wehrmacht (German Army) and re-designated the 45th Infantry Division. [1] In the 1939 Invasion of Poland , the division was on the right wing of Gerd von Rundstedt 's Army Group South .