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List of German corps in World War II List of German corps in World War II This is a list of German Army corps that existed during World War II. Army (Heer) Infantry corps I–IX * I Army Corps * II Army Corps * III Army Corps * IV Army Corps * V Army Corps * VI Army Corps * ...

and List of German divisions in World War II.

Army Commands (''Oberbefehlshaber'')

OB stands for Oberbefehlshaber or Supreme Command * OB Niederlande - Netherlands - (7 April 1945 - 6 May 1945) *OB Nord - North Reich - (2 May - 8 May 1945) * OB Nordwest - Northwest Reich - (11 November 1944 – 4 May 1945) * OB Ost (Oberost) - East - (3 October 1939 - 21 July 1940) * OB Oberrhein – Upper Rhein - (26 November 1944 - 25 January 1945) * OB Süd - Mediterranean and North African theatre - (2 December 1941 - 16 November 1943) *

OB Südost The General Commander in the South East (''Oberbefehlshaber Südost'' (German: initials OB Südost)) was the overall command of the German Armed Forces in Greece and the Balkans between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. It was directly subordinate ...

- Balkans and Greece - (1 January 1943 - 8 May 1945) *

OB Südwest Army Group C (in German, ''Heeresgruppe C'' or ''HGr C'') was an army group of the German Wehrmacht, that was formed twice during the Second World War. History Army Group C was formed from Army Group 2 in Frankfurt on 26 August 1939. It initial ...

- Italy - (21 November 1943 - 2 May 1945) *

OB West ''Oberbefehlshaber West'' (German: initials OB West), German for "high commander in the West") was the overall commander of the ''Westheer'', the German armed forces on the Western Front during World War II. It was directly subordinate to the Obe ...

- France, Low countries, Western Germany - (10 October 1940 - 22 April 1945)

Army Groups

Heeresgruppen

* Army Group A * Army Group B * Army Group C *

Army Group D Army Group D (''Heeresgruppe D'') was a German Army Group which saw action during World War II. Army Group D was formed on 26 October 1940 in France, its initial cadre coming from the disbanded Army Group C. On 15 April 1941, the status of Army ...

* Army Group E (''Heeresgruppe Löhr'') * Army Group F * Army Group G *

Army Group H Army Group H (''Heeresgruppe H''), Army Group Northwest (''Heeresgruppe Nordwest'') after March 1945, was a German army group in the Netherlands and in Nordrhein-Westfalen during World War II. Army Group H (for Holland) was activated on 11 Nove ...

* Army Group Africa (''Heeresgruppe Afrika'') * Army Group Don * Army Group Courland (''Heeresgruppe Kurland'')) * Army Group Liguria (''Heeresgruppen Ligurien'') *

Army Group Centre Army Group Centre (german: Heeresgruppe Mitte) was the name of two distinct strategic German Army Groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. The first Army Group Centre was created on 22 June 1941, as one of three German Army fo ...

(''Heeresgruppe Mitte'') * Army Group North (''Heeresgruppe Nord'') * Army Group North Ukraine (''Heeresgruppe Nordukraine'') * Army Group Upper Rhine (''Heeresgruppe Oberrhein'') * Army Group South (''Heeresgruppe Süd'') * Army Group South Ukraine (''Heeresgruppe Südukraine'') * Army Group Tunisia (''Heeresgruppe Tunis'') *

Army Group Vistula Army Group Vistula () was an Army Group of the ''Wehrmacht'', formed on 24 January 1945. It lasted for 105 days, having been put together from elements of Army Group A (shattered in the Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive), Army Group Centre (similarl ...

(''Heeresgruppe Weichsel'') * Army Group West - See

Armeegruppen

These were temporary groupings of armies below the formal army group level. *

Panzer Group Guderian The 2nd Panzer Army (german: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941. Organisation Panzer Group Guderian (german: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 ...

* Panzer Group Kleist *

Army Group Weichs An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

* Army Group Ruoff *

Army Group Hoth An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

* Army Group Raus/Henrici *

Army Group Wöhler An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

* Army Group Fretter-Pico/Balck *

Army Group Student An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

* Army Group Antonescu *

Army Group Dumitrescu An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

* Army Group Ligurien *

Army Group Felber An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

* Army Group Frießner *

Army Group Blumentritt An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

Army Group Steiner Army Detachment Steiner (''Armeeabteilung Steiner''), also referred to as Army Group Steiner (''Armeegruppe Steiner'') or Group Steiner (''Gruppe Steiner)'', was a temporary military unit, mid-way in strength between a corps and an army, created ...

Armies ('' Armee-Oberkommando'')

1st Panzer Army The 1st Panzer Army (german: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II. When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group ...

2nd Panzer Army The 2nd Panzer Army (german: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941. Organisation Panzer Group Guderian (german: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 ...

3rd Panzer Army The 3rd Panzer Army (german: 3. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942. 3rd Panzer Group The 3rd Panzer Group (german: Panzergruppe 3) was formed on 16 November ...

4th Panzer Army The 4th Panzer Army (german: 4. Panzerarmee) (operating as Panzer Group 4 (german: 4. Panzergruppe) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, when it was redesignated as a full army) was a German panzer formation during World War ...

5th Panzer Army 5th Panzer Army (german: 5. Panzerarmee) was the name of two different German armoured formations during World War II. The first of these was formed in 1942, during the North African campaign and surrendered to the Allies at Tunis in 1943. The a ...

6th Panzer Army The 6th Panzer Army (german: 6. Panzerarmee) was a formation of the German Army, formed in the autumn of 1944. The 6th Panzer Army was first used as an offensive force during the Battle of the Bulge, in which it operated as the northernmost element ...

1st Parachute Army (Germany) The German 1st Parachute Army (1. ''Fallschirm-Armee'') was formed in September, 1944, comprising 30,000 men. History Its first commander was Colonel General Kurt Student, the ''Wehrmacht''s airborne pioneer. During the Allied Operation Market ...

1st Army (Wehrmacht) The 1st Army (german: 1. Armee) was a World War II field army. Combat chronicle 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 ...

2nd Army (Wehrmacht) The 2nd Army () was a field army of the German Army during World War II. History 1939 and 1940 The 2nd Army headquarters was briefly established in Berlin from Group Command 1 on 26 August 1939 and at the beginning of the Invasion of Poland i ...

(in 1945 as Armee-Oberkommando Ostpreussen) *

3rd Army (Wehrmacht) The 3rd Army (german: 3. Armee) was a German field army that fought during World War II. Combat Chronicle The 3rd Army was activated on September 1, 1939, the day German forces invaded Poland. It was put under the command of General der Artil ...

4th Army (Wehrmacht) The 4th Army () was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Invasions of Poland and France The 4th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General Günther von Kluge in command. It took part in the Invasion of Poland of September 193 ...

5th Army (Wehrmacht) The 5th Army () was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II. History The 5th Army was established on 25 August 1939 in ''Wehrkreis'' VI with General Curt Liebmann in command. Responsible for the defense of the Siegfried Line in the vi ...

* 6th Army (Wehrmacht) * 7th Army (Wehrmacht) * 8th Army (Wehrmacht) *

9th Army (Wehrmacht) The 9th Army (german: 9. Armee) was a World War II field army. It was activated on 15 May 1940 with General Johannes Blaskowitz in command. History 1940 The 9th Army first saw service along the Siegfried Line during its involvement in the invas ...

10th Army (Wehrmacht) The 10th Army () was a World War II field army of (Germany). A new 10th Army was activated in 1943 as part of Adolf Hitler's last stand, who saw action notably in late 1943 and early 1944 along the "Winter Line" at the Battle of San Pietro In ...

11th Army (Wehrmacht) The 11th Army (german: 11. Armee) was a World War II field army. History 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 int ...

12th Army (Wehrmacht) The 12th Army (German: ''12. Armee'') was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht. History The 12th Army was activated on October 13, 1939, with General Wilhelm List in command. First seeing defensive action along the Siegfried Line, the army ...

14th Army (Wehrmacht) The 14th Army (german: 14. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army. History Poland The 14th Army was activated on 1 August 1939 with General Wilhelm List in command and saw service in Poland until the end of the Polish campaign on ...

15th Army (Wehrmacht) The 15th Army (German: 15. ''Armee'') was a field army of the German army in World War II. History The 15th Army was activated in occupied France on 15 January 1941 with General Curt Haase in command. It was tasked with occupation and defensiv ...

16th Army (Wehrmacht) The 16th Army (german: 16. Armee) was a World War II field army of the Wehrmacht. History It took part in the Battle of France. It was then deployed with Army Group North during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. It f ...

17th Army (Wehrmacht) The German Seventeenth Army () was a field army of Nazi Germany during World War II. Operation Barbarossa On 22 June 1941, the 17th Army was part of Army Group South when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union. F ...

18th Army (Wehrmacht) 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 Netherlan ...

19th Army (Wehrmacht) The 19th Army (German: ''19. Armee'') was a World War II field army of the German Army. History Formed in August 1943 in occupied southern France from ''Armeegruppe Felber'' (the '' LXXXIII. Armeekorps''), the 19th Army defended southern France ...

20th Mountain Army (Wehrmacht) The German Lapland Army (''AOK Lappland'') was one of the two army echelon headquarters controlling German troops in the far north of Norway and Finland during World War II. It was established in January 1942, and renamed the 20th Mountain Army ('' ...

(20.Gebirgs-Armee-Oberkommando) *

21st Army (Wehrmacht) The 21st Army was a German field army in World War II. On 27 April 1945, towards the end of the war in Europe, the 21st Army was formed from Headquarters, 4th Army as part of Army Group Vistula Army Group Vistula () was an Army Group of the ...

* 24th Army (Wehrmacht) *

25th Army (Wehrmacht) The 25th Army (German: ''25. Armee'') was a World War II field army of the German Army. It had the highest ordinal number of any of the numbered German armies. History The 25th Army was formed on 10 November 1944 in the Netherlands, from the st ...

Panzer Army Africa As the number of German troops committed to the North African Campaign of World War II grew from the initial commitment of a small corps, the Germans developed a more elaborate command structure and placed the enlarged ''Afrika Korps'', with I ...

(during 1942-43 also known as the Deutsch-Italienische Panzer-Armee) * Army East Prussia * Lappland Army redesignated 20th Mountain Army * Armee-Oberkommando Norwegen

Armored groups (''Panzergruppe'')

1st Panzer Group The 1st Panzer Army (german: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II. When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group ...

2nd Panzer Group The 2nd Panzer Army (german: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941. Organisation Panzer Group Guderian (german: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 ...

3rd Panzer Group The 3rd Panzer Army (german: 3. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942. 3rd Panzer Group The 3rd Panzer Group (german: Panzergruppe 3) was formed on 16 November ...

4th Panzer Group The 4th Panzer Army (german: 4. Panzerarmee) (operating as Panzer Group 4 (german: 4. Panzergruppe) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, when it was redesignated as a full army) was a German panzer formation during World War ...

* Panzer Group Africa *

(see 2nd Panzer Group / 2nd Panzer Army) * Panzer Group Hoth (1940) * Panzer Group Kleist (after May 1941 see 1st Panzer Group / 1st Panzer Army) *

Panzer Group West 5th Panzer Army (german: 5. Panzerarmee) was the name of two different German armoured warfare, armoured formations during World War II. The first of these was formed in 1942, during the North African campaign and surrendered to the Allies at Tun ...

Army Commands (''Oberbefehlshaber'')

Army Groups

Heeresgruppen

Armeegruppen

Armies ('' Armee-Oberkommando'')

Armored groups (''Panzergruppe'')

Corps

Divisions

Brigades

See also