Army Group A
Army group · Germany · October 24, 1939 – January 25, 1945 · inactive April 5, 1944 – September 23, 1944
German army group under Gerd von Rundstedt whose armour broke through the Ardennes at Sedan and reached the Channel.
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Sub-units 1
- Army Panzergruppe Kleist
People who served 2
Movements
- September 1 – October 6, 1939 Invasion of Poland
- May 10, 1940 Battle of France Eifel: enters the Ardennes Map
- May 13, 1940 Crosses the Meuse at Sedan Map
- May 13, 1940 Battle of Sedan (1940)
- May 20, 1940 Reaches the Channel at Abbeville Map
- May 21, 1940 Battle of Arras (1940)
- May 26, 1940 – June 4, 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Halted outside Dunkirk Map
- June 14, 1940 Fall Rot: drives south through Champagne Map
- June 22, 1940 – June 25, 1940 Armistice; reaches the Saône (approximate) Map
- June 1 – November 24, 1942 Case Blue
- June 28 – July 24, 1942 Battle of Voronezh (1942)
- July 23 – November 18, 1942 Operation Edelweiss
- August 24 – December 23, 1943 Battle of the Dnieper
- October 31 – December 11, 1943 Kerch–Eltigen operation
- December 24, 1943 – April 14, 1944 Dnieper–Carpathian offensive
- January 30 – February 29, 1944 Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive
- March 6–18, 1944 Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive
- March 26 – April 30, 1944 Odessa Offensive
- January 12 – February 2, 1945 Vistula–Oder offensive