Army Group B

Army group · Germany · October 12, 1939 – April 21, 1945 · inactive February 9, 1943 – November 26, 1943

German army group under Fedor von Bock that invaded the Netherlands and Belgium, then took Paris.

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Sub-units 3

People who served 3

Erwin Rommel

Maximilian von Weichs

Fedor von Bock

Movements

September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
May 10, 1940 Battle of France Lower Rhine: invades the Netherlands and Belgium Map
May 10–28, 1940 German invasion of Belgium (1940)
May 10–15, 1940 German invasion of the Netherlands
May 14, 1940 Rotterdam bombed; the Dutch surrender Map
May 17, 1940 Brussels Map
May 28, 1940 Belgian army surrenders Map
June 4, 1940 Battle of Dunkirk Dunkirk falls Map
June 14, 1940 Enters Paris Map
June 22, 1940 – June 25, 1940 Armistice; reaches the Loire and beyond (approximate) Map
June 28 – July 24, 1942 Battle of Voronezh (1942)
July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad
November 19–23, 1942 Operation Uranus
March 3, 1943 Voronezh–Kharkov offensive
July 9, 1943 – May 2, 1945 Italian campaign
September 8–19, 1943 Operation Achse
June 6, 1944 Operation Overlord La Roche-Guyon: the Normandy front Map
June 6, 1944 Operation Mallard
June 6, 1944 Battle of Merville Gun Battery
June 6 – August 29, 1944 Normandy landings
June 6, 1944 Capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges
June 6, 1944 – July 1944 Invasion of Normandy
July 25–31, 1944 Operation Cobra
August 12–21, 1944 Falaise pocket
August 18–20, 1944 Battle of Chambois
August 20, 1944 Falaise pocket Map
August 25, 1944 – March 7, 1945 Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine
September 1944 – November 1944 Clearing the Channel Coast
September 2, 1944 – February 4, 1945 Liberation of Belgium
September 17, 1944 Operation Market Garden Arnhem: Market Garden defeated Map
October 2 – November 8, 1944 Battle of the Scheldt
October 26–30, 1944 Rescue of the Lost Battalion
October 31 – November 2, 1944 Battle of Walcheren Causeway
November 1–8, 1944 Operation Infatuate
December 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge The Ardennes offensive Map
December 21, 1944 Battle of St. Vith
December 31, 1944 – January 25, 1945 Operation Northwind (1944)
March 6–16, 1945 Operation Spring Awakening
March 26–29, 1945 Battle of Frankfurt
April 1, 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany Encircled in the Ruhr Map
April 2–13, 1945 Vienna offensive
April 18, 1945 Ruhr Pocket
April 21, 1945 Surrenders; Model's suicide Map
May 1945 Operation Archway