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Army group · Germany · June 22, 1941 – January 25, 1945

German army group that drove on Moscow in 1941 and was destroyed in Belarus by Operation Bagration in 1944.

Recorded for Operation Barbarossa.

Sub-units 3

Engagements 4

Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941 – January 7, 1942
Battle of Moscow October 2, 1941 – January 7, 1942
Battle of Kursk July 5 – August 23, 1943
Operation Bagration June 22 – August 19, 1944

Movements

June 22, 1941 Bug river: Barbarossa begins (Operation Barbarossa) · map
June 28, 1941 Białystok-Minsk pocket · map
July 16, 1941 Smolensk taken · map
October 7, 1941 Vyazma-Bryansk pockets (Battle of Moscow) · map
December 5, 1941 Stopped before Moscow · map
March 1, 1942 Rzhev-Vyazma salient · map
March 31, 1943 Salient evacuated (Operation Büffel) · map
July 5, 1943 Orel: north face of Kursk (Battle of Kursk) · map
October 1, 1943 Panther line, Orsha · map
June 22, 1944 Belarus balcony: Bagration breaks it (Operation Bagration) · map
August 1, 1944 Remnants on the Narew and in East Prussia · map
January 25, 1945 Renamed Army Group North in East Prussia · map

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