Army Group South

Army group · Germany · June 22, 1941 – April 5, 1944

German army group that took Ukraine in 1941, was split for the 1942 summer offensive, and was re-formed under Manstein to hold southern Russia and Ukraine until 1944.

Recorded for Operation Barbarossa.

Sub-units 2

German 6th Army (1941) army
4th Panzer Army (1943) army

Engagements 3

Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941 – January 7, 1942
Battle of Stalingrad July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943
Battle of Kursk July 5 – August 23, 1943

Movements

June 22, 1941 Southern Poland: Barbarossa begins (Operation Barbarossa) · map
September 19, 1941 Kiev pocket closed · map
November 21, 1941 Rostov taken and lost · map
May 28, 1942 Second battle of Kharkov won · map
July 9, 1942 – February 12, 1943 Split into Army Groups A and B · map
February 13, 1943 Re-formed under Manstein; Third Kharkov · map
July 5, 1943 Belgorod: south face of Kursk (Battle of Kursk) · map
October 1, 1943 Behind the Dnieper · map
April 5, 1944 Renamed Army Group North Ukraine · map

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