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Army Group B (1944)

Army group · Germany · November 15, 1943 – April 21, 1945

German army group under Erwin Rommel, then Walter Model, that defended Normandy and the Low Countries, led the Ardennes offensive, and was destroyed in the Ruhr pocket.

Recorded for Operation Overlord.

Sub-units 3

Engagements 5

Operation Overlord June 6 – August 30, 1944
Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine August 25, 1944 – March 7, 1945
Operation Market Garden September 17–25, 1944
Battle of the Bulge December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945
Western Allied invasion of Germany March 22 – May 8, 1945

Movements

June 6, 1944 La Roche-Guyon: the Normandy front (Operation Overlord) · map
August 20, 1944 Falaise pocket · map
September 17, 1944 Arnhem: Market Garden defeated (Operation Market Garden) · map
December 16, 1944 The Ardennes offensive (Battle of the Bulge) · map
April 1, 1945 Encircled in the Ruhr (Western Allied invasion of Germany) · map
April 21, 1945 Surrenders; Model's suicide · map

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