The Army Group North Ukraine was a major ground force formation of the German armed forces

Armed forces

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It was created on the 1 April 1944 by renaming Army Group South

Army Group South

Army Group South was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.- Poland campaign :Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South...

 on trial basis, in the course of the separation of troops under command of General Field Marshal

Field Marshal

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 Erich von Manstein

Erich von Manstein

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 and General Field Marshal Walter Model

Walter Model

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In April 1944 it consisted of 1st Panzer Army and 4th Panzer Army. In the summer of 1944 it opposed the Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front

1st Ukrainian Front

The 1st Ukrainian Front was a front—a force the size of a Western Army group—of the Soviet Union's Red Army during the Second World War.-Wartime:...

 during the Lvov-Sandomir strategic offensive operation (13 July - 29 August 1944). In August 1944 the 4th Panzer Army and the 17th Army

17th Army (Germany)

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 defended between Carpathian mountains

Carpathian Mountains

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 and the Pripyet swamps

Pinsk Marshes

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 in Galicia. In September 1944 it was renamed Army Group A

Army Group A

Army Group A was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II.-Western Front, 1940:During the German invasion of the Low Countries and France Army Group A was under the command of General Gerd von Rundstedt, and was responsible for the break-out through the Ardennes...

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Composition

The composition of the Army Group on the 15 July 1944 was:

4th Panzer Army

XXXXVI Panzer Corps

XXXXII Corps

LVI Panzer Corps

VIII Corps

1st Panzer Army

LIX Corps

XXIV Panzer Corps

XXXXVIII Panzer Corps

III Panzer Corps

20th Panzer Grenadier Divisions

14th SS Grenadier Division

1st Hungarian Army

VI Hungarian Corps

XI Corps

VII Hungarian Corps

2nd Hungarian Mountain Brigade

19th Hungarian Reserve Division

2nd Hungarian Panzer Division

Kampfgruppe, 19th SS Panzer Grenadier Division

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht