18th Army (Wehrmacht)
Military unit
Eighteenth Army ( 18. Armee ) | |
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Georg Lindemann visiting the trenches at Leningrad
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Active | 4 November 1939 – 8 May 1945 |
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Branch | Army |
Type | Field Army |
Engagements | World War II |
Not to be confused with
18th Army (German Empire)
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The 18th Army (German: 18. Armee ) was a World War II field army in the German Wehrmacht .
Formed in November 1939 in Military Region ( Wehrkreis ) VI, the 18th Army was part of the offensive into the Netherlands ( Battle of the Netherlands ) and Belgium ( Battle of Belgium ) during Fall Gelb and later moved into France in 1940. The 18th Army was then moved East and participated in Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
The Army was a part of the Army Group North until early 1945, when it was subordinated to Army Group Kurland . In October 1944, the army was encircled by the Red Army offensives and spent the remainder of the war in the Courland Pocket .
Commanders
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 |
Küchler, Georg
Generalfeldmarschall
Georg von Küchler (1881–1968) |
5 November 1939 | 16 January 1942 | 2 years, 72 days | |
2 |
Lindemann, Georg
Generaloberst
Georg Lindemann (1884–1963) |
16 January 1942 | 29 March 1944 | 2 years, 73 days | |
3 |
Loch, Herbert
General der Artillerie
Herbert Loch (1886–1976) |
29 March 1944 | 2 September 1944 | 157 days | |
4 |
Boege, Ehrenfried
General der Infanterie
Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege (1889–1965) |
5 September 1944 | 8 May 1945 | 245 days |
Chiefs of the Generalstab
- 5 November 1939 – 10 December 1940 Generalmajor Erich Marcks
- 10 December 1940 – 19 January 1941 Generalmajor Wilhelm Hasse
- 19 January 1941 – 17 November 1942 Generalmajor Dr. Ing. h.c. Kurt Waeger
- 24 November 1942 – 1 December 1943 Generalmajor Hans Speth
- 1 December 1943 – 25 January 1945 Generalmajor Friedrich Foertsch
- 25 January 1945 – 5 March 1945 Oberst i.G. Wilhelm Hetzel
- 5 March 1945 – 10(!) May 1945 Generalmajor Ernst Merk
Orders of Battle
10 May 1940
- XXVI Army Corps
- X Army Corps
- Direct control of Army Headquarters
1 July 1941
- XXXVIII Army Corps
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XXVI Army Corps
- 1st Infantry Division
- 61st Infantry Division
- 217th Infantry Division
- I Army Corps
September 1941
- L Army Corps
- LIV Army Corps
- XXVI Army Corps
- XXVIII Army Corps
- I Army Corps
15 July 1944
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XVIII Army Corps
- 12th Luftwaffe Division
- Kampfgruppe Hoefer
- 21st Infantry Division
- 30th Infantry Division
- XXXVIII Army Corps
- L Army Corps
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Direct control of Army Headquarters
- Headquarters VI SS Corps
- 207th Security Division
- 300th Division zbV (Estonian border guard units)
12 April 1945
- L Army Corps
- II Army Corps
- I Army Corps
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X Army Corps
- 30th Infantry Division
- 121st Infantry Division
- Kampfgruppe (Ernst) Gise
- Direct control of Army Headquarters
References
- Tessin, Georg (1970). Die Landstreitkräfte 15—30 . Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945 . Vol. 4. Frankfurt/Main: E.S. Mittler. pp. 80–85.
Armies of the
German Army
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World War II
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Authority control
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