Army Group South Ukraine (German: Heeresgruppe Südukraine, Romanian: Grupul de Armate Ucraina de Sud) was a joint German-Romanian group on the Eastern Front during World War II.
| Army Group South Ukraine | |
|---|---|
| German: Heeresgruppe Südukraine Romanian: Grupul de Armate Ucraina de Sud | |
| Active | 5 April – 23 September 1944 |
| Country |  Nazi Germany Romania (until 24 August 1944) |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch |  Heer ( Wehrmacht) Romanian Land Forces |
| Size | 905,000 (500,000 Germans, 405,000 Romanians)[1] 120 tanks + 280 assault guns[2][3] 7,600 artillery pieces[4]810 aircraft[5] |
| Engagements | Eastern Front |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Ferdinand Schörner Johannes Frießner |
Army Group South Ukraine was created on 5 April 1944 by renaming Army Group A.[6] This army group saw action during the Jassy-Kishinev Operation and after taking heavy casualties was redesignated Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd) at midnight on 23 September 1944.[7][a]
Geographically, Army Group South Ukraine – headquartered at Slănic-Moldova – held 392 miles (680 km) of front, of which 160 were held by Romanians.[8] Its operational area covered all of Eastern Romania, from a line 40 km (25 miles) east of Bucharest.[9]
Order of Battle, 15 August 1944[10] (Army HQ[11]) edit
- Armeegruppe Dumitrescu – General Petre Dumitrescu
- Romanian Third Army – General Petre Dumitrescu (HQ – Bolgrad)
- Sixth Army – General der Artillerie Maximilian Fretter-Pico (HQ – Tarutino)
- Armeegruppe Wohler – General der Infanterie Otto Wohler
- Eighth Army – General der Infanterie Otto Wohler (HQ – Roman)
- Romanian Fourth Army – General Gheorghe Avramescu (HQ – Bacău)
Commanders edit
| No. | Portrait | Commander[b] | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973) | 31 March 1944 | 25 July 1944 | 86 days | |
| 2 | Generaloberst Johannes Frießner (1892–1971) | 25 July 1944 | 23 September 1944 | 90 days |
Notes edit
- ^ Edwald Klapdor. 2011, Viking Panzers: The German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II, pg 383 states that it was redesignated Army Group South on 15 September, 1944.
- ^ Army Group South Ukraine could not take major operational decisions without securing Ion Antonescu's approval.[12]
Bibliography edit
Citations edit
- ^ David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House, University Press of Kansas, Oct 16, 2015, When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, Revised and Expanded Edition, p. 281
- ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Stackpole Books, Jan 23, 2007, The German Defeat in the East: 1944-45, p. 170
- ^ Command and General Staff School, 1985, Professional Journal of the United States Army, p. 57
- ^ Command and General Staff School, 1985, Professional Journal of the United States Army, p. 57
- ^ Command and General Staff School, 1985, Professional Journal of the United States Army, p. 57
- ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 286.
- ^ Ziemke 2002, p. 360.
- ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Stackpole Books, Jan 23, 2007, The German Defeat in the East: 1944-45, pp. 171-172
- ^ Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 156
- ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Stackpole Books, Jan 23, 2007, The German Defeat in the East: 1944-45, pp. 164-165
- ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Stackpole Books, Jan 23, 2007, The German Defeat in the East: 1944-45, p. 172
- ^ Mark Axworthy, London: Arms and Armour, 1995, Third Axis, Fourth Ally: Romanian Armed Forces in the European War, 1941–1945, p. 158
References edit
- Ziemke, Earl F. (2002). Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East. Washington, D.C: Center of Military History, US Army. ISBN 9781780392875.
- Klapdor, Ewald (2011). Viking Panzers: The German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.