17th Army ( German: 17. Armee ) - created on December 20, 1940. In August-September 1942 it was called as the army group "Ruoff" . The army was destroyed in May 1944 in the Crimea, then re-formed in August 1944.
| 17th army him. 17. Armee | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | December 20, 1940 - May 9, 1945 |
| A country | Third Reich |
| Dislocation | Eastern front |
| Participation in | |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | Hermann Goth Friedrich Schulz Erwin Gustav Jeneke |
Content
Army Combat Path
Since June 22, 1941, the 17th Army participated in the war against the USSR . Acted as part of Army Group "South" in Ukraine against the troops of the South-Western Front of the Red Army .
In August 1941 - fighting in the Uman region, in September - in the Kiev region.
October 19, 1941 . The German 17th and 6th armies continue to attack Kharkov and Belgorod . The 17th and 6th armies succeeded in their attack on Kharkov and Belgorod.
In October-November - the battle in the Donbass-Rostov direction .
In 1942, an offensive through the Kuban to the Caucasus.
In October 1943, the 17th Army retreated to Crimea.
In May 1944, she defended herself in Sevastopol and was almost completely destroyed.
In August 1944, the 17th Army was re-formed in Galicia (Southern Poland).
At the end of the war (May 1945) - in Silesia.
Army Composition
In June 1941:
- 4th Army Corps
- 52nd Army Corps
- 49th mountain block
In May 1942:
- 4th Army Corps
- 44th Army Corps
- 52nd Army Corps
- 49th mountain block
Caucasian operations:
The 17th Wehrmacht army during the offensive in the Caucasus in the summer and autumn of 1942 had the composition:
- five infantry divisions
- two mountain rifle divisions
- romanian cavalry division
- Slovak Security Division
- separate cavalry units formed from Cossacks and other citizens of the USSR
- 1st and 4th Romanian mountain rifle divisions (Crimean command)
- 454th and 444th security divisions (two-regiment structure without artillery)
- 381st training division
In December 1942:
- 5th Army Corps
- 44th Army Corps
- 49th mountain block
- romanian cavalry corps
In August 1944:
- 11th SS Army Corps (there were no SS units in the corps)
- 59th Army Corps
Army Commanders
- February 22, 1941 - infantry general Karl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
- from October 6, 1941 - Colonel General German Goth
- from June 1, 1942 - Colonel General Richard Ruoff , Chief of Staff Major General Friedrich Zikst
- from June 24, 1943 - Colonel General Erwin Jeneke , Chief of Staff Major General Friedrich Zikst
- May 1, 1944 - infantry general Karl Almendinger
- July 25, 1944 - infantry general Friedrich Schulz
- March 30, 1945 - infantry general Wilhelm Hasse
Included in operational groups of forces
- January 1941 - April 1941: Army Group B ( German: Heeresgruppe B )
- May 1941: Army Group A ( German: Heeresgruppe A )
- June 1941 - July 1942: Army Group South ( German: Heeresgruppe Süd )
- August 1942 - March 1944: Army Group A ( German: Heeresgruppe A )
- April 1944 - July 1944: Army Group Southern Ukraine ( German: Heeresgruppe Südukraine )
- August 1944 - September 1944: Army Group Northern Ukraine ( German: Heeresgruppe Nordukraine )
- October 1944 - January 1945: Army Group A ( German: Heeresgruppe A )
- February 1945 - May 1945: Army Group Center ( German Heeresgruppe Mitte )
Literature
- Hellmuth G. Dahms. Die Geschichte des Zweiten Weltkriegs, München / Berlin 1983. ISBN 3-7766-1291-6 (German)
- Peter Schmitz, Klaus-Jürgen Thies. Die Truppenkennzeichen der Verbände und Einheiten der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS und ihre Einsätze im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945. Band 1: Das Heer, Osnabrück 1987. ISBN 3-7648-1498-5 (German)
- Peter Young Der große Atlas zum Zweiten Weltkrieg, München 1974. ISBN 3-517-00473-1 (German)
- Military Encyclopedic Dictionary (WEC). - M .: Military Publishing , 1984. - 863 pp. With illustrations (ill.), 30 sheets (ill.).
- Red Banner Kiev. Essays on the history of the Red Banner Kiev Military District (1919-1979). 2nd edition, rev. and add. - Kiev: Publishing house of political literature of Ukraine, 1979.