Army Group South Ukraine | |
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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 (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 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]
No. | Portrait | Commander[b] | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973) | Generalfeldmarschall31 March 1944 | 25 July 1944 | 86 days | |
2 | Johannes Frießner (1892–1971) | Generaloberst25 July 1944 | 23 September 1944 | 90 days |