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    The 4th Panzer Army (German: 4. Panzerarmee), operating as Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was...
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    under Walther von Axthelm). Army Group South was supported by Luftflotte 4, containing Fliegerkorps V (under Robert Ritter von Greim) and Fliegerkorps...
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  • http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/KorpsSonstige/FallPzKorpsGliederung.htm de Beaulieu, Charles 'Der Vorstoss der Panzergruppe 4 auf Leningrad'...
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  • Regiment (RVGK) 882nd Artillery Regiment (RVGK) 2/5th Guards Mortar Regiment 4/4th Guards Mortar Regiment 21st Tank Division 16th Tank Brigade 122nd Tank...
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    Panzerwaffe (redirect from Panzergruppe)
    approximately the size of an army, and named after their commander (e.g. Panzergruppe Hoth). These were later recognized as Panzerarmeen ("Panzer Armies")...
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  • German: Ninth Army and Panzergruppe 3 18 infantry divisions   3 panzer divisions   2 motorized infantry divisions   1 motorized brigade   1 flammpanzer...
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  • the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command. Panzer Group...
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    carried out effective interdiction operations in support of Panzergruppe 4 on 2 July. On 4 July KG 76 and KG 77 flew attacks against Soviet airfields at...
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  • 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941. Panzer Group Guderian (German: Panzergruppe Guderian) was formed on 5 June 1940 and named after its commander, general...
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  • structure in Africa, forming a new headquarters, Panzer Group Africa (Panzergruppe Afrika, Gruppo Corazzato Africa). On 15 August 1941, Panzer Group Africa...
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    1944 by aircraft of the Royal Air Force against the headquarters of Panzergruppe West during Operation Overlord the Allied invasion of France, which led...
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    motorised infantry divisions on a special independent operational level in Panzergruppe Kleist (XXII Corps). Army Group B (Fedor von Bock), comprised 29+1⁄2...
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    victory from October 4 to October 11, 1941 at Mtsensk over the 3rd and 4th tank divisions, which were part of the Guderian's Panzergruppe 2 in the Battle of...
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    with the most damaged units; the effective units were reorganized as Panzergruppe Eberbach. Eberbach was directed to lead this force in the counterattack...
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  • (2 May – 8 May 1945) OB Nordwest – Northwest Reich – (11 November 1944 – 4 May 1945) OB Ost (Oberost) – East – (3 October 1939 – 21 July 1940) OB Oberrhein...
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    commander Gustav von Vaerst. The army was reformed on 24 January 1944 as Panzergruppe West ("Panzer Group West"), the armoured reserve for Oberbefehlshaber...
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    November had been put back to 24 November due to supply difficulties. Panzergruppe Afrika (General Erwin Rommel since July 1941) Deutsches Afrika Korps...
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    destroyed most rail links during interdiction missions in the area, allowing Panzergruppe 1 to maintain the pace of its advance. Ju 88 units operating over the...
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  • the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942. The 3rd Panzer Group (German: Panzergruppe 3) was formed on 16 November 1940. It was a constituent part of Army...
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    westwards to the Drôme river, the boundary between the LXXIV Korps in Panzergruppe West and the 7th Army. The 326th Division, south and east of Caumont...
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    losses, the two operations secured a bridgehead 6 mi (9.7 km) wide and 3 mi (4.8 km) deep south of the Orne. The Germans retained their hold on the commanding...
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    Group B, consisting of the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West), were encircled by the Western Allies. The battle resulted in the...
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    a military engagement between the British Second Army and the German Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its...
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    front near Sedan and drove westwards down the Somme river valley, led by Panzergruppe Kleist comprising XIX Armee Korps under Generalleutnant Heinz Guderian...
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  • 16 November 1940, when the unit was renamed Panzer Group 2 (German: Panzergruppe 2) and later 2nd Panzer Army (German: 2. Panzerarmee). It took part in...
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    airfield from troops of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitler Jugend of Panzergruppe West. The attack was originally intended to take place during the later...
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    channel ports. Attacking to the south-west was rejected and OKH ordered Panzergruppe von Kleist to capture Boulogne and Calais, about 50 mi (80 km) away....
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    advancing through Uman and across the Dnieper River as part of the 1st Panzergruppe (commanded by General Von Kleist). It took part in the attack and occupation...
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  • the D-Day invasion. The rules are based on the system used in SPI's Panzergruppe Guderian wargame released the previous year, with one important difference:...
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    Aufmarschanweisung N°4, Fall Gelb as issued on 24 February 1940 and the manoeuvre through the Ardennes had no name. Panzergruppe Kleist had to move 134...
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