Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II. The first was involved in the western campaign in 1940 in Belgium and the Netherlands which was to be aimed to conquer the Maas bridges after the German airborne actions in Rotterdam. Army Group B had approximately 300,000 men involved in these operations which occurred in May 1940. An army group is a military organization (formation) consisting of several armies, and is supposed to be self-sufficient for indefinite periods. ... This article is becoming very long. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

The second Army Group B was formed when Army Group South was split into two formations for the summer offensive of 1942. Army Group B was tasked with protecting the northern flank of Army Group A, and included the 6th Army's attack on Stalingrad. Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... The 6. ... Combatants Germany Italy Romania Hungary Soviet Union Commanders Friedrich Paulus Erich von Manstein Hermann Hoth Georgiy Zhukov Vasiliy Chuikov Aleksandr Vasilyevskiy Strength German Sixth Army German Fourth Panzer Army Romanian Third Army Romanian Fourth Army Hungarian Second Army Italian Eighth Army 500,000 Germans Unknown number Reinforcements Unknown number Axis...

The final Army Group B was formed in northern Italy under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in 1943, to defend against a possible allied attack there, and was subsequently moved to northern France to defend against the D-Day landings. The Army Group fought in the campaigns of 1944-45 including in France during the Battle of Normandy, the Low Counties including the Battle of the Bulge and in northern Germany before surrendering in the Ruhr Pocket. Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ) (November 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished German field marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps and also became known by the nickname The Desert Fox (Wüstenfuchs,  ) for the skillful military campaigns he... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free France Poland Nazi Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (absent) (Heeresgruppe B) Friedrich Dollmann () Strength 326,000 (by June 11) Unknown, probably some 1,000... Wikisource has original text related to this article: The Ardennes: Battle of the bulge Wacht Am Rhein redirects here. ... The Ruhr Pocket was a battle that took place at the end of World War II in the Ruhr Area, Germany. ...

Commanders

• 12 October 1939 Fedor von Bock
• 15 July 1942 Ryan Williams
• 14 July 1943 Erwin Rommel
• 19 July 1944 Günther von Kluge
• 17 August 1944 Walter Model

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Order of battle

Army Group HQ troops

• 537th signals regiment
• 605nd signals regiment (2nd list)

Subordinated units

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See also

• Army Group D
• Army Group South
• German Fifth Panzer Army