The German Eleventh Army (German: 11.Armee Oberkommando) was a World War I and a World War II field army. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow... Combatants Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total... A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...

World War I

The German Eleventh Army was formed in early 1915. It briefly fought on the Western Front during the Battle of Ypres holding the line against the allied attack. On April 22nd, it was transferred and placed with Austrian Fourth under Mackensen's command behind the Gorlice-Tarnow gap, south of the Vistula River. In July 1915, the Eleventh Army advanced into Russian territory in a general German offensive. It continued to fight on the Eastern Front when after armistice in 1917, it was then re-deployed to the Western Front and took part in the German spring offensive in 1918. After the German surrender in November 1918, the Army was disbanded.

World War II

The Army was re-activated in 1940 to prepare for the upcoming German attack on the Soviet Union.

The German Eleventh Army was part of Army Group South when it invaded Russia in Operation Barbarossa. In September 1941, Erich von Manstein was appointed commander of 11th Army. Its former commander, Colonel-General Ritter von Schobert, had perished when his plane landed in a Russian minefield. The 11th Army was tasked with invading the Crimea and the pursuit of enemy forces on the flank of Army Group South during its advance into Russia. 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. ... Combatants Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler General (later Mareşal) Ion Antonescu Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Joseph Stalin Strength ~ 3. ... Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Motto: Процветание в единстве - Prosperity in unity Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина - Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Capital Simferopol Largest cities Simferopol, Eupatoria, Kerch, Theodosia, Yalta Official language Ukrainian. ... 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 11th Army order of battle included two Corps: 30th Corps, comprised of 22nd, 72nd, and Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, and 49th Mountain Corps, consisting of 170th Infantry Division and the 1st and 4th Mountain Divisions, and 54th Corps, consisting of 46th, 73rd, and 50th Infantry Divisions. The latter Corps had been in charge of the advance into the Crimean peninsula earlier in September. The Romanian 3rd Army, three Mountain brigades and three cavalry brigades, were also under von Manstein's command.

Alexander Deyneka. Battle of Sevastopol

It fought the Russian there from 1941 until mid-summer 1942 and laid siege to Sevastopol. It did not take part in Operation Blue when Army Group South attacked in Southern Russia towards Stalingrad. The 11th Army cut off the Russians from the sea the fate of the remaining Russian defenders was sealed and another 100,000 prisoners marched into captivity. For his achievements Manstein was promoted to Field Marshall. A grateful Adolf Hitler also authorized the Crimean Shield to commemorate the efforts of 11th Army. Manstein recommended 11th Army either cross the straits of Kerch and push into the Kuban to aid in the capture of Rostov or be placed into Army Group South reserve. Instead part of 11th Army, along with the heavy siege train was transferred to Army Group North. Ordered to oversee Leningrad's reduction Manstein transferred with them. The remainder of 11th Army was parceled out to Army Group Center and Army Group South. After the German disaster at Stalingrad, von Manstein was re-assigned by Hitler to commander of the newly created Army Group Don. Image File history File links The_defence_of_Sevastopol. ... Image File history File links The_defence_of_Sevastopol. ... Alexander Deyneka Battle of Sevastopol Alexander Alexandrovich Deyneka (Russian: Александр Александрович Дейнека; May 20, 1899, Kursk - June 12, 1969, Moscow) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor. ... Combatants Germany Romania Soviet Union Commanders Erich von Manstein Ivan Petrov Filipp Oktyabrskiy Strength 350,000+ 106,000 Casualties at least 100,000 killed, wounded or captured (Including Romanians) 95,000 captured, 11,000 killed The Battle of Sevastopol was fought from October 30, 1941 to July 4, 1942 between... Operation Blue(German: Fall Blau) was the German Wehrmachts codename for the 1942 summer offensive. ... Stalingrad is the former name of two cities: Volgograd, Russia Karviná-Nové Město, near Ostrava, Czech Republic Other uses: The Battle of Stalingrad (a major turning-point of World War II and arguably the bloodiest battle in human history) Stalingrad (German film set during the above battle) Stalingrad... Hitler redirects here. ... Kerch (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Crimean Tatar: , Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ) is a city (2001 pop 157,000) on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea, is an important industrial, transport and tourist centre of Ukraine. ... Kuban (Russian: ) is a region of Russia surrounding the Kuban River, on the Black Sea between Ukraine and the Caucasus. ... Rostov (Russian: Росто́в; Old Norse: Rostofa) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ... Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord in German) was a high level command grouping of military units operating for Germany during World War II. The army group coordinated the operations of attached army corps, reserve formations, and direct-reporting units. ... Leningrad (Russian: Ленинград) may mean: St. ... Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte in German) was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa. ...

Throughout 1943, Eleventh Army laid siege to Leningrad. When the Russians ended the siege in January 1944, the Eleventh Army retreated from Russian territory by way of the Baltic states. In 1945, it was re-deployed in the North West sector to defend Berlin. However by that time, the Army was down to 3 Divisions from 7 during the Crimea Campaign. SS General Felix Steiner was given command of the 11th Army in March 1945. Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ...

By the time the Battle of Berlin began, it only had a Police Division, a Marine Division, and a Division of Panzer Grenadiers. Steiner had always been one of Hitler's favorite commanders and when Hitler was besieged in Berlin, he ordered Steiner's 11th Army to attack and relieve Berlin which was en-circled by Soviet troops. With the Soviets outnumbering his forces by a ratio of 10:1 and with a few working tanks and roughly a division's worth of experienced infantry men, Steiner chose the life of his men over the life of the leadership, and declined to attack. This prompted one of Hitler's most infamous outbursts on April 22, 1945. The 11th Army turned west and surrendered to the Allies. Combatants Soviet Union Poland Germany Commanders Georgiy Zhukov Ivan Konev Konstantin Rokossovskiy Vasiliy Chuykov Adolf Hitler â€  Gotthard Heinrici Helmuth Reymann Ernst Kaether (one day) Helmuth Weidling # Karl Dönitz # Wilhelm Mohnke # Strength 2,500,000 soldiers, 6,250 tanks, 7,500 aircraft, 41,600 artillery pieces [1] 1,000,000... The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis Powers during the Second World War. ...

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Commanders

Felix Steiner as an SS-Gruppenführer, Spring 1943. He was the last commander of the German 11th Army

• Colonel-General Ritter von Schobert (1940 - September 21, 1941)
• Erich von Manstein (September 21, 1941 - November 21, 1942)
• Felix Steiner (March 5, 1945 - May 10, 1945)

ImageMetadata File history File links Steiner_Felix_MJ.jpg SS-Gruppenführer Felix Steiner, 1944. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Steiner_Felix_MJ.jpg SS-Gruppenführer Felix Steiner, 1944. ... Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... This article or section is missing needed references or citation of sources. ...

Order of Battle

During the Battle for Sevastopol

The German 11th Army during the battle of Sevastopol had 9 German infantry divisions (including 2 received during the battle) in two corps, and two Romanian rifle corps, plus various supporting elements including 150 tanks, several hundred aircraft, and one of the heaviest concentrations of artillery fielded by the Wehrmacht. Image:Wehrmacht 20 April 1939 Birthday Parade. ...

• German 54th Corps
  • 22nd Infantry Division - commanded by General der Infanterie Ludwig Wolff
  • 24th Infantry Division
  • 50th Infantry Division
  • 132nd Infantry Division
• German 30th Corps - commanded by General der Infanterie Hans von Salmuth
  • 28th Light Division
  • 72nd Infantry Division
  • 170th Infantry Division
• Romanian Mountain Corps
  • 1st Mountain Division
  • 4th Mountain Division
  • 18th Infantry Division

22nd Infantry Division 22nd Air Landing Division 22nd Volksgrenadier Division Created as 22nd Infantry Division in 1935. ... Hans Eberhard Kurt von Salmuth (November 11, 1888–January 1, 1962) was a German general during World War II. A lifelong professional soldier, he served his country as a junior officer in WWI, a staff officer in the inter-war period and early WWII, and an army level commander in...

During the Battle of Berlin

• 1 Police Division
• 1 Marine Division
• 1 Panzer Grenadier Division