The 4.Panzer-Armee was a Germanpanzer army that saw action during World War II. PzKpfw V-D, a Panther tank Panzer? is German for armour. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: Immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons - the atom bomb being the ultimate. ...
Commanders
Generaloberst Erich Höpner (15 Feb 1941 - 7 Jan 1942)
Generaloberst Richard Ruoff (8 Jan 1942 - 31 May 1942)
Generaloberst Hermann Hoth (31 May 1942 - 26 Nov 1943)
Generaloberst Erhard Raus (26 Nov 1943 - 18 May 1944)
Generaloberst Josef Harpe (18 May 1944 - 28 June 1944)
General der Panzertruppen Walther Nehring (28 June 1944 - 5 Aug 1944)
General der Panzertruppen Hermann Balck (5 Aug 1944 - 21 Sep 1944)
General der Panzertruppen Fritz-Hubert Gräser (21 Sep 1944 - 8 May 1945)
General Hermann Hoth Hermann Hoth (12 April 1885 - 26 January 1971) was a general of the Third Reich during World War II, notable for victories in France and on the Eastern Front, and later, after serving six years in prison for war crimes, as a writer on military history. ... Hermann Balck (December 7, 1893 - November 29, 1982) was a German commander during World War II. He served as a company grade officer in World War I. At the outbreak of war in 1939 Balck was in the General Staff of the Army and was transferred to the command of...
Original German plan Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on June 22, 1941. ... Fall Blau (Case Blue in German) was the German code name for two WWII studies in future combat. ... The Battle of Kursk was a significant battle on the Eastern Front of World War II. It remains the largest armored engagement of all time, and included the most costly single day of aerial warfare in history. ... The Lvov-Sandomierz Operation was the general attack by Soviet forces to clear the Germans from Ukraine. ...
The GermanArmy'sWorld War II system of command flags and pennants was developed in the late 1920's, with additions and modifications being made as required.
The Chief of the Army Command (Commander-in-Chief of the Army from 1935) had a flag with a red frame and a white field bearing the traditional Iron Cross; the design was modified when the title was changed.
In 1939 an additional flag was introduced for army groups, similar to the flag for armies except for a white-red frame.
In the first phase the GermanArmy was to engage the Soviet main force as close to the western border of the Soviet Union as possible, cut it up by encircling movements, and destroy it and so prevent the Russians from fighting a delaying action across the vast spaces of their country.
Hitler instructed the GermanArmy of Norway to be prepared to occupy the Petsamo region and to conduct an offensive from Finland to cut the Murmansk (Kirov) Railroad.
Army Group South, commanded by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, was to attack from southern Poland and Romania, its flank armies converging on Kiev to trap the Soviet armies in the western Ukraine in a great pocket west of the Dnieper (Dnepr) River.
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