The Second Panzer Army was a Germantankarmy that fought during World War II. A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Initially it was formed under the name Panzergruppe Guderian, under the command of Heinz Guderian. Since October 5, 1941 it has become known as the Second Panzer Army. Guderian's army played a significant role in the initial succes of the blitzkrieg in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. General Heinz Guderian Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888-14 May 1954) was a military theorist and General of the German Army during the Second World War. ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Blitzkrieg relied on close cooperation between infantry and panzers (tanks). ... Original German plan Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the German codename for Nazi Germanys invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which commenced on June 22, 1941. ...
In January 1942, Army Group von Kleist, which consisted of the First PanzerArmy along with the Seventeenth Army, was formed with its namesake, von Kleist, in command.
Army Group A was to lead the thrust into the Caucasus during Operation Blue and capture Grozny and the Baku oilfields.
In October 1941, when the First PanzerArmy had been formed, it was a large army consisting of four corps, several infantry, panzer, motorized, mountain, and SS divisions, along with a Romanian army and some Italian, Romanian, and Slovak divisions.
Manteuffel's Fifth PanzerArmy, initially acting as the center, had the mission of crossing the Meuse to the south of the Sixth, but because the river angled away to the southwest might be expected to cross a few hours later than its armored partner on the right.
Hitler's early plans speak of the Sixth SS PanzerArmy, although on 16 December the army still did not bear the SS appellation in any official way, and it is clear that the Sixth was accorded the responsibility and honor of the main effort simply because Hitler felt he could depend on the SS.
The I SS Panzer Corps commander had decided to put the weight of his armored thrust to the south and thus avoid entanglement with the American force which, it was thought, could be gathered quickly on the Elsenborn ridge in the northern sector of the zone of advance.
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