18th Army (Wehrmacht)

18th Army (German Empire) 18th Army de 18. Armee Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B20689, vor Leningrad, General Lindemann in den vordersten Linien.jpg 300 Georg Lindemann visiting the trenches at Leningrad 4 November 1939 – 8 May 1945 Nazi Germany 16px German army (16px Wehrmacht) Field Army Field army World War II The 18th Army (German: 18. Armee) was a World War II field army in the German Wehrmacht. Formed in November 1939 in Military Region (Wehrkreis) VI, the 18th Army was part of the offensive into the Netherlands (Battle of the Netherlands) and Belgium (Battle of Belgium) during Fall Gelb and later moved into France in 1940. The 18th Army was then moved East and participated in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The Army was a part of the Army Group North until early 1945, when it was subordinated to Army Group Kurland. In October 1944, the army was encircled by the Red Army offensives and spent the remainder of the war in the Courland Pocket. History On 22 July 1940, the 18th Army consisted of XXVI Corps (161st and 271st Infantry Divisions), XXX Corps (76th and 258th Infantry Divisions), Higher Command XXXV (162nd and 292nd Infantry Divisions), III Corps (62nd and 75th Infantry Divisions), XVII Corps (297th and 298th Infantry Divisions) and Higher Command XXXIV (68th and 257th Infantry Divisions), as well as XXXXIV Corps and 291st Infantry Division as reserves and limited authority extended to Panzer Group Guderian with XXXX Corps and XVI Corps.Boog, Horst Der Angriff auf die Sowjetunion Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1983 3421060983 Boog, Horst Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg 4 Stuttgart 190–277 de Die Landkriegführung et al.208 Commanders y y Commander y n n 1 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R63872, Georg von Küchler.jpg Generalfeldmarschall Georg von Küchler Küchler, Georg 1881 1968 5 November 1939 16 January 1942 1939 11 05 1942 01 16 2 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L08017, Georg Lindemann.jpg Generaloberst Georg Lindemann Lindemann, Georg 1884 1963 16 January 1942 29 March 1944 1942 01 16 1944 03 29 3 blank.png General der Artillerie Herbert Loch Loch, Herbert 1886 1976 29 March 1944 2 September 1944 1944 03 29 1944 09 02 4 Ehrenfried Oskar Boege.jpg General der Infanterie Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege Boege, Ehrenfried 1889 1965 5 September 1944 8 May 1945 1944 09 05 1945 05 08 Chiefs of the Generalstab 5 November 1939 – 10 December 1940 Generalmajor Erich Marcks 10 December 1940 – 19 January 1941 Generalmajor Wilhelm Hasse 19 January 1941 – 17 November 1942 Generalmajor Dr. Ing. h.c. Kurt Waeger 24 November 1942 – 1 December 1943 Generalmajor Hans Speth 1 December 1943 – 25 January 1945 Generalmajor Friedrich Foertsch 25 January 1945 – 5 March 1945 Oberst i.G. Wilhelm Hetzel 5 March 1945 – 10(!) May 1945 Generalmajor Ernst Merk Orders of Battle 10 May 1940 XXVI Army Corps 256th Infantry Division 254th Infantry Division SS "Der Führer" Regiment X Army Corps SS "Adolf Hitler" Regiment 227th Infantry Division 207th Infantry Division 1st Cavalry Division Direct control of Army Headquarters SS "Verfügungstruppe" Division 9th Panzer Division 208th Infantry Division 225th Infantry Division 1 July 1941 XXXVIII Army Corps 58th Infantry Division 291st Infantry Division XXVI Army Corps 1st Infantry Division 61st Infantry Division 217th Infantry Division I Army Corps 11th Infantry Division 21st Infantry Division September 1941 L Army Corps LIV Army Corps XXVI Army Corps XXVIII Army Corps I Army Corps 15 July 1944 XVIII Army Corps 12th Luftwaffe Division Kampfgruppe Hoefer 21st Infantry Division 30th Infantry Division XXXVIII Army Corps 121st Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division 21st Luftwaffe Division 83rd Infantry Division L Army Corps 218th Infantry Division 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 126th Infantry Division 93rd Infantry Division 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) Kampfgruppe Streckenbach Direct control of Army Headquarters Headquarters VI SS Corps 207th Security Division 300th Division zbV (Estonian border guard units) 12 April 1945 L Army Corps 11th Infantry Division 290th Infantry Division II Army Corps 563rd Volksgrenadier Division 126th Infantry Division 263rd Infantry Division 87th Infantry Division I Army Corps 225th Infantry Division 132nd Infantry Division X Army Corps 30th Infantry Division 121st Infantry Division Kampfgruppe (Ernst) Gise Direct control of Army Headquarters 52nd Security Division 14th Panzer Division References Literature Tessin Georg Die Landstreitkräfte 15—30 Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939—1945 4 Frankfurt/Main E.S. Mittler 1970 80–85 de June 2017 18 Category:Military units and formations established in 1939 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:German organizations established in 1939