reformed on 24 January 1944 as Panzergruppe West ("Panzer Group West"), the armoured reserve for Oberbefehlshaber West. The new army was placed under...

1944 by aircraft of the Royal Air Force against the headquarters of Panzergruppe West during Operation Overlord the Allied invasion of France, which led...

cut off the retreat of German forces fighting the Allied armies further west. The battle is considered the inaugural operation of the First Canadian Army...

given to fighting between the British Second Army and the German Panzergruppe West in the Second World War for control of the city of Caen and its vicinity...

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. He was also an Operations Officer for Panzergruppe West in France in June 1944. Oxenius is notable for being a member and...

Army (formerly Panzergruppe West), were encircled by the Western Allies. The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine...

the Second World War. Attacks took place in mid-July 1944 against Panzergruppe West, as part of the Battle of Normandy. Operations Greenline and Pomegranate...

swinging east and north toward Argentan. The German attack west left the 7th Army and Panzergruppe West in danger of being encircled by Allied forces. As American...

Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies. The seizure of Chambois by...

airfield from troops of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitler Jugend of Panzergruppe West. The attack was originally intended to take place during the later...

elements of the 9th SS Panzer Division south-west to close the gap between the 7th Army and Panzergruppe West and the British advance was held up by the...

of Panzergruppe West (General Geyr von Schweppenburg), was killed during the raid by the Royal Air Force (RAF) attack on La Caine, the Panzergruppe HQ...

1.3.1944. Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv (BA-MA) RH 10/312, fol. 17. Panzergruppe West Ia Nr. 1981/44 g.Kdos. Betr.: Meldung über Stand der Neuaufstellung...

Typhoons carried out an attack on 10 June against the headquarters of Panzergruppe West wounding the general,killing several staff officers and disrupting...

Generalmajor Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans, killed in the RAF raid on the Panzergruppe West's GHQ. SS-Sturmbannführer Adolf Diekmann: the most senior officer at...

casualties. During the battle, General Heinrich Eberbach, the commander of Panzergruppe West had made the defence of Hill 112 the priority (Schwerpunkt) of the...

which made it impossible to begin the counter-offensive planned by Panzergruppe West, which made the offensive a considerable Allied success, as part of...

Panzergruppe West (Armoured Group West, General Geyr von Schweppenburg). Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, the supreme commander in the west (OB West)...

the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command. Panzer Group...

operation—"can be accepted as accurate". Michael Tamelander wrote in 2004 that Panzergruppe West recorded the loss of 75 tanks during the period from 16 to 21 July...

aircraft lost, Operation Jubilee). On June 10, the command post of Panzergruppe West had been set up in an orchard near La Caine, 12 miles south of Caen...

and advanced west reaching the sea at Abbeville. In June 1940, during Fall Rot, the second phase in the Battle of France, Panzergruppe von Kleist was...

4th Panzer Army (German: 4. Panzerarmee), operating as Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was a German...

Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies following the Normandy landings...

motorised infantry divisions on a special independent operational level in Panzergruppe Kleist (XXII Corps). Army Group B (Fedor von Bock), comprised 29+1⁄2...

1943 – 8 May 1945) OB Südwest – Italy – (21 November 1943 – 2 May 1945) OB West – France, Low countries, Western Germany – (10 October 1940 – 22 April 1945)...

with the most damaged units; the effective units were reorganized as Panzergruppe Eberbach. Eberbach was directed to lead this force in the counterattack...

November had been put back to 24 November due to supply difficulties. Panzergruppe Afrika (General Erwin Rommel since July 1941) Deutsches Afrika Korps...

the French would use for a counter-offensive. Five panzer divisions of Panzergruppe von Kleist advanced through the Ardennes; XIX Panzer Corps with three...

eastern shore of Lake Peipsi, then advanced on Leningrad from the south-west and west. The XXXXII Army Corps was transferred to the 18th Army on 18 July 1941...