Heeresgruppe Nordukraine

1. Cirriculum Vitae - CV (Lebenslauf):

Army Group Northern Ukraine (Heeresgruppe Nordukraine) was formed on April 4, 1944 by
renaming Army Group South (Süd).
The army group included the 1st Panzer Army, the 4th Panzer Army and the 1st Hungarian Army.
The 1st Panzer Army was trapped in the Kamenets-Podolski pocket and, with most of the German
troops, escaped the Soviet encirclement to the northwest using a moving pocket.
Between July 13 and August 29, 1944, Army Group Northern Ukraine was pushed out of western
Ukraine and the southeastern areas of Poland in heavy fighting.
Eight German divisions were destroyed in the Brody pocket and 32 German divisions were badly
damaged. At the end of the Russian offensive, the Red Army had been able to capture a large
bridgehead over the Vistula near Sandomierz. On September 23, 1944, the staff was renamed
Army Group (Heeresgruppe) A.
2. Commander (Oberbefehlshaber):
Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model During formation (Aufstellung)
04. April 1944 - 16. August 1944.
Generaloberst Josef Harpe 16. August 1944 – until renamed 23. september 1944.

Chief of Staff (Chef des Generalstabes):

Generalleutnant Theodor Busse During formation - 10. Juli 1944
Generalmajor Wolfdietrich Ritter von Xylander 10. Juli 1944 - Renamed

1st General Staff Officer (Ia):

Lieutenant Colonel i.G. Wilhelm Willemer During formation - September 20, 1943
Georg Freiherr von Weitershausen September 20, 1943 - renamed

3. Order of battle (Gliederung):

a) Army Group troops (Heeresgruppentruppen):
Army Group Intellingence (Heeresgruppen-Nachrichten) Regiment 558

b) unterstellte Großverbände:
Datum Verbände
April 1944 4. Panzerarmee, 1. Panzerarmee, 1. ungarische Armee
August 1944 4. Panzerarmee, 17. Armee, Armeegruppe Heinrici

4. Replacement (Ersatz):
The Grenadier Replacement Battalion 192 was responsible for replacing the staff.

5. Literature and sources:

Georg Tessin: Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten
Weltkrieg 1939–1945. Band 14. Die Landstreitkräfte. Namensverbände. Die Luftstreitkräfte.
Fliegende Verbände. Flakeinsatz im Reich 1943–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1980

Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Hrsg.): Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Band
8: Die Ostfront 1943/44. Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten. Mit Beiträgen von Karl-
Heinz Frieser, Bernd Wegner u. a. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, München 2007