Unit Emblems
Campaigns
Westwall 1939
Western Campaign 1940
Occupation of France 1940-1944
French Campaign 1944
West Wall 1944-1945
History
The 1.Armee was established on 26 August 1939. The command was stationed and fought entirely on the Western Front. It was in existence from 29 August 1939 till its surrender on 4 May 1945, a total of 2,079 days.
Organization
Korück 590
Armee-Nachschubführer 591
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 596
for the remainder of the war in the west
Höherer Arko 318
Korück 535
Kdr. der Armee-Nachschubtruppen 512
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 512
Commanders
Erwin von Witzleben 8.26.1939
Johannes Blaskowitz 10.24.1940
Joachim Lemelsen 5.3.1944
Kurt von der Chevallerie 6.4.1944
Otto von Knobelsdorf 9.6.1944
Hans von Obstfelder 11.30.1944
Hermann Förtsch 2.28.1945
Calendar of Battles and Engagements
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Western Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements
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1.
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Security
Positions in the Western Fortifications
[Saarpfalz].
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8.26.1939
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6.13.1940
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293
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2.
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Battle
for France.
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6.14.1940
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6.24.1940
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11
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a.
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Breakthrough
of the Maginot Line south from Saarpflaz.
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6.14.1940
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6.16.1940
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3
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b.
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Fighting
to Encircle the Maginot Line between Mosel and Warndt.
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6.16.1940
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6.24.1940
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9
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c.
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Attack
over the Seille and the Rhein-Marne-Kanal.
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6.17.1940
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6.20.1940
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4
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d.
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Breakthrough
of the Maginot Line north of Wörth.
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6.19.1940
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6.20.1940
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2
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e.
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Destructive
Fighting in the Mosel and the Vogesen Regions.
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6.21.1940
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6.24.1940
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4
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3.
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Occupation
of France
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6.26.1940
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7.31.1944
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1,497
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a.
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Security
on the Demarkation Line.
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6.26.1940
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5.21.1942
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695
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b.
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Security
on the Atlantic Coast in Southwestern France and the Pyrennes.
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5.22.1942
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7.31.1944
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802
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4.
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Fighting
in the Loire and Retreat Fighting in the Champagne and in Lothringen.
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8.1.1944
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9.20.44
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51
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a.
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Defensive
Fighting for Metz.
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9.11.1944
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9.20.1944
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10
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5.
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Positional
Fighting in Lothringen.
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9.20.1944
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11.8.1944
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50
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6.
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Retreat
Fighting in Lothringen to the Westwall.
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11.9.1944
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12.15.1944
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37
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a.
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Defense
of Metz.
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11.9.1944
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11.23.1944
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15
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7.
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Positional
Fighting on the Westwall Between the Saar and the Rhein River.
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12.16.1944
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3.15.1945
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90
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8.
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Encirclement
in the Saarpflanz by Kaiserslautern and St. Wendel.
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3.15.1945
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3.25.1945
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11
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9.
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Breakout
of the Pocket and Retreat Fighting from the Rhein Reiver to the Donau
River. [Regensburg-Donauwörth]
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3.26.1945
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4.25.1945
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31
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10.
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Destruction
in the Area between the Donau River
and the Alps.
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4.26.1945
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5.4.1945
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9
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Bibliography
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German Order of Battle 1944, author unknown
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