Unit Emblems
Campaigns
Eastern Front 1941-1942
History
The 11. Armee was established on 5 October 1940 and until 21 June 1941 they were located in Germany. From 22 June 1941 until 3 September 3 1942 they fought in the southern sectors of the Eastern Front. From 4 September 1942 to 27 November 1942 they were transferred to the northern sector of the Eastern front. On 27 November 1942 the 11. Army was extracted from the northern front and sent to the south to become Army Group Don. They were in existence for 783 days of which 523 days were spent on the Eastern Front first in the southern area and then in the northern area.
The 11. Armee was re-established on 26 November 1944 first fighting in the east and then from late March 1945 to the end in the west.
Organization
Korück 533
Armee-Nachschubführer 587
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 558
Commanders
Eugen Ritter von Schobert 10.5.1940
Erich von Lewinski gannant von Manstein 9.13.1941
Calendar of Battles and Engagements
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Eastern Campaign Calendar of Battles and
Engagements
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1.
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Frontier
Battles, Liberation of Bessarabia, and Conquest of the Crimea.
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6.22.1941
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12.31.1941
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193
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a]
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Frontier
Battles on Pruth River.
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6.22.1941
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7.7.1941
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16
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b]
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Fighting
to Liberate Bessarabia.
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7.2.1941
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7.8.1941
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7
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c]
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Breakthrough
of the Stalin Line
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7.2.1941
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7.25.1941
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24
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d]
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Pursuit
Battles to the Dnjepr.
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7.26.1941
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8.29.1941
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35
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e]
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Control
of the Dnjepr and Crossing by Berisslavl.
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8.30.1941
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8.30.1941
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1
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f]
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Assault
Across the Dnjepr.
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8.31.1941
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9.12.1941
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13
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g]
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Advance
to the Crimean Narrows and Breakthrough Battle at Perekop.
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8.31.1941
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9.30.1941
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31
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h]
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Battle
Around Sea of Azov.
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9.26.1941
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10.11.1941
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16
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i]
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Breakthrough
Battle at Ishun.
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10.18.1941
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10.27.1941
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10
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k]
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Pursuit
Battles in the Crimea and Breakthrough to Kerch.
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10.28.1941
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11.16.1941
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20
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l]
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Costal
Defense and Containment Battles at Sevastopol.
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11.17.1941
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7.4.1942
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230
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m]
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Attack on
Sevastopol.
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12.17.1941
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12.31.1941
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15
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n]
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Coastal
Protection in the Crimea.
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11.17.1941
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7.4.1942
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230
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o]
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Wanderings
in Kerch Peninsula and Battles at and Northwest of Feodosia.
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12.28.1941
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1.18.1942
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22
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p]
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Siege
of Fortress Sevastopol.
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1.1.1942
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6.1.1942
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152
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q]
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Defensive
Battles in the Parpatch Position.
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1.19.1942
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5.7.1942
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109
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r]
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Battle
for the Kertch Peninsula and Capture of Kerch.
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5.8.1942
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5.21.1942
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14
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s]
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Attack
and Capture of Fortress Sevastopol.
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6.2.1942
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7.4.1942
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33
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2.
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Security
of the Crimea.
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7.5.1942
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8.31.1942
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58
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3.
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OKH
Reserve then Heeresgruppe Nord.
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9.1.1942
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9.3.1942
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3
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4.
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Defensive
Battles South of Lake Ladoga.
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9.4.1942
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10.2.1942
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29
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5.
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Positional
Fighting in the Leningrad Area.
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10.3.1942
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10.30.1942
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28
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6.
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Positional
Fighting in the Area of Newel.
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11.6.1942
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11.21.1942
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16
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