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Campaigns- Westwall 1939
- Western Campaign 1940
- Occupation of France 1940-1941
- Eastern Front 1941-1943
- Destroyed at Stalingrad, reformed 1943
- Eastern Front 1943-1945
HistoryThe 6.Armee was established on 10 October 1939. It was stationed on the Western frontier near the area of Kleve as security forces from 10 October 1939 through 9 May 1940. They were involved in the Western Campaign from 10 may 1940 through 19 June 1940 in Belgium, Holland and then France. From 26 June 1940 they were stationed along the Demarcation Line in France until 2 July 1940 and then on the Canal Coast in Normandy until 15 April 1941. From the end of April 1941 through 21 June 1941 they were relocated to the Eastern Frontier in Galicia. The 6. Armee then fought in the East until surrendering at Stalingrad on 2 February 1943. The 6.Armee was in existence for 1,212 days and they fought on the Eastern front for 552 days entirely in the southern sectors. The 6.Armee was re-established on 6 March 1943 from Armeeabteilung Hollidt. They were in existence for 795 days all of which were on the Eastern Front and in the southern sectors. OrganizationHöherer Arko 310
Korück 585
Armee-Nachschubführer 541
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 541 after reformation Korück 593
Armee-Nachschubführer 541
Armee-Nachrichten-Regiment 549
Höherer Arko 306 CommandersWalter von Reichenau 10.10.1939
Friedrich Paulus 12.30.1941 after reformation Karl Adolf Hollidt 3.5.1943
Maximilian de Angelis 4.8.1944
Maximilian Fretter-Pico 7.17.1944
Hermann Balck 12.23.1944 Calendar of Battles and Engagements| Western Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements |
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| 1. | Securityof the Western Border in the Area of Kleve. | 10.10.1939 | 5.9.1940 | 213 | | 2. | Battle byMaastricht. | 5.10.1940 | 5.12.1940 | 3 | | a. | Crossingthe Maas River. | 5.10.1940 | 5.10.1940 | 1 | | b. | BreakthroughOver the Albert Canal in Western Maastricht. | 5.11.1940 | 5.11.1940 | 1 | | c. | Removalof Fort Eben Emael. | 5.11.1940 | 5.11.1940 | 1 | | 3. | PursuitFighting in Eastern Belgium and Across the Albert Canal. | 5.11.1940 | 5.13.1940 | 3 | | 4. | Encirclementof the City of Lüttich. | 5.13.1940 | 5.13.1940 | 1 | | 5. | PanzerBattle by Hannut-Gembloux. | 5.12.1940 | 5.16.1940 | 5 | | 6. | Crossingthe Gette River. | 5.13.1940 | 5.13.1940 | 1 | | 7. | Breakthroughto the Dyle Positions. | 5.15.1940 | 5.17.1940 | 3 | | 8. | PursuitFighting Across Senette and Demdre. | 5.18.1940 | 5.19.1940 | 2 | | 9. | Removalof Forts of Lüttich. | 5.13.1940 | 5.28.1940 | 16 | | 10. | Removalof the Forts of Namur. | 5.16.1940 | 5.19.1940 | 4 | | 11. | Battleover the Schelde. | 5.20.1940 | 5.23.1940 | 4 | | 12. | Crossingof the Lys River. | 5.24.1940 | 5.24.1940 | 1 | | 13. | Fightingin West Flanders and Over Lille. | 5.25.1940 | 5.30.1940 | 6 | | 14. | BreakthroughBattle on the Somme and Oise Rivers. | 6.5.1940 | 6.8.1940 | 4 | | 15. | Crossingof the Aisne River. | 6.8.1940 | 6.8.1940 | 1 | | 16. | PursuitFighting across Oise and Ourcq. | 6.9.1940 | 6.11.1940 | 3 | | 17. | Breakdownand Pursuit into the Paris Defensive positions. | 6.12.1940 | 6.12.1940 | 1 | | 18. | CrossingOver the Marne River and Pursuit to the Seine River. | 6.12.1940 | 6.15.1940 | 4 | | 19. | CrossingOver the Seine River and Pursuit to the Indre River. | 6.15.1940 | 6.22.1940 | 8 | | a. | Encirclementof Orléans. | 6.16.1940 | 6.16.1940 | 1 | | b. | CrossingOver the Loire River. | 6.17.1940 | 6.19.1940 | 3 | | 20. | Securityon the Demarcation Line. | 6.26.1940 | 7.2.1940 | 7 | | 21. | Securityon the Canal Coast in Normandy. | 7.3.1940 | 4.17.1941 | 289 |
| Eastern Campaign Calendar of Battles andEngagements |
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| 1. | FrontierBattles in Galicia-Volhynia. | 6.22.1941 | 7.12.41 | 21 | | a] | FrontierBattles Between the Bug and Styr. | 6.22.1943 | 6.28.1941 | 7 | | b] | BattlesBetween the Styr and the Stalin Line. | 6.23.1941 | 7.12.1941 | 20 | | 2. | Breakthroughat Kiev and Advance to the Dnieper. | 7.2.1941 | 7.25.1941 | 24 | | a] | Breakthroughof the Stalin Line. | 7.2.1941 | 7.25.1941 | 24 | | b] | Battle atCudnov-Berditchev. | 7.8.1941 | 7.16.1941 | 9 | | c] | DefensiveBattle Near Zwiahel and Sokolov. | 7.11.1941 | 7.14.1941 | 4 | | 3. | Fightingin the Area North of Zitomir. | 7.14.1941 | 8.21.1941 | 39 | | 4. | PursuitFighting towards the Dnieper and attack across the Dnieper. | 7.25.1941 | 10.5.1941 | 43 | | a] | PursuitBattles to the Dnieper. | 7.26.1941 | 8.29.1941 | 35 | | b] | Fightingin the Area of Boguslav-Cherkassy. | 8.8.1941 | 8.22.1941 | 15 | | 5. | Battlenear Kiev. | 8.21.1941 | 9.27.1941 | 38 | | a] | FightOver the Gornostaipol-Ostjer Bridgehead. | 8.21.1941 | 9.9.1941 | 20 | | b] | CoveringFighting East of the Dnieper. | 9.4.1941 | 9.16.1941 | 13 | | c] | Fight forKiev. | 9.13.1941 | 9.19.1941 | 7 | | d] | Battle inthe Area east of Kiev. | 9.14.1941 | 9.27.1941 | 14 | | 6. | Pursuitto the Donets. | 10.1.1941 | 11.21.1941 | 52 | | a] | PursuitFighting on the Psiol and the Vorskla. | 10.1.1941 | 10.10.1941 | 10 | | b] | FightingNear Kharkov and Belgorod. | 10.17.1941 | 10.25.1941 | 9 | | 7. | Fightingon the Upper Donets and on the Don-Ssemina. | 10.26.1941 | 6.29.1942 | 247 | | a] | FightingNear Oboyan and Rshava. | 1.1.1942 | 1.16.1942 | 16 | | b] | DefensiveFighting North of Kharkov. | 1.17.1942 | 5.11.1942 | 115 | | 8. | SpringBattle Near Kharkov. | 5.12.1942 | 6.26.1942 | 46 | | a] | DefensiveBattle near Kharkov. | 5.12.1942 | 5.21.1942 | 10 | | b] | KesselBattle Southwest of Kharkov. | 5.22.1942 | 5.27.1942 | 6 | | c] | Battle ofVoltchansk. | 6.10.1942 | 6.16.1942 | 7 | | d] | Battle ofIzyum-Kupiansk. | 6.22.1942 | 6.26.1942 | 5 | | 9. | EasternOffense in 1942 [Case Blue] | 6.28.1942 | 11.18.1942 | 144 | | a] | Breakthroughand Advance to the Central Don. | 6.30.1942 | 7.25.1942 | 26 | | b] | Fightingin the Area of Kalatsch-Ostrowsky-Kljetzkaya. | 7.26.1942 | 8.22.1942 | 28 | | c] | Assaulton Stalingrad. | 8.17.1942 | 11.18.1942 | 94 | | 10. | 1942/1943Winter Defensive Battles. | 11.19.1942 | 2.13.1943 | 87 | | a] | DefensiveFight for Stalingrad. | 11.19.1942 | 11.21.1942 | 3 | | b] | Defenseof Fortress Stalingrad and Capitulation. | 11.22.1942 | 2.2.1943 | 73 |
| (reformed) Eastern Campaign Calendar of Battles and Engagements |
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| 2. | Position Fighting in the Zone ofHeeresgruppe Sud.. | 4.1.1943 | 7.3.1943 | 94 | | a] | Defensive Fighting in theMius-Donez Positions. | 4.1.1943 | 7.3.1943 | 94 | | 3. | Defensive Fighting on the Mius. | 7.4.1943 | 8.2.1943 | 30 | | 4. | Defensive Battles on the Mius andon the Donets Bend. | 8.18.1943 | 9.16.1943 | 29 | | 5. | Defensive Battles in SouthernRussia and Retreat to the Dnieper. | 9.17.1943 | 11.3.1943 | 48 | | a] | Defensive battles on the Mius andon the Donets Bend. | 9.17.1943 | 9.20.1943 | 4 | | b] | Defensive Battle Southeast ofZaporozhe. | 9.21.1943 | 10.8.1943 | 18 | | c] | Defensive Battle in the NogaizchenSteppe. | 10.9.1943 | 11.3.1943 | 26 | | 6. | Defensive Fighting on the LowerDnieper. | 11.4.1943 | 12.31.1943 | 58 | | a] | First Defensive Battle for theNikopol Bridgehead. | 11.20.1943 | 11.29.1943 | 10 | | b] | Second Defensive Battle for theNikopol Bridgehead and Northwest of Zaporozhe. | 12.19.1943 | 12.25.1943 | 7 | | 7. | Defensive Fighting in the SouthernUkraine. | 1.1.1944 | 5.12.1944 | 133 | | a] | Position Fighting on the LowerDnieper. | 1.1.1944 | 3.9.1944 | 69 | | b] | Defensive Battle for Krivoi Rogand Retreat From the Area of Nikopol. | 2.3.1944 | 2.22.1944 | 20 | | c] | Defensive fighting on the Dnieperand the Ingulez. | 2.23.1944 | 3.6.1944 | 13 | | d] | Defensive Battle North ofNikolayev and Withdrawal Fighting to the Bug. | 3.7.1944 | 3.26.1944 | 20 | | e] | Retreat Through Transnistrien tothe Lower Dniester. | 4.15.1944 | 5.12.1944 | 28 | | f] | Defensive Fighting on the LowerDniester. | 5.10.1944 | 5.12.1944 | 2 | | 8. | Position Fighting in theZone ofHeeresgruppe Südukraine. | 5.13.1944 | 8.19.1944 | 99 | | a] | Fighting West of Grigoriopol. | 5.14.1944 | 5.22.1944 | 9 | | b] | Assault North of Jassy. | 5.30.1944 | 6.6.1944 | 8 | | c] | Position Fighting on the Dniester. | 6.7.1944 | 8.20.1944 | 75 | | 9. | Battle in Bessarabia [SmashingKischinew] | 8.21.1944 | 8.24.1944 | 4 | | 10. | Defensive Battle inSiebenbürgen [Klausenburg] | 8.25.1944 | 9.27.1944 | 34 | | 11. | Fighting in Eastern Hungary, TankBattle in Puszta. | 9.28.1944 | 10.28.1944 | 31 | | 12. | Fighting Between the Thieß and theDonau. | 10.29.1944 | 12.18.1944 | 51 | | 13. | Fighting Between the Lake Balatonand the Donau. | 12.19.1944 | 3.5.1945 | 77 | | a] | Defense of Budapest. | 12.24.1944 | 2.12.1945 | 51 | | 14. | Tank Battle in the HungarianLowlands at Stuhlweißburg. | 3.6.1945 | 3.23.1945 | 18 | | 15. | Defense and Rearguard FightingSouth of the Donau to the Eastern Alps. | 3.24.1945 | 5.8.1945 | 46 |
German Bibliography- Die deutschen Infanterie-Divisonen, Band 1-3, by Werner Haupt
- Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, Band 1-3, by Nobert Kannapin
- Die Pflege der Tradition der alten Armee in Reichsheer und im der Wehrmacht, by Schirmer/Wiener
- Die Truppenkennzeichen… der deutchen Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Band 1-4, by Schmitz/Thies
- Der Zweite Weltkrieg im Kartenbild, Band 1-3, by Klaus-Jurgen Thies
- Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939, by George Tessin
- Verbände und Truppen der deutchen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS…, Band 1-14, by Georg Tessin
- Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung 1815-1939, Teil 1, der deutschen Heer, Band 1-3, by Günter Wegner
- Die Deutsche Wehrmacht u. Waffen-SS, Ihre Kommando. u. Grossverbände… im Zweiten Weltkrieg, author unknown
- Das Reichsheer und Seine Tradition, author unknown
- Deutsche Rote Kreuz Suchdienst, Divisionsschicksale, author unknown
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