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The German Seventeenth Army (German: 17. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Armee) was a World War II field army. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A Field Army, usually referred to simply as an Army, is a term used by many national Military forces for a formation superior to a Corps and beneath an

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On 22 June 1941, the 17th Army was part of Army Group South (Heeresgruppen Sud) when Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) and invaded the Soviet Union. Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, ( 2 January, 1886 &ndash 30 August, 1944) was a German General and a member of the Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hermann "Papa" Hoth ( 12 April 1885 - 25 January 1971) was an officer in the German Military from Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hans Eberhard Kurt von Salmuth ( 11 November 1888 - 1 January 1962) was a German general during World War II. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Ruoff (born 1883 died 1967 was an officer in the German Army ( Wehrmacht Heer) before and during World War II. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ferdinand Schörner ( 12 June, 1892 - July 2, 1973; also Schoerner) was a General and later Field Marshal ( Generalfeldmarschall Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Allmendinger (1891-1965 was a German general of Infantry, serving during World War II. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Friedrich “Fritz” Wilhelm Schulz ( 15 October 1897 &ndash 30 November 1976) was a German General of Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 From 1 July, the Hungarian "Fast Moving Army Corps" (Gyorshadtest) was subordinated to the 17th Army. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. The " Fast Moving Army Corps " ( Gyorshadtest) was the most modern and best-equipped mechanized unit of the Hungarian Army at the beginning of World

The 17th Army was engaged in some very heavy fighting with Soviet forces in southern Russia. Along with 1st Tank Army, the 17th Army encircled Soviet forces near Uman in central Ukraine during the Battle of Uman. The 1st Panzer Army (1Panzerarmee was a German Tank army that was a large armoured formation within the Wehrmacht Heer field forces during World War II Uman (Умань translit Uman’; also referred to in Polish as Humań and in Yiddish as Imen' with palatized Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. The "Battle of Uman" (July 15 1941 – August 8 1941 was an English name given to the German encirclement of the 6th (General Lieutenant I Approximately 100,000 Soviet troops were captured.

Afterwards, the 17th Army and other German formations en-circled even more Soviet troops during the Battle of Kiev. The Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II Approximately 450,000 were captured and, afterwards, Marshal of the Soviet Union (Marshal Sovietskovo Soyuza) Semyon Budyonny was dismissed from duty. Marshal of the Soviet Union ( Marshal Sovietskovo Soyuza Советского Союза'' was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (also spelled Budennii Budenny Budyenny etc Russian: Семён Михайлович Будённый ( &ndash October 26,

After Kiev, the German focus shifted towards Moscow and the Battle of Moscow. Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The Battle of Moscow (Битва под Москвой Romanized: Bitva pod Moskvoy, Schlacht um Moskau is the name given by the Soviet historians to the two Most of Army Group South suspended offensive operations for the rest of 1941.

In 1942, Army Group South was to spearhead the German summer offensive in Russia known as Case Blue (Fall Blau). Case Blue ( Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces ( Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern The 17th Army was to give flank protection to 1st Panzer Army as it struck towards the Don River. The Don (Дон is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 Kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast From June to July, the German 17th Army, the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia, and the Romanian 3rd Army were organized as "Army Group Ruoff" (Heeresgruppen Ruoff). The Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia ( Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia, or CSIR) was a unit of the Italian Royal Army ( Regio The Romanian Third Army was a field army that fought as part of the German Army Group B during World War II, in Ukraine, Crimea, and

In August 1942, what he considerred slow progress, caused German dictator Adolf Hitler to re-organize his forces. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Hitler sub-divided Army Group South into two new army groups: Army Group A (Heeresgruppen A) and Army Group B (Heeresgruppen B). Army Group A was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II. Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II. Army Group A included the 17th Army, the 1st Panzer Army, and the 4th Tank Army. The 4th Panzer Army (German 4Panzer-Armee) was before being designated a full army the Panzer Group 4 ( Panzergruppe 4) a German Panzer Army Group B included the 2nd Army, the 6th Army, the Italian 8th Army, and the Hungarian 2nd Army. Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II. The 2nd Army (German 2 Armee Oberkommando) was a World War I and World War II field army The 6th Army was a German Field army which saw action in World War I and World War II. The Italian Army in Russia ( Armata Italiana in Russia, or ARMIR) was a unit of the Italian Royal Army ( Regio Esercito Italia) which The Hungarian Second Army (Second Magyar Honved was a Hungarian field army which saw action during World War II. By October 1942, the Romanian 3rd Army and the Romanian 4th Army were added to further bolster Army Group B. The Romanian Third Army was a field army that fought as part of the German Army Group B during World War II, in Ukraine, Crimea, and

While Army Group B struck towards Stalingrad, Army Group A and the 17th Army attacked towards the Caucasus oilfields in what was to be known as the Battle of the Caucasus. Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II. Army Group A was the name of a number of German Army Groups during World War II. The Battle of Caucasus is a name given to a series of German and Soviet operations in the Caucasus area during the Soviet-German War. However, by December with Soviet forces en-circled the 6th Army at Stalingrad, Army Group B withdrew from Southern Russia but 17th Army was ordered to hold the Kuban Bridgehead. Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II. Kuban River (Куба́нь ku'banʲ Adyghe: Псыж Psyzh) is a River in Russia, in the North Caucasus region By October 1943, the 17th Army was forced to retreat from the Kuban Bridgehead across the Kerch Strait to Crimea. During the following months, the Red Army pushed back the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) in the southern Ukraine. The Heer was the land forces component of the German armed forces ( Wehrmacht) from 1935 to 1945, which also included the Navy ( In November 1943, they eventually cut off the land-based connection of 17th Army through the Perekop Isthmus. The Isthmus of Perekop (Перекопський перешийок translit

Hitler forbade a sea evacuation of 17th Army because he thought the Soviets could use the Crimea to launch air attacks against Romanian oil refineries. Crimea (kraɪˈmiːə or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Крим Автономна Республіка Крим Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Крым However, by the end of 1943 , the Soviet began landing troops in Kersh Strait and, by 10 April 1944, moving troops near the Sivash and together with an attack at the Perekop Isthmus forced 17th Army to fall back to Sevastopol. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sevastopol ( see pronunciation below) is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea Peninsula The German Supreme Command of the Armed Forces (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) intended to hold Sevastopol as a fortress. For other uses of OKW see OKW (disambiguation. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( OKW) ( English: "High Command Much as the Red Army had done during the first battle for the Crimea from 1941 to 1942. The rapid movement of the Red Army together with inadequate preparation of the defenses of Sevastopol made this impossible and, on 9 May 1944, Sevastopol fell in less than one month after the start of the battle. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Most of the German 17th Army along with some Romanian divisions were marched into captivity. 17th Army losses were around 65,100.

Battles, campaigns, and operations

Foreign units attached to the 17th Army

See also

Operation Barbarossa ( Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the Codename for Nazi Germany 's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II The "Battle of Uman" (July 15 1941 – August 8 1941 was an English name given to the German encirclement of the 6th (General Lieutenant I The Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II Case Blue ( Fall Blau) was the German codename used by the German Armed Forces ( Wehrmacht) for its 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern The Battle of Stalingrad is a commonly used name in English sources for several large operations by Germany and its allies and Soviet forces conducted with the The Battle of Caucasus is a name given to a series of German and Soviet operations in the Caucasus area during the Soviet-German War. The " Fast Moving Army Corps " ( Gyorshadtest) was the most modern and best-equipped mechanized unit of the Hungarian Army at the beginning of World "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia ( Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia, or CSIR) was a unit of the Italian Royal Army ( Regio Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe.
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