19th Army (Wehrmacht)

19th Army
German: 19. Armee
1944, anti-tank fortifications in Southern France
Active26 August 1943 – 21 April 1945
Country Germany
Branch German Army ( Wehrmacht)
TypeField army
Engagements

The 19th Army (German: 19. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army. Active from 1943 to 1945 on the Western Front, it was tasked with defending southern France and before being pushed back to the French–German border during Operation Dragoon and then into southern Germany.